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Hell is the absence of God. As it applies to each human being the decision to choose God (or reject Him) is an individual choice and therefore....

Choices have consequences, and really bad choices have catastrophic consequences.

Amen! I concur in spirit with your description of Hell. "Absence" of God and Light for sure. (Fire and "gnashing of teeth" is another descriptor of Hell).

I appreciate your Christian faith and support of the Gospel.

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[A]t Fatima, Portugal in 1918 the Mother of God appeared to three Shepherd children and told the children,"Many souls go to hell because there is no one to pray for them". You save enough souls and you have a chance to save the world.

My brutha -- with all due respect...I do have a few quibbles.

As per Biblical Authority, once we are dead in the flesh our lot is cast and our Eternal Destiny already decided. No one left on earth can help the Dead's fate by "praying" for them once they are gone.

With respect to Marian apparitions and Mary's supposed words of warning and encouragement, they sound great. But both her image and especially her encouragement to pray to "save" souls from Hell are Deception and un-Biblical. (The blessed Mother Mary herself was/is NOT Divine, NOR an Angel or a Messenger of God. She was a mortal Human just like us who will "rise in Christ").

Couple of personal Anecdotes:

I had a very good friend whose family traveled to "see" Fatima -- who began appearing all over the world.

HIS good friend had a Marian Shrine at his NY backyard visited by hundreds whenever he'd "receive a message" from Mary. (1990s) It and the parking situation got so crazy that the town PD had to shut it down. The friend claimed "Mary" would "speak" to him in front of the crowds.

From the creepy story file:

That same friend of mine AND his sisters ALL swore the lips of a painting / picture of "Mary" would at time visibly move as though speaking. (3 of them). (Did I still consider them "Christian"? Yes.)

Question: Are demonic spirits or Satan able to "deceive the very Elect"? The Bible says so.

The Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons.

(1 Timothy 4:1)

For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect.

Matthew 24:24

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To affirm the validity of the apparitions, the Mother of God pointed to the Sun, and it appeared to detach itself from the sky and to come crashing to earth. Then it halted and returned to its place in the sky. There were estimates of 70 thousand people who witnessed the Miracle of the Sun including newspaper reporters.

I've been aware of the Marian phenomena and several other ongoing instances of it around the world "witnessed" by thousands. "Mary" has given several exhortations that simply are not Scripturally possible.

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God wants sinners to repent - He doesn't want anybody to be lost. That is why He made the decision to descent from His heavenly throne and take on the form of a man. That man is Our Lord and Savior Jesus the Christ.

Amen! Again, I appreciate your Christian fellowship. And your sharing of the Gospel. All that matters.