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October 09, 2006
Um... not quite
because there’s a pragmatic reason that the Vatican might be a little hesistant to come right out and say that there’s no limbo is because the concept is wielded by everyday Catholics to explain where the souls of unborn babies go, which is just an extra way to guilt trip women who have abortions. But it’s sort of a balancing act, as far as I can tell, because as most people understand it, unbaptized children go to limbo but when Jesus returns, they all get to go to heaven. So it’s a way to guilt trip women who have abortions without casting god as such an uncruel monster as to throw souls into hell that never even had a shot at sinning.
Almost. Limbo was a concept invented back when infant mortality was... higher than it is today. By a lot. So yes, it was a way of making God a whole hell of a lot less cruel. But it had nothing at all to do with Abortions...
In fact, if you’re a Catholic, you pretty much believe that all unbaptized people are (so sorry) going to hell. Since infant children have no control over when or whether they’re baptized, it seems more than a bit cruel to send ‘em to hell...
Posted by Andrew at October 9, 2006 10:04 AM
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