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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 23 2009 at 12:10
Thanks Rob and Micah

And again I have no basis to support this claim, just my gut instinct:
I'd imagine heaven is not "anything" it would be what is paradise to YOU.
Likewise hell is not fiery and all that, but rather what would be to torture to YOU.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 23 2009 at 07:35
Originally posted by JJLehto JJLehto wrote:

I honestly do not know if there is an afterlife.
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The only thing that makes me question the afterlife is the existence of ghosts.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 23 2009 at 05:08
Originally posted by JJLehto JJLehto wrote:

Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Originally posted by JJLehto JJLehto wrote:


So, I ask all of you. In your honest opinion, no bullsh*tting here:
Would God take an Atheist, or non believer, who is good over a devout, every day Christian who is bad?
(And I know "good" and "bad" are tough to explain so if needed use my statements above)


See, therein lies the problem.  How does God define good and evil?  The God of the Bible (my God) is actually very clear about it.  I can make up my own morality all I want, but if I break a law here, the cops will arrest and book me, and I will have to answer to the judge.  God is no different...except in one respect.

Being good isn't the same as being nice or unoffensive or helping people...those things may be a small part of it, but they aren't it.  That's a worldly definition of "good." 

By God's definition, there is no one who is good, not one.  I am no better than Hitler before the Judge of the World.

Christians are only declared to be good because they fall at the feet of a merciful judge.  That's it.  We're all guilty of evil.  But those who repent and ask God's forgiveness will be cleansed and changed over time into someone who will be blameless in the end (that is God's promise).


So in not so many words....Yes, I will go to hell.
Seriously dude, you could've just said it. Been said to me MANY a time already LOL


Ask anyone around here and you will know I do not necessarily hold all traditional beliefs.

Westerners think of God's judgment in terms of pain and torture because that is the worst thing they can think of.

Middle Easterners had a very different idea of judgment.  Pain may be a constituent of it, but shame and being separated from God is the ultimate penalty.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 23 2009 at 01:31
Originally posted by JJLehto JJLehto wrote:

Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Originally posted by JJLehto JJLehto wrote:


So, I ask all of you. In your honest opinion, no bullsh*tting here:
Would God take an Atheist, or non believer, who is good over a devout, every day Christian who is bad?
(And I know "good" and "bad" are tough to explain so if needed use my statements above)


See, therein lies the problem.  How does God define good and evil?  The God of the Bible (my God) is actually very clear about it.  I can make up my own morality all I want, but if I break a law here, the cops will arrest and book me, and I will have to answer to the judge.  God is no different...except in one respect.

Being good isn't the same as being nice or unoffensive or helping people...those things may be a small part of it, but they aren't it.  That's a worldly definition of "good." 

By God's definition, there is no one who is good, not one.  I am no better than Hitler before the Judge of the World.

Christians are only declared to be good because they fall at the feet of a merciful judge.  That's it.  We're all guilty of evil.  But those who repent and ask God's forgiveness will be cleansed and changed over time into someone who will be blameless in the end (that is God's promise).


So in not so many words....Yes, I will go to hell.
Seriously dude, you could've just said it. Been said to me MANY a time already LOL


Hell, despite what many conservatives would have you believe, is NOT "Fire and Darkness" in the literal sense.

For one thing, if the fire and darkness were literal, they would cancel each other out. This description was merely a way of describing what it will feel like to be cut off from God forever (which in essence is exactly what Hell is; the complete, eternal absence of God). You may not believe in God now, but His presence still fuels the world around you whether you know it or not. You have never known a world without God's presence in it, trust me.

Secondly, if you go to hell for not believing in God, you are merely getting what you want, correct? If you see your life without God right now, then after you leave this world, you will simply continue that way.

Heaven is for people who believe in and love God.
Hell is for the opposite.

Either way, you're getting your heart's true desire. The Bible says non-believers would rather 'reign in Hell than serve in Heaven' , if I remember correctly, so God merely obliges. Here we are now back on the whole free will argument. God chooses not force us to follow Him, so He gives us the choice to either accept or deny Him, and whichever path we choose, our destination is giving us exactly what we want; what we have chosen of our own free will.

To me, nothing could be more just or loving.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 23 2009 at 00:39
I have not yet read the Bible, sorry to say.  Hopefully I will very soon

I have a couple questions that could be answered here however, so here they are

What are your opinions on life after death?
What is the best way to help humanity at the present time? (i.e. unity)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 22 2009 at 23:59
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 22 2009 at 20:59
Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Originally posted by JJLehto JJLehto wrote:


So, I ask all of you. In your honest opinion, no bullsh*tting here:
Would God take an Atheist, or non believer, who is good over a devout, every day Christian who is bad?
(And I know "good" and "bad" are tough to explain so if needed use my statements above)


See, therein lies the problem.  How does God define good and evil?  The God of the Bible (my God) is actually very clear about it.  I can make up my own morality all I want, but if I break a law here, the cops will arrest and book me, and I will have to answer to the judge.  God is no different...except in one respect.

Being good isn't the same as being nice or unoffensive or helping people...those things may be a small part of it, but they aren't it.  That's a worldly definition of "good." 

By God's definition, there is no one who is good, not one.  I am no better than Hitler before the Judge of the World.

Christians are only declared to be good because they fall at the feet of a merciful judge.  That's it.  We're all guilty of evil.  But those who repent and ask God's forgiveness will be cleansed and changed over time into someone who will be blameless in the end (that is God's promise).


So in not so many words....Yes, I will go to hell.
Seriously dude, you could've just said it. Been said to me MANY a time already LOL
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 22 2009 at 20:51
Originally posted by JJLehto JJLehto wrote:


So, I ask all of you. In your honest opinion, no bullsh*tting here:
Would God take an Atheist, or non believer, who is good over a devout, every day Christian who is bad?
(And I know "good" and "bad" are tough to explain so if needed use my statements above)


See, therein lies the problem.  How does God define good and evil?  The God of the Bible (my God) is actually very clear about it.  I can make up my own morality all I want, but if I break a law here, the cops will arrest and book me, and I will have to answer to the judge.  God is no different...except in one respect.

Being good isn't the same as being nice or unoffensive or helping people...those things may be a small part of it, but they aren't it.  That's a worldly definition of "good." 

By God's definition, there is no one who is good, not one.  I am no better than Hitler before the Judge of the World.

Christians are only declared to be good because they fall at the feet of a merciful judge.  That's it.  We're all guilty of evil.  But those who repent and ask God's forgiveness will be cleansed and changed over time into someone who will be blameless in the end (that is God's promise).
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 22 2009 at 20:02
I honestly do not know if there is an afterlife.
My gut instinct is no.
However, if there is a heaven and hell...I try to live a good life. I do not go to church and does not do "the work of Christ" and sin....(as the church feels of course). But I am not a bigot, I give change to people on the street/to a foundation/local fire station...whatever. I try to be good to everyone, I help put even when I have nothing to gain. Then I know people who go to church every sunday yet are racist, will be the first to throw you under the bus, will cut you off, that care about only themselves.

I think I'm a good person...so I hope, IF there is a heaven they will think me worthy.
But if not and I go to Hell........well I lived my life how I thought best. And if that's my fate so be it.

So, I ask all of you. In your honest opinion, no bullsh*tting here:
Would God take an Atheist, or non believer, who is good over a devout, every day Christian who is bad?
(And I know "good" and "bad" are tough to explain so if needed use my statements above)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 22 2009 at 19:51
when I was still a christian I'm really scared about the fiction of hell. But I think the church is saying the truth  that there is a hell below  only that there are no demons or something..LOLLOLLOLLOL
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 22 2009 at 10:03

Psalm 139

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.
 1 O LORD, you have searched me
       and you know me.

 2 You know when I sit and when I rise;
       you perceive my thoughts from afar.

 3 You discern my going out and my lying down;
       you are familiar with all my ways.

 4 Before a word is on my tongue
       you know it completely, O LORD.

 5 You hem me in—behind and before;
       you have laid your hand upon me.

 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
       too lofty for me to attain.


What an amazing notion- that my God knows his creation and his design so thoroughly that my next remark or activity he is already aware of.  Nothing I ever do surprises him.  He knows when I will speak encouragingly and with love, and he knows when I will speak with venom and hurtfulness.


 7 Where can I go from your Spirit?
       Where can I flee from your presence?

 8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
       if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.

 9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
       if I settle on the far side of the sea,

 10 even there your hand will guide me,
       your right hand will hold me fast.

 11 If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me
       and the light become night around me,"

 12 even the darkness will not be dark to you;
       the night will shine like the day,
       for darkness is as light to you.

There is nowhere I can go to be away from God.  This thought that begins as a terrifying idea becomes one of comfort as soon my relationship with God changes from one of enmity to one of adoption and gentle care.  While I once feared God would know all my wrong deeds and despise me, I now take comfort in knowing that he is always there to correct me, and is always available every time I am tempted and tried.


 13 For you created my inmost being;
       you knit me together in my mother's womb.

 14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
       your works are wonderful,
       I know that full well.

 15 My frame was not hidden from you
       when I was made in the secret place.
       When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,

 16 your eyes saw my unformed body.
       All the days ordained for me
       were written in your book
       before one of them came to be.

When my little son was born, the nurses had to take him to another room for a short while, and I attended him.  I asked for a Bible and read him this passage, and I plan to read it to every child I have as soon as he or she is born.  During the nine months we could not see our boy (though my wife could feel his movements), the Master was busy at work crafting not just an amazing physical specimen, but also every single day my son would live through- every scrape, bruise, broken bone, tear and crushed spirit is written in God's book, but so is every glory, hope, joy, dream and achievement.  God is a master craftsman who completes every work.


 17 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
       How vast is the sum of them!

 18 Were I to count them,
       they would outnumber the grains of sand.
       When I awake,
       I am still with you.

What a majestic thought, that the Creator and Overseer of the universe thinks of me (and you)!  His thoughts toward us outnumber the sands on the ocean.  While we so seldom think of God, he never ceases thinking of us.  Whenever I am in need, I am on his mind.  Whenever I am joyful, I am on his mind.  Whenever I behave immorally, even then am I on his mind.  Again, this constant attention would have alarmed me as someone caught up in sin, but as a child of God, I know I need his watchful eye at all times.


 19 If only you would slay the wicked, O God!
       Away from me, you bloodthirsty men!

 20 They speak of you with evil intent;
       your adversaries misuse your name.

 21 Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD,
       and abhor those who rise up against you?

 22 I have nothing but hatred for them;
       I count them my enemies.


God is certainly a God of love, but he is a God of holiness first, and his patience only extends so far.  The psalmist here is grieved that God is slow in demonstrating his wrath and sweeping up and destroying the wicked in one swift wave of his hand.  When we become holier through the cleansing of God, over time, those who speak ill of God or those who ignore his commands will hurt our hearts more, and rightfully anger us.  Yet Peter writes this:

"The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance." (2 Peter 3:9). 

But before we are quick to ask God to crush all evil, we must consider the final words of the psalm...

 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;
       test me and know my anxious thoughts.

 24 See if there is any offensive way in me,
       and lead me in the way everlasting.


That should be on a Christian's lips every morning: "Lord, show me where my shortcomings are- show me what aspects of my life stink to you."  But know that God will be faithful in doing this!  And then we must be ready and willing to deal with it when God exposes our bad behaviors to us.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 21 2009 at 14:11
Regarding Mathew 19, it's helpful to read all of it: http://sacred-texts.com/bib/kjv/mat019.htm

The last verses from the King James version:

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28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

30 But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.


It is open to interpretation, and one can read the different bible versions differently, but of course it is a call on people to follow him and not just adhere to the ten commandments.  It's one thing to abide by laws, it's another to really respect them and not just do no wrong, but do good and be righteous,.  It may be enough to achieve everlasting life, eventually, by merely following the commandments, but those who make greater sacrifices to follow the path of Jesus shall receive much greater rewards.

The last line is interesting.  Many of the Earth's privileged (say with money and power) will be the last to receive God's rewards, whereas those who suffer and sacrifice to do God's will be the first to be rewarded with everlasting life and other rewards.

Anyway, regarding Buddhism and Christianity, there are many similarities.  Teachings tended to spread quickly in that part of the world (the silk road brought trade and ideas), and I suspect that Jesus was influenced by Buddhist teachings.  My old church minister followed Buddhist teachings as well as Christian (he considered himself Christian in faith and Buddhist and Christian in philosophy).  There has been a strong multi-faith movement within that church, and the idea that there are different roads to God (and one need not follow a particular religion but one must be principled -- moral and righteous).
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 21 2009 at 13:16
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What I don't get is why Christians aren't all paupers. If Chrisitans are supposed to try to be perfect and they are required to sell all of their posessions to be perfect....what am I missing here?

Sounds very much like Buddhism as well in the sense of materialism.


As a very short answer, I'll just say that the overriding command of Jesus is to follow him.  In the Ancient Near East, this was almost always land.  Matthew, for instance, was a tax collector (hated by his own people), and in Matthew chapter nine, Jesus made a beeline to him and said "Follow me."  Matthew did just that.  He left his booth of customs, never to return.  But that very night, Jesus and other tax collectors were having a meal in Matthew's house.  Literally following Jesus required leaving everything behind.

We today do not have a physical presence to physically follow.  We do however recognize that all we have in this world belongs to God, and we are to be faithful stewards of all things.  This means we cannot place our love of possessions over Him (and note that people in the Old Testament were severely punished for doing just that, even valuing family over the Lord- see 1 Samuel 2:29).




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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 21 2009 at 12:53
To Ivan (I didn't want to quote to avoid a large block of text):

Here are three things Jesus said, which I think sum up the issue pretty succinctly.

John 17:3 "Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent."

Luke 6:46: "Why do you call Me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say?"

John 14:15- "If you love Me, you will keep My commandments."

Knowing Christ is the only way to eternal life.  You cannot follow Christ without repentance (A man cannot serve two masters).  Hence, you cannot be following Christ if you are not obedient to him.  So you are right to emphasize following God's commandments, but John 17:3 is how we are able to keep his commands (by knowing God- which is necessary for the first commandment anyway: "You shall have no other gods before me"). 

Without abiding in Jesus (following and knowing him), we cannot please God:

"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. (John 15:5-6)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 21 2009 at 10:43
What I don't get is why Christians aren't all paupers. If Chrisitans are supposed to try to be perfect and they are required to sell all of their posessions to be perfect....what am I missing here?

Sounds very much like Buddhism as well in the sense of materialism.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 21 2009 at 01:52
oh well then.


Send me to hell in a handbasket! Because I'm not apologizing for that either!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 21 2009 at 01:50
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How about we just admit that gay people aren't sinners and be done with it Hug
 
Catholic Church is specific being gay is not a sin per se, the sin is having sex outside marriage, the exact sin for hetero or homosexuals.
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 21 2009 at 01:38
How about we just admit that gay people aren't sinners and be done with it Hug
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 21 2009 at 01:35

Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

 

Jesus says "Be perfect as my Father in Heaven is perfect." (Matthew 5:48- same chapter you have there)

Unreachable eh?  Yep...only if you depend on yourself to reach holiness (called perfection in some versions

I forgot I'm talking with non Catholics, we believe perfection is only achieved by God, we may try, maybe achieve RELATIVE perfection, but nothing more unless you are a Saint or in state of beatitude.


Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

 
No matter how you figure it, the bottom line is this: Follow Jesus.  Follow the commandments?  The rich man said he had done that already, but Jesus said he was lacking- and by virtue of his question, the man knew he was lacking something.
 
 
Absolutely disagree, this is the version of the Catholic Bible and it's read clearly step by step::
 
 Part One, what do you need to reach heaven:
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16 And now a man came to him and asked, 'Master, what good deed must I do to possess eternal life?'
17 Jesus said to him, 'Why do you ask me about what is good? There is one alone who is good. But if you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.'
18 He said, 'Which ones?' Jesus replied, 'These: You shall not kill. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not give false witness.
19 Honour your father and your mother. You shall love your neighbour as yourself.'
 
The man asks What i must do to go to Heavem, Jesius answers clearly "keep the commandments" nothing more, doesn't add a word, that's enough to reach heaven
 
But the Young Man wants more asks and receives an answer:
 
Part B: What do you need to have a treasure in Heaven
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20 The young man said to him, 'I have kept all these. What more do I need to do?'
21 Jesus said, 'If you wish to be perfect, go and sell your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven;
 
Jesus clearly says that if he gives his money to the poor, he will already by this point have a treasure in Heaven, in other words he will be closer to what we understand as santity, something that of course you don't share, at this point everything is clear....NEVER SAID YOU LACK OF SOMETHING OR YOU NEED SOMETHING ELSE TO REACH HEAVEN.

Then Jesus adds 
 
Part C:  What do that specific man needed to achieve perfection
Quote then come, follow me.'
 
He's telling to a specific man to leave all hios possesions, his family and follow him, that for us is a special call reserved for a few.

Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Now a question for you:

Do you believe Jesus when he says, "No man comes to the Father except through me?" (John 14:6)

Very well- you said we shouldn't  take that literally.  So please tell me what it means non-literally?
 
Yes, I do, and Jesus took care of that with his sacrifice  for allm of us, so all humans through  his sacrifice are entitled to salvation, not just those whio follow him
 
Remember  Matthew 5: 19 also says:
 
Quote Matthew 5:  19 Therefore, anyone who infringes even one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be considered the least in the kingdom of Heaven; but the person who keeps them and teaches them will be considered great in the kingdom of Heaven.
 
The text is clear "The person who keeps and teaches them will be considered great in Heaven" it's transparent, if you follow and teach the Commandments, you will be called great in Heaven...point, nothing more is required.
 
I'm sure this won't mean a thing for you, gut the vatican II Council specified
 
Quote 5. The non-Christian may not be blamed for his ignorance of Christ and his Church; salvation is open to him also, if he seeks God sincerely and if he follows the commands of his conscience, for through this means the Holy Ghost acts upon all men; this divine action is not confined within the limited boundaries of the visible Church." 6
 
In other words i some cases good acts and following commands of conscience is enough to be saved.

Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

(By the way, I have at least 20 scriptures that say the exact same thing as John 14:6).
 
I don't doubt it, but no scripture cancels another one and Matthew 5:19 and 19:17 are clear for me..
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 20 2009 at 23:24
Originally posted by Henry Plainview Henry Plainview wrote:

Originally posted by stonebeard stonebeard wrote:

I wonder if Jesus was a good carpenter. If he was crap, then that's probably why he went into the messiah business.
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