tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184575347466163757.post681883756829683605..comments2023-07-03T08:51:01.209-05:00Comments on What Powderfinger Said . . . Observations on Life in the Dying Empire: Good God!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00111660094586126379noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184575347466163757.post-36801346470715059222012-05-22T02:11:20.893-05:002012-05-22T02:11:20.893-05:00I hear you. I had never thought about this. I supp...I hear you. I had never thought about this. I suppose the solution is to get yourself a plenary indulgence just to make sure you've got it all covered.<br /><br />But what gets me is that purgatory is reserved for those whose sins have already been forgiven. So what we're talking about here is a deity who is so crabby and vindictive that S/He will not let forgiveness be forgiveness. Will not let go at least some kind of "punishment" for one's having the temerity to transgress in the first place. What the hell kind of God is that?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00111660094586126379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184575347466163757.post-67914407221726249602012-05-20T23:40:12.484-05:002012-05-20T23:40:12.484-05:00my problem with indulgences--i mean aside from all...my problem with indulgences--i mean aside from all those abuses like threatening to keep your poor dead grandma in hell unless you fork over a million dollars for the new cathedral fund---but the basic premise: you do this good deed and earn, say, 20 years off purgatory. but they never tell you how bloody many years you're sentenced to! i mean, 20 years off a 50-year sentence, that's worth considering. but what if it's 20 years off 50 thousand years??? shit, why bother?karen lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09905540909994791438noreply@blogger.com