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I watched a TV news show last night that had a Democratic pundit as well as a Republican one. The commentator asked the question: “Which scandal is worse: 1) New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s COVID-19 / nursing home scandal, where 15,000+ elderly people died; or, 2) Cuomo’s sexual harassment scandal, where at least seven accusers have come forward?”

The Republican pundit said it was definitely worse that Cuomo “killed” over 15,000 elderly people.

The Democratic pundit quickly retorted that nobody (and certainly not Governor Cuomo) “killed” anybody in that scandal. Of course, she was also hesitant to say that his sexual harassment scandal was worse.

Well, I submit that there’s a scandal (mostly Democratic) that’s far worse than either of these: The 1,000,000 innocent babies that we kill by abortion each year, because:

1) There’s no question that these babies are in fact “killed.” The only question is whether or not they are “murders” of human beings. Currently, the Supreme Court says that they’re not, but the Bible says that they are (Exodus 21:22-25 – Abortion article).

2) The 1,000,000 number of babies is over 65 times larger than the 15,000 elderly people.

3) The babies are totally innocent of everything.

4) We are destroying about 80 years of life for each of these 1,000,000 babies, but Governor Cuomo destroyed only about 10 years of life for each of these elderly people.

I watched a TV news show last night that had a Democratic pundit as well as a Republican one. The commentator asked the question: “Which scandal is worse: 1) New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s COVID-19 / nursing home scandal, where 15,000+ elderly people died; or, 2) Cuomo’s sexual harassment scandal, where at least seven accusers have come forward?”

The Republican pundit said it was definitely worse that Cuomo “killed” over 15,000 elderly people.

The Democratic pundit quickly retorted that nobody (and certainly not Governor Cuomo) “killed” anybody in that scandal. Of course, she was also hesitant to say that his sexual harassment scandal was worse.

Well, I submit that there’s a scandal (mostly Democratic) that’s far worse than either of these: The 1,000,000 innocent babies that we kill by abortion each year, because:

1) There’s no question that these babies are in fact “killed.” The only question is whether or not they are “murders” of human beings. Currently, the Supreme Court says that they’re not, but the Bible says that they are (Exodus 21:22-25 – Abortion article).

2) The 1,000,000 number of babies is over 65 times larger than the 15,000 elderly people.

3) The babies are totally innocent of everything.

4) We are destroying about 80 years of life for each of these 1,000,000 babies, but Governor Cuomo destroyed only about 10 years of life for each of these elderly people.

Dak Prescott recently signed a four-year deal with the Dallas Cowboys for $160,000,000. His deal includes $126,000,000 in guaranteed money, and a signing bonus of $66,000,000 – the highest in NFL history. The 2021 NFL season alone will bring him $75,000,000. That’s far above his $31,000,000 in 2020, but, after all, that was for only five games. In this Superbowl-crazy league, Dak is 1-2 in postseason play.

Dak spent two of his 27 years negotiating this deal. His comment was, “Money has never been a motivator.” Somehow, that’s difficult to believe.

Is there a purgatory?

Thank you for your question. Although the doctrine of purgatory is valid, I don’t hold to it in the Roman Catholic sense, as a process of purification where believers acquire the holiness necessary to enter heaven. This doctrine is somewhat complex, but I’ll try to summarize it here.

When Old Testament people died, their bodies went into a grave, but apparently, there was a temporary holding place for their souls. The Bible uses a term called hell, such as in Matthew 5:22, but the terminology is slightly different than what we normally use. Hell is the lake of fire where all unbelievers will spend eternity (Revelation 20:14-15). Apparently, however, the temporary holding place (sometimes called Sheol, or Purgatory) had separate compartments for believers and unbelievers. (This is where the Catholics (mistakenly) built their doctrine of purgatory.) Those who died were taken to one of these temporary chambers, awaiting their transaction: either from Paradise to heaven; or from Hades to hell. We learn more about this in the story of the rich man and Lazarus in Luke 16. Unbelievers spent this period in the part called Torments, or “Hades” (Luke 16:23), which is where the rich man was. However, the believers spent this time in a place called Paradise (Luke 23:43), or “Abraham’s bosom” (Luke 16:22), which is where Lazarus was.

However, with the resurrection of Jesus (the first resurrection), these Old Testament believers were transferred from paradise to heaven. This is apparently what was going on in Matthew 7:53, which is a very difficult passage. Now, for us, it’s completely different. Since the resurrection of Christ has already occurred, and He has ascended to heaven, when believers die today, our bodies go to a grave, and our spirits go straight to heaven (2 Corinthians 5:1-8) to be with Christ.

I hope this helps.

Thanks,

Owen