All Babies Go to Heaven

[MacMagus]

The Catholic Church is on the verge of removing Limbo from their doctrines.

A Vatican panel has suggested (with the Pope's approval) that unbaptized babies could be admitted to Heaven.

While this sounds all well and good for the babies, this action calls into question the doctrine of original sin and the practice of baptism. Either unbaptized babies get locked out of Heaven or original sin doesn't exist. QED. Without Limbo, under Catholic doctrine there's no place for the babies to go but to Hell.

Aware of the fact that they are on the verge of overturning the basis for a good chunk of their religion and in the process might cause a major schism that breaks the Church, the authors waffled a bit... the babies *may* go to Heaven... [whisper: or maybe Hell] it's not totally clear... but they don't end up in Limbo. Therefore, God loves them [whisper: probably] and families can take solace in the "fact" that their dead unbaptized babies are basking in God's love in Heaven [whisper: maybe].

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0...90,00.html
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/...-headlines

[Lux Interior]

Reminds me of a story about a church that discovered it had been incorrectly administering baptisms for quite a while.

The church said, "Sorry, but they're all going to hell."

Which reminds me in turn of the Buttle vs. Tuttle screw up.

[iMe]

Another example of Intelligent Design or is this Evolution?

[macaroo]

God loves little children and fools.

[Don Kiyoti]

A truly bizarre belief system.

"the question of limbo had become a "matter of pastoral urgency" because of the growing number of babies who do not receive the baptismal rite."

Running out of diapers in Hell?

[vision63]

What about baby snakes?

[Seacrest]

what about baby snakes on a plane?

[MacMagus]

My first thought was similar: does this open the door for my pets to go with me to Heaven? But then I remembered that the Church teaches that animal and vegetable souls are different from human souls, so they aren't covered by the exemption.

Still, the new "kinder and gentler" Catholic church seems well on its way to letting wuppies and kitties in. It's only a matter of time. And surely snakes must follow at some point.

The floodgates are opening.

[kj]

>>A Vatican panel has suggested (with the Pope's approval) that unbaptized babies could be admitted to Heaven.

I'm sure God does exactly as He wants, without any regard for what the Pope, or anyone else for that matter, decides He should do. The Catholic church seems to try a little too hard to figure everything out in detail. kj.

[Spock]

[quote MacMagus]My first thought was similar: does this open the door for my pets to go with me to Heaven? But then I remembered that the Church teaches that animal and vegetable souls are different from human souls, so they aren't covered by the exemption.

Still, the new "kinder and gentler" Catholic church seems well on its way to letting wuppies and kitties in. It's only a matter of time. And surely snakes must follow at some point.

The floodgates are opening.
Damn, I knew Adam & Eve lied about that serpent.