![]() Back then, five nations had nukes, and had been the only ones with them for years, and would continue, thanks to non-proliferation, to be the only ones to have them, for many years. If you can show me any different, I am listening, but I doubt that you will convince me.īack in my day (the fact that I even utter that phrase indicates that I am officially Old), we always thought that the Cold War meant there couldn't be another war, of any kind, because war would mean the use of nukes, and thereby meant that mankind would obliterate itself, and mankind not wanting to obliterate itself would prevent that happening. If he is, I think he is cruel beyond measure. I believe that God exists, but I think that He is not the god I was taught that he is. Now, it makes me think that there has to be some other explanation. (Having said that, I must also say that if it is your only reason for participating in your religion, your faith lacks something). ![]() Once it would have meant a crisis of faith for me to say that Eternity, whether on the earth I know or the heaven I have no concept of, is not a good enough reason to motivate me to participate in any religion. Why? If it's so great, why aren't we "dying" to get there (ha, pun very much intended). Right now, this moment, if given an opportunity to get to heaven (that is, die), almost no one would take it, even people with very strong faith. Given the choice, nearly every person would rather live than die. How good an idea do you have of what waits for you in heaven? What's it like there? The Bible gives almost no clue, and what it does say is mainly beyond the realm of human experience.Īre you sure you want to spend Eternity there? Mankind is raised to perfection.īefore you say "that's really nutty," let me ask you something. ![]() Christ rules for a thousand years, and then God takes over. if you died three minutes before Armageddon you get in here, but if God killed you, you're screwed) come back to life to have a chance to learn about God. Following this, the "righteous" will, as we've all heard, inherit the earth, which means living forever on it. Armageddon (God's war) will come very soon, in which he will permanently destroy the "wicked" (if Jehovah's Witnesses have come to your door, and you didn't listen, you are on this list). But is it? I'll brief you first on what JWs believe. It's funny that I never questioned that particular belief before I thought it was one of the good aspects of religion. Time's so short.īut with Eternity, Time's so long. Never die! All the time in the world to do *fill in activity or learning here*. Funny how most humans, with our severely limited life spans, thinkĮternity sounds great. Gross, eh? Wow, never thought of it that way. After forever you know all the people, and what else is there to learn? It creeps me out." I mean, eventually all the kids grow up, old people grow young again, everyone the same age. She interrupted me with, "You think so? I think it's kind of gross. The other day I made a comment to her to the effect that their idea of living forever on earth is kind of nice, but. I have a friend who also used to be one of Jehovah's Witnesses. ![]() ![]() It's great when someone says something that revolutionizes the way you look at something. ![]()
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