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The Preacher has always held some of my favorite parts of the Bible.Ecclesiastes 9:5The largest study ever done on the subject, scientists discover your mind continues to exist even after your heart and your brain cease to function.
Hello God.
For the living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all
Ecclesiastes 9:5What happens to the conscious immortal you after you hear your death being announced?
I went through this when I was 14. My first thought was, "If I heard you say that, then I can't be dead". Thing is, I wasn't in my body when I thought it. I was in back of the ambulance looking at my body.
According to the bible, you don't get even one!72 is a bit much
One or two to get it out of your system.
Hogwash!The brain usually takes 10 seconds to die after the heart stops. In fact it is usually the brain that dies before the heart gives out.
According to the bible, you don't get even one!72 is a bit much
One or two to get it out of your system.
Matthew 22: 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
No no no, none of that actually happened, remember? All just interesting stories made up to illustrate allegory. As Shaman Hobelim told me.After the temptation Jesus was tended to by his angels.
No no no, none of that actually happened, remember? All just interesting stories made up to illustrate allegory. As Shaman Hobelim told me.After the temptation Jesus was tended to by his angels.
Oh, definitely! Clearly the brilliant goat herders who passed that story along in no way believed it literally.No no no, none of that actually happened, remember? All just interesting stories made up to illustrate allegory. As Shaman Hobelim told me.After the temptation Jesus was tended to by his angels.
Exactly.
his angels 'tending to him' represented something mysterious. lol..
They were not illiterate goat herders. They were fishermen, carpenters, tax gatherers, sinners, prostitutes, criminals, teachers, wealthy, poor, respected and despised citizens of a highly advanced society numbskull. Jesus was partying with the Roman underworld for shits sake. They were ruthless, not given to fantasy at all.Oh, definitely! Clearly the brilliant goat herders who passed that story along in no way believed it literally.No no no, none of that actually happened, remember? All just interesting stories made up to illustrate allegory. As Shaman Hobelim told me.After the temptation Jesus was tended to by his angels.
Exactly.
his angels 'tending to him' represented something mysterious. lol..
That was advanced at the time, professor. And yes, those ignorant people believed that magical nonsense 100%.They were citizens of a highly advanced society numbskull.
A ban is just purgatory?What happens when you die?
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Ecclesiastes 9:5What happens to the conscious immortal you after you hear your death being announced?
I went through this when I was 14. My first thought was, "If I heard you say that, then I can't be dead". Thing is, I wasn't in my body when I thought it. I was in back of the ambulance looking at my body.
For the living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all
lol.. right.. because you say so..That was advanced at the time, professor. And yes, those ignorant people believed that magical nonsense 100%.They were citizens of a highly advanced society numbskull.
Ecclesiastes 9:5What happens to the conscious immortal you after you hear your death being announced?
I went through this when I was 14. My first thought was, "If I heard you say that, then I can't be dead". Thing is, I wasn't in my body when I thought it. I was in back of the ambulance looking at my body.
For the living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all
You took that out of context to prove a point and then missed the point.
Under the sun, under the sun... 30 times in Ecclesiastes. Solomon describes what man would be on earth, (under the sun) if there was no God:
The emptiness of life without God:
1. For the living know they will die.<hopelessness
2. But the dead know nothing.< no knowledge of life after death or being rewarded, or ruling and reigning as a child of the Most High
3. And they have no more reward.< nothing to look forward to. What they got under the sun is all they get.
4. For the memory of them is forgotten.< they cease even to be remembered at all
A life if there was no God is inconsequential and worthless, but a child of God has everything to look forward to and nothing to lose...
And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? Is anything worth more than your soul?
And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? Is anything worth more than your soul?
Not only is my life full now, it will be much fuller for eternity. Why on earth would you settle for less?
Without Christ you can gain the whole world. With Him, you can gain the whole world, all the other worlds our Father has created, and an eternal non-corruptible body that never fails, to enjoy them with.
There is meaningful, and then there is meaningful never ending.
If you are right and I am wrong, you have lived a meaningful life and then you rot away.
If you are wrong and I am right, you have lost everything but a forgetful vapor of existence in linear time.
John 1:12 says, “To all who did receive him [Jesus], who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.”
Being a child of God is not for everyone. No one is forced to accept the gift of eternal life. Nothing arrogant about it. It's free and available to everyone. Naive would be being so myopic that you don't even see the choice that has been offered you...
Hmm,no, because we know so from the church itself, from their well documented, abject ignorance and superstitions, from the nature of all the world's religions, and because people still believe it today.lol.. right.. because you say so..
Hmm,no, because we know so from the church itself, from their well documented, abject ignorance and superstitions, from the nature of all the world's religions, and because people still believe it today.lol.. right.. because you say so..
Let's compare that to the evidence for your contrary claim. Here is all of it:
