Posted on 12/13/2005 4:06:17 PM PST by emiller
Meow.
So, according to the Bible, I am right that when people say things like "Grandma is looking down on us now from a better place" (assuming she was born again), they are stating something that is incorrect? Saem with Tookie being in Hell as we speak?
The reward and punishment are deferred. (Of course, time has no meaning for the dead so they can't tell)
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"Oh Mrs. Crane, you're a little monkey woman. Yeah, you're lean, mean, and I bet you're not too far in between are ya. How'd you like to wrap your spikes around my..."
Great tagline :)
Well, depends upon whom she asks. According to muslims the more non-muslims you kill, you'll not only get comp'd into heaven, but you'll be handed six dozen virgins to boot.
Now, if those virgins are comparable to some of the choices Clinton's made in "selecting" women, then some might construe that to be hell. So perspective may be a factor here.
I don't know where it is; I just know that I'm supposed to meet five people there...
I think the phrase "looking down on us" is just for us-- the living. To make us feel better. From your Grandma's perspective, the time from her death (when she closed her eyes) to the time she "comes to" in her new body (if she is a Christian), will be an instant. A twinkling of an eye. And she'll have no memories of how she dies, or of any pain she experienced. The Bible teaches Jesus "wipes every tear away" aka- he wipes our painful memories. The Bible says that the old will not be brought to mind or remembered. That's great, because I'm carrying around stuff from the third grade- ha ha
Thanks, that's what I thought.
Kinda like how Peter Jennings proved Jesus was nothing more than just a man. Wonder where he's wandering now?
>The reward and punishment are deferred. (Of course, time has no meaning for the dead so they can't tell) <
The doctrine of Soul Sleep is not supported by the Bible and is not an Orthodox Christian doctrine.The bible makes it very clear that while we may not have our new bodies we will be with God and aware of his presence.
Some do.. You need to amend your statement.
Heaven is where God is, and where the Devil is not. When your body becomes the Temple of God, with no trace of corruption left, and the fullness of God inhabits every corner of your being (spirit, soul, body), you will be in Heaven. Heaven is a condition, not a specific place. If Barbara tells you otherwise, she is speaking in ignorance.
So, Muslim men believe in a paradise populated by virgins. But what do Muslim women receive as their reward? The chance to have endless babies? Wait, I think that's the Mormon heaven . . .
I'm bwefwess wif anticipasson.
Where were you one year before your birth? You NON-EXISTED. Is it that far-fetched that that is where you will return upon death?
That's self-contradictory. If one can refer to a "you" a year (or whenever) before "you's" birth, the "you" must must have existed in some form or another.
You're right.
Nothing existed that could be called YOU, prior to your conception.
And when you die, well... you're no longer.
This was the wrong Thread to click on while greiving a loss of someone so this close to my heart.
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