Morality is not determined by the church you attend nor the faith you embrace. It is determined by the quality of your character and the positive impact you have on those you meet along your journey
Reminds me of a friend who kept a terminal illness secret. She kept living, got married, checked a few items on her bucket list and when she died, she died on her own terms.
I beg to differ. Just a bit. I think there are too many religious nuts (not the rational ones) that are only kept in check by their fear of having to answer for their sins in the after life and prevent getting a one-way ticket to hell.
Look at the Preppers and End of Times idiots. They are building castles with gun turrets to keep out their fellow man in a time of world crisis. In order to save themselves. How Christian of them.
The year was 1933. My great-grandmother lay dying in one room of the house. In another, her 5-year-old granddaughter Ellen (my father's little sister) lay very sick from pneumonia.
For the moment, the family was gathered around the dying woman's bedside. She had not been told of the little girl's illness for fear that the worry over the news would hasten the old woman's death. But death was near anyway.
Great-grandmother lifted her head from her pillow. She had been almost comatose but now was smiling as she said, "I just saw Ellen. She told me she's waiting for me." Then great-grandmother fell back on the bed and passed away.
Frightened and confused, the family members hurried to Ellen's room. She too had breathed her last. Before great-grandmother had.
True family story.
So I believe the spirits that animate our physical shells survive bodily death. Where they go, I don't know. I do believe they don't necessarily stay there but have the option to return.
Don't believe it,I don't care. It's what I believe though. I don't believe the words on that graphic.
I was looking for the "like" button. I may be spending too much time on Facebook.
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Love it, especially after reading Tebow's comments about his 'real reward' after he was cut from yet another NFL team today.
ReplyDeleteThere's a wealth of wisdom in those words.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of a friend who kept a terminal illness secret. She kept living, got married, checked a few items on her bucket list and when she died, she died on her own terms.
I beg to differ. Just a bit. I think there are too many religious nuts (not the rational ones) that are only kept in check by their fear of having to answer for their sins in the after life and prevent getting a one-way ticket to hell.
ReplyDeleteLook at the Preppers and End of Times idiots. They are building castles with gun turrets to keep out their fellow man in a time of world crisis. In order to save themselves. How Christian of them.
Pascal's Wager is the ultimate sucker's bet.
ReplyDeleteThe year was 1933. My great-grandmother lay dying in one room of the house. In another, her 5-year-old granddaughter Ellen (my father's little sister) lay very sick from pneumonia.
ReplyDeleteFor the moment, the family was gathered around the dying woman's bedside. She had not been told of the little girl's illness for fear that the worry over the news would hasten the old woman's death. But death was near anyway.
Great-grandmother lifted her head from her pillow. She had been almost comatose but now was smiling as she said, "I just saw Ellen. She told me she's waiting for me." Then great-grandmother fell back on the bed and passed away.
Frightened and confused, the family members hurried to Ellen's room. She too had breathed her last. Before great-grandmother had.
True family story.
So I believe the spirits that animate our physical shells survive bodily death. Where they go, I don't know. I do believe they don't necessarily stay there but have the option to return.
Don't believe it,I don't care. It's what I believe though. I don't believe the words on that graphic.