celia
New Yorker
apart from out heart stopping and no longer breathing...do you think we go to another place or is that it..or what would you like to think or believe...?
deep said:
Live your life making choices that are correct here and in the moment.
celia said:
Oh I totally agree with you!
I was thinking more along the lines of when you lose someone that you love, do you think they are sometimes still with you etc...but anyway I'm just thinking out loud...
paxetaurora said:even though I'm a Christian, I don't count out the possibility of reincarnation
bonosloveslave said:Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment...
-Hebrews 9:27
BonoVoxSupastar said:
According to "Born Agains" they've already died once.
paxetaurora said:If God is omnibenevolent, which is to say that God is all-loving, then why not consider the possibility that God might give souls another shot at the earthly life? People screw up for all sorts of reasons, and don't seek forgiveness as they ought or don't fully accept Christ. If we assume that through the sacrifice of Christ, God demonstrated that the goal was to save all humanity from the powers of sin and death, then God does not wish to lose a single soul to those powers.
Reincarnation can be viewed as another way in which God triumphs over death and shows love for creation.
Originally posted by paxetaurora
Universalism holds that ultimately no souls are damned to hell. Some universalists simply believe that hell does not exist. Universalists believe that an omnipotent and omnibenevolent God would not allow souls to be condemned to hell. Again, not *necessarily* my view, but one that some people do hold.
Klaus said:
So i believe when we die we will kind of "sleep" . When Jesus comes to earth the 2nd time he will take the ones who accepted him to eternal life, the others will simply die forever (no torture, hell or something like that)
Klaus
80sU2isBest said:
You're exactly right. Who I was before, my sin nature, was crucified with Christ, and I was raised to newness of life In Christ. I will not die again. My flesh will perish, but that's just the vessel that contains my spirit...my "jar of clay". Who I really am-my spirit-will live eternally.
BonoVoxSupastar said:I have a question...When I use the term "born again" I think of someone who lived a life and then discover Christ later on in their life, they repent and become "born again". You say you will not die again, now is that a personal statement or is that a universal statement for "born agains". What if you fall from your walk and turn your back on God? Is it possible to die twice?
My other question is a person who was raised in the church all their life, grew up believing and following God...they are obviously sinners but never made that life altering turn around in their life because it was always there. When do they die?