CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 2, 2018
POPE FRANCIS, WHO HAS BEEN HAILED AS A “REVOLUTIONARY” IN SOME QUARTERS, ESPECIALLY BY THE POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS LEFT AND THE MEDIA, HAS DECLARED IN AN INTERVIEW WITH AN ATHEIST FRIEND THAT HELL DOES NOT EXIST.
DURING THE INTERVIEW, THE POPPE SAID THAT CONDEMNED SOULS JUST “DISAPPEAR.”
NOT ONLY IS THIS A DENIAL OF 2,000 YEARS OF CATHOLIC TEACHING IN THE CHURCH’S CATECHISM, IT ALSO BEGS THE QUESTION WHY DID JESUS COME TO EARTH? IF THERE IS NO HELL, WHAT WAS HIS PURPOSE? FROM WHAT WAS HE SAVING US IF NOT FROM HELL?
JESUS SPOKE A LOT ABOUT HELL, AS DID THE WRITERS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. IF THERE IS NO HELL, JESUS WASTED HIS TIME AND EXPERIENCED A LOT OF UNNECESSARY SUFFERING.
WHEN JESUS SAID HE SAW SATAN FALL, WE KNOW HE WAS FALLING FROM HEAVEN, BUT WHERE DID HE LAND? WHAT IS THE LAKE OF FIRE? WHAT ABOUT THOSE VERSES WHICH QUOTE JESUS SPEAKING OF PEOPLE CAST INTO HELL? WHAT RIGHT DOES THE POPE HAVE TO DENY THE WORDS OF JESUS AND THE TEACHINGS OF THE CHURCH HE IS SUPPOSED TO LEAD? SOME OF HIS PREDECESSORS SPOKE OF HELL. WERE THEY WRONG?
HERESY IS NOTHING NEW. IT HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE THE GARDEN OF EDEN. BUT THIS POPE SEEMS TO HAVE TAKEN IT TO A NEW AND LOWER LEVEL. I’M CAL THOMAS
