Shorten your time in purgatory

And in 2013 there are still people around who will believe this stuff?

This surely has to be a joke?!

I thought the idea of purgatory had gone the way of limbo, so I would hazard a guess that it is a joke, but would Sky News be publishing it? Micelf?????

Of course it's not a joke. Yes, it seems ludicrous to those of us who aren't practising RCs but live and let live, for goodness sake...

(NB post not directed at Greatnan)

Perhaps the Religion and Spirituality Thread could change to "Lets mock other peoples' beliefs thread" I haven't looked at it for a while but just popped in and of course it is the same old, same old. Won't pop in again for a while.

Bugger that for a game of soldiers. If I continue to chortle at this rate, I'm going to have to change my Sloggis.

Well, a belief that can't withstand a bit of mockery is not very strong!

Hooray!!!

I follow his tweets! (Punches air) (smile)

What is it I get?

This springs to mind !

www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9TGj2jrJk8

soop they are quite short. They don't take much reading. And you can skim read them.

One day less in Purgatory, jings...well worth it.

When I was an eleven year old at the convent school, I was informed that, as a non Catholic I wouldn't get out of purgatory. Know what? I believed it at the time.

Wot, no nice book or anything?

I hope he doesn't read some of the replies he gets.

Don't you go reading those soop.

Greatnan probably writes some of 'em. And Bags.

Titters...[naughty ones!]

As a child, I spent almost all my lunchtime praying in the Lady Chapel. Didn't do me a scrap of good. Still, haven't turned out too badly since. Mind my P's and Q's, don't drop litter, hardly ever get tipsy, do my best to be kind to little old ladies etc.,

Of course beliefs can stand mockery but what is the point? What is achieved? It is like a group giggling and pointing at the expense of another group. Like the playground. I find it upsetting (not because of my beliefs or otherwise) so will just go away. Shouldn't have stuck my nose in again. Serves me right.

...and take care of stray cats...

Wisewoman I'm sorry.

jings on this occasion you've nowt to be sorry about. Wisewoman I'm sorry to have upset you. I shall take myself away to do something useful.

When Murray was on the point of winning Wimbledon, our little feller couldn't resist putting his hands together and offering up a quick prayer to Jesus.

So some children still do it soop.