[ex34449]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

To me, one can not simply choose to believe. Like Yoda said to young Luke, "you "do", or you "do not". There is no "try" (choose). Belief or lack of belief in God(s) is visceral.

I've no idea as there is only one mind I'm sure of, mine. Whatever happens that makes a another believe or not to a God or anything for that matter is a trip they took.
To me, one can choose anything to believe in. Or not.

[Byte1]

I know where I am going after I die and it is not due to religion. It is due to my faith and the grace of my GOD. Not everyone is going where I am going, but anyone that wants to can. The ONLY person holding you back from going to a better place when you depart this life, is YOU. So, if you do not arrive in the place you expected, you can only blame yourself.

[chrissy2231]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

I am not being facetious, but I ask why you don't take steps to get back to "that place"? What is your reason for staying here if you would rather be there?
Again, serious inquiry.

You're mixing me up with two others who replied, or you may have misinterpretated my responses to them.. I'm in The Now and believe in Reincarnation.

[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by chrissy2231

You're mixing me up with two others who replied, or you may have misinterpretated my responses to them.. I'm in The Now and believe in Reincarnation.

Page 15, post 212. My question to that poster was a serious question. The answer I received was, imo, humble, caring, rational, and healthy.
As to your belief in reincarnation, there are those cases who seem to provide evidence toward that possibility that cannot be dismissed. I find those cases very interesting.

[chrissy2231]

Originally Posted by Byte1

I know where I am going after I die and it is not due to religion. It is due to my faith and the grace of my GOD. Not everyone is going where I am going, but anyone that wants to can. The ONLY person holding you back from going to a better place when you depart this life, is YOU. So, if you do not arrive in the place you expected, you can only blame yourself.

Would you tell me where that is?
I'm working on my Life Lessons to lessen how many I'll have to work on when I reincarnate.

[chrissy2231]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

Yah! If you had to be reincarnated, and could choose, what would you be and why. Go for it. Could be a funny thread.

Hopefully, I would become a Mother. Didn't want to in this life.
I lived in Phila, & I won 1st place in my office's "best resemblance to a dog" contest. I won as an Afghan at age 24.

What about you?

[chrissy2231]

Originally Posted by ex34449

Having been dead and not at all religious... it was quite peaceful. Never saw any supreme being either good or bad. Just an indescribable peace and understanding of everything. It took me months to relive what I had experienced in as many seconds. Still haven't completed the job as I've started to forget many of the finer details of the trip.
If and when it happens again, I Do Not want to come back.

Sometimes I wonder if Earth is Hell, although I do not believe in Heaven or Hell?

[tvbound]

Originally Posted by Byte1

I know where I am going after I die and it is not due to religion. It is due to my faith and the grace of my GOD. Not everyone is going where I am going, but anyone that wants to can. The ONLY person holding you back from going to a better place when you depart this life, is YOU. So, if you do not arrive in the place you expected, you can only blame yourself.

"I know where I am going after I die..."

Actually, you have faith/belief of where/what you're going to after dying...you don't/can't really "know." It's akin to those who falsely say "I just tell it like it is," when in fact - they are only 'telling it as they see it.'

[rhood]

Originally Posted by chrissy2231

Kind of like the question "What is Love?"

When you're dead, you don't know that you're dead. All the pain os felt by others. Same thing happens when you're stupid.

[Byte1]

Originally Posted by tvbound

"I know where I am going after I die..."

Actually, you have faith/belief of where/what you're going to after dying...you don't/can't really "know." It's akin to those who falsely say "I just tell it like it is," when in fact - they are only 'telling it as they see it.'

Yep, I have FAITH. Is that hard to believe? Do I really "KNOW?" I am just counting on the promise that Jesus/GOD gave us in the Bible. They call that "faith." Better to have faith than to die miserably with nothing to look forward to. I have not seen ANY indication that reincarnation exists. But I am counting on the promise that GOD gave us that we do not just cease to exist. Jesus said that where he was going there was many rooms and that he was going to prepare a place for us when we went (paraphrased). Christians call that heaven. I am counting on having one of those rooms. I think that I would rather live with GOD than be reincarnated as something that lives in today's world. But hey, everyone has their own preference. God never mentions anything about reincarnation but their IS reference to an alternative to Heaven. I am not trying to convince anyone to join me; just explaining my "faith" to you in response. It would be the easy way out to believe that when you passed, there was nothing on the other side. That way, there would be no threat of moral or ethical reckoning for sin. Unfortunately, GOD states that "all have sinned..." so if GOD is real and one passes, they have a reckoning whether or not they believe. The ONLY way to forgo the punishment is via Jesus, according to the Holy Bible. BUT, that is my belief/faith as you mentioned. Of course, if I am wrong and the non-believers are right, then I have lost nothing. If I am right and the non-believers are wrong, they have lost EVERYTHING. I am no better than anyone else. I just accepted GOD's promise/gift. I hate to see others suffer, but GOD does not force anyone to accept HIS gift. That's each individual's choice. Kind of like having a complete stranger walk up to you and give you a check for $5000 with a stack of old references stating that this person is an honorable and honest person. It is your choice as to whether or not you believe that check is legit or not. Until you cash it, you don't know. However, if there is an expiration date on that check you might lose that gift if you do not believe(have faith) it's legit and do not cash it while you can. Maybe that is not a good analogy.
By the way, the Bible is the most widely published book in the world. It is historically and mathematically accurate. Just an interesting fact.

"What do you think happens when you die?"
I believe that I will go to be with the Lord.

[chrissy2231]

Originally Posted by tvbound

"I know where I am going after I die..."

Actually, you have faith/belief of where/what you're going to after dying...you don't/can't really "know." It's akin to those who falsely say "I just tell it like it is," when in fact - they are only 'telling it as they see it.'

I'm not in the "telling it like it is" category. Having been a searcher and seeker all my life, I was constantly drawn to meetings and literature about Reincarnation. Makes the most sense to me. I never try to convince anyone to switch their belief or lack therefore.

[chrissy2231]

Originally Posted by deej012160

John 3:16 says it all. "For God so loved the world (all of us) that He gave His only begotten son (Jesus) so that whoever believes in Him will not perish (be banned to an eternity away from God, in Hell) but will live everlasting life (will live in eternal paradise with God)." Think about it, Jesus left Heaven to come down to earth, live a perfect, sinless life as a human, then in obedience to the Father went to a terrible death on the cross to pay the price for all of our sins so that we would not have to pay the price for our sins. ---posted in love from a Bible-believing Christian---

I can't make sense out of "then in obedience to the father went to a terrible death on the cross to pay the price for all of our sins so that we would not have to pay the price for our sins." God is All Powerful. He gives Life Lessons to Earth's humans every lifetime. Don't understand why he wouldn't instill in each of the sinners consciousness that would not allow them to commit anymore sin? God always forgives, and he created each of us in his image. I question what needs answers for me. I also question Reincarnation statements that confuse me; then research tofind the answers.

[chrissy2231]

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive

Evangelical atheist...?

No, Reincarnationalist. I am a searcher and a seeker. Humanist Club's last discussion "Did Jesus Really Exist?" The most amazing thing is that this Club is ACCEPTANCE at its finest. Anyone who wants to speak in the follow up discussion can. I spoke 4 times and a few others spoke multiple times. It is important to me to find out peoples' beliefs; hence, this post!

[chrissy2231]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

Sounds great to me.😴

When you wake up, it's a "New Life" with oodles of "wake-up" calls so you can learn the Life Lessons you didn't in your last lifetime.

[chrissy2231]

And like Snow White, you will be awoken in a "New Life" so you can work on the Life Lessons you didn't learn in your last life I'm sure you and most people have seen/met people who are very far advanced along life's journey.