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Praying for one who’s gone won’t have an affect, whatever has happened has already happened. - Bulwyf

Have you thought much about predestination? God knows all that will occur. For pleas of grace and salvation, do you not think that He could apply our prayers in advance? Plus, for those of us who believe in a "third state" (Purgatory), prayers can be beneficial for those there right now.

Have you thought much about predestination? God knows all that will occur. For pleas of grace and salvation, do you not think that He could apply our prayers in advance? Plus, for those of us who believe in a "third state" (Purgatory), prayers can be beneficial for those there right now.

Of course God knows what will happen to each and every soul. We DO, however, get many chances to say YES to Him.

Creating a soul that is going to say NO to Him is a mystery. I don't pretend to be able to unravel or comprehend the mysteries of God.

There ARE Protestant denominations that don't believe in Purgatory. I don't know which ones there are. There are thousands of Protestant denominations and their tenets differ. There are dozens of Catholic denominations (orthodox and such) but they can't hold a candle to the THOUSANDS of Protestant denominations. And, honestly, it doesn't matter to me what they believe. Not my job to judge them!

Thank goodness we don't have to sort all that out. Our good Lord will do that!

I went on-line to see how many Protestant denominations there are and who they were. Boggles, Ah say, BOGGLES the mind. (Foghorn Leghorn)

For those that believe in a third state?

You can believe that, but it’s not the truth.

I’m frustrated, because I don’t know the best way to turn Catholics to the truth.

I’ve said before too, that I think many that call themselves Catholic aren’t indeed Catholic because of what they said they believe. Those that truly are need to hear the truth though. I’m unapologetic about that.

We need to be following Jesus’ teachings carefully, and be wary of false prophets.