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It is relatively simple, without sacrificing the enjoyment of living for 'today' and even at moderate incomes, to retire as a millionaire or multi-millionaire, if you focus on that goal consistently from a young age. It is also simple to ensure that your child or grandchild retires rich. It merely requires a one time gift of just $2,000 invested wisely and the passage of time. Please read my first post on this blog to learn more.


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Sunday, January 15, 2023

A Loving and Merciful God – True or False?

 One of the teachings of my 12 years of Catholic parochial school was that God is loving and merciful. I would love to believe that, but the evidence seems to suggest the opposite when it comes to mercy and that is really scary!!. Examples include:

1. God had no mercy for his son Jesus being tortured and cruelly crucified. If God had no mercy for his Son, what makes you think he has mercy for us mere human beings?

2. 10 million people died in World War 1. A little over 20 years later an incredible 70 million people died in World War 2. Millions of others were wounded with many carrying life time disabilities and/or pain afterwards. Plus there have been many wars throughout human history right up to today. Why doesn't God, in his mercy, stop them?

3. Where is God's mercy for the millions of people suffering now and in the past from cancer, paralysis, blindness, deafness, physical and mental disabilities, and other horrific diseases?

4. God's punishment for dying in sin is eternal hell cruelty. Think about that for a moment. Imagine being punished for 100 trillion years. Think of how incredibly long that is to be excruciatingly punished. Now imagine the punishment of 100 trillion years being repeated 100 trillion times!! And the punishment is still not done!! Where is God's mercy?

5. Yet God made us to be imperfect. Everyone sins in his life – no exceptions per the Bible (“He who is without sin cast the first stone”). Per my Catholic school teachings, if a very kind, generous, and obedient person commits a “mortal” sin and suddenly and instantly dies, say of a heart attack, leaving him no time to confess his sorrow for sinning, that person goes to hell for eternity. Also, if a person who lived a horrible life, sinning many times including multiple cases of robbery and murder, gets sick and slowly dies over weeks and/or months, thus giving him time to think about his sins, confess truthfully that he is sorry, and sincerely asks for forgiveness before he dies, he goes to heaven. Is that fair? Is that merciful to the person who lived a long and good life and sinned once just before he suddenly died?

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