rec.sport.football.college

A flute without holes, is not a flute, "Pigot333"
... A donut without a hole is a Danish.

>Eric Kemp:
>> John Rogers wrote:
>>> A flute without holes, is not a flute, jimbrowndoc@ ... A
>>> donut without a hole is a Danish.
>>>
>>>> This may apply to other religions as well. I was brought up
>Catholic
>>>> but am now agnostic bordering on athiest. My question is this...
>>>>
>>>> Why do they want you to pray for folks already dead? Is this just
>in
>>>> case they only made it to purgatory and not heaven? Once they are
>in
>>>> heaven, what possible good could our prayers do? Once they are in
>>>> hell, ditto.
>>>
>>> Unless you know or you know someone who knows how long it actually
>>> takes for a soul to get to heaven, prayer for that departed soul
>isn't
>>> a bad thing.
>>>
>>
>I thought if you knew someone was in heaven you would pray to them to
>advocate for you. Isn't that why there are prayers to saints in
>Catholicism? There are certain people they know are in heaven and if you
>pray to them they can intercede on your behalf? I think I heard that on
>a talk show.

Yes, that is called "intercession".

But you also pray *for* the souls of the departed.


John Rogers
AU Class of 1985
The Al Del Greco of Atlanta
The Nail Gun of Quiet Reflection
Deacon Dr. John Flow

"A ship is safe in a harbor. But a harbor is not what a ship is for."