Posted by Lou Pilder on March 5, 2003, at 9:41:19
In reply to Re: Lou's response to Dena's post » Lou Pilder, posted by Dena on March 4, 2003, at 22:23:15
Jonathan and Dena,
I have reread the posts in this thread and feel that there is a potential for one that beleives in purgatory, to feel put down by what you have posted here in this thread.
Jonathan has written,[..the dogma of purgatory is...a Greek {myth} adopted without [scriptural justification] by the Roman Church...and {anathematised} by...Jeremias in 1583...please forgive my {doctrinal error}...]
Dena wrote, [...Orthodox christians do not believe in purgatory as Roman Catholics...]. Now Jonathan {apologized} to Dena for his referrence to purgatory to her as a doctrinal {error}.
Now it is my understanding that when something is [anathematised], that those that anathematise, are (cursing) it. And also,that those that believe it are to be cursed. So what causes my concern about these posts of yours is that they have the potential to arrouse feelings in me ,and others, for I am jewish, as to what you have written here. The following are my concers that I feel .
1).I feel that there ia a potential for one to believe that you are saying that the doctrine of purgatory is not found in {scripture} and that, possibly, the jewish scriptures, such as the books of the Maccabians,which lend themselves to giving credence to the doctrine of purgatory, are not part of the {scriptures} that you are referring to.
2). I feel that there is the potential for those that do belive in the doctrine of purgatory to feel that you are writng that they are to be {cursed} for their beliefe.
3).I feel that there is a potential for one to believe that you are saying that the Roman Church scriptures, that include the jewish writings called the Maccabeians, are not to be included in {scripture} which gives the potential that you are saying that those books that are in my jewish scriptures are considerd to be false by you since you wrote that purgatory is a [...doctrinal error...] which gives me the potential to make me feel that the doctrine of purgatory is a [false] doctrine.
4).I feel that you that there is the potential for some to beleive that you are makeing a conclusion that [...the dogma of purgatory is a Greek myth...] and this causes me to feel that my jewdaism that respects a concept of purgatory is being put down since purgatory concepts are considered by some jewish people, and others, to be included in the jewish scriptures.
5). I feel that what you are saying has the potential for one to believe that the jewish people, and others, that believe in a concept of purgatory are to be cursed.
Lou
poster:Lou Pilder
thread:200824
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/faith/20021227/msgs/206099.html