kateri05 Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 i teach high school religion and was talking the other day about how if you are in purgatory, you are definitively going to heaven because its actually the process of purification before arriving in heaven. i explained that beacuse eternity is the infinite present, when you choose God after you die, you "keep" choosing him simply because time no longer exists. so actually, you are always choosing God. so, little rugrats wanted to know if you can stop "choosing" God (saying Yes to Him), since that's what Lucifer did and if you still have free will why couldn't you? so... can you? lol does that question even make sense? i know that the answer is not that you can't (ie. you check your free will at the door) but that you don't..... but i don't know why, esp because that is how the Devil fell... help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cappie Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 The Catechism teaches: 1711 Endowed with a spiritual soul, with intellect and with free will, the human person is from his very conception ordered to God and destined for eternal beatitude. He pursues his perfection in "seeking and loving what is true and good" (GS 15 § 2). 1712 In man, true freedom is an "outstanding manifestation of the divine image" (GS 17). I would think that because we are "ordered" to God true freedom is our life in God so much so that in the etrenal beatitude (heaven) we would always choose the good. I'm not sure that helps too much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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