[Cry if I Wanna]

But is to be found, even alluded to, NOWHERE in the New Testament.

I find the "Assumption" belief by Catholics to be a bit of a stretch to say the least. Someone on FR recently referred to me as a "heretic" because I am a Protestant. He went on to say that being a heretic wasn't necessarily a bad thing however. I know there are a lot of R.C.'s on FR and they are passionate about their religion. But many others here are also passionate about their religion. We just don't talk about it so much.

[Resettozero]

We just don't talk about it so much.

Take away the subjects of religion and politics from FR and what remains?

"Heretic" is small potatoes. The current (today) operative RC accusative phrase is "You bigot".

[ADSUM]

For your information:

In their writings the Early Church Fathers condemned heretics and schismatics. They taught that those outside of the Catholic Church had no hope of salvation. However, they made an allowance for those who through no fault of their own, didn’t know any better. They didn’t see God as being legalistic. Rather they saw a merciful God who judged men by what they did with what they had. Or as Paul teaches us in 1 Corinthians 4:5, men will be judged by the purposes of their hearts.

[sparklite2]

The real Assumption is, since Mary’s body couldn’t be found after she died, she must have gone physically to heaven. That’s quite an assumption.

[Salvation]

**I find the “Assumption” belief by Catholics to be a bit of a stretch to say the least.**

Do you believe the accounts of Elijah being assumed into heaven in a whirlwind?

Then why not the Blessed Virgin Mary?