[chrissy2231]

Originally Posted by rogerrice60

It all depends on how you lived your life.
Very simple! If you accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior then you go to Heaven, if you didn't accept Jesus, then you go to HELL!
Eternity is a VERY long time.
Make the correct decision!!

Hm, where are heaven and hell, and what do they do there?

[chrissy2231]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

"If they have time for me". Of course they will have time for you. They and you will have have FOREVER. Time never ending in an existence where even the concept of time is meaningless.

Dracula movies stole this idea

[chrissy2231]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

Like climate change????? (Sorry, cross-threading---10 yard penalty)

People herd. That's why we see a small line at the toll booths when everyone is waiting on huge lines. Can't think out of the box. Childhood beliefs are hammered in. They know what they are dealing with, so change is too scary, even when they realize it is important to move forward.

[chrissy2231]

Originally Posted by Ptmckiou

For me, I combine spirituality (not structured religion) and science because they support each other. Physics states energy cannot be created, or destroyed, but only change molecular structure.

Energy is all that is…all matter in the universe is made from energy. Energy has always been, and will always be. Energy can’t be destroyed. Energy can’t die. Thereby, since I am made of matter (atoms, molecules, quarks etc), then when mu body stops functioning, the energy that made me is still there. I see collectively, all that is, as….God. God being an intelligent energy. The soul, is a small aspect of God, that collective divine intelligent energy that has always been, and will always be….because “energy cannot be created or destroyed…”

To answer your question my consciousness (also energy) will continue past the demise of the vessel it’s temporarily housed in.

The Soul is ours; the Spirit belongs to God. I'm working on my Soul having realized 4 months ago, I never gave it any notice.

[chrissy2231]

Originally Posted by kayak

Some people think when you die it's like turning off a light switch, nothing. Others believe in heaven and hell. None of us are going to change what will actually happen by believing or not believing something. It's up to us to seek the truth. Eternity is a long long time. Claiming ignorance after the fact sounds like a poor strategy to me. I chose Jesus.

Admirable. I choose Reincarnation.

[chrissy2231]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

Since we are finite creatures with a begining, middle, and end, infinity is a concept that, imho, is impossible to convey or conceive. My spur of the moment attempt goes like this. "With out end. No up, down, right, left, begining, ending. No point of reference. FOREVER."

Can you imagine you are on a line that goes to your righ and to your left. You go one we and I go the other. We both set out. We travel a trillion times the speed of light and we live a million life times. Neither of us are any closer to the end of the line because there is no end. No end! That would be infinity in one dimension. We exist in 3 dimensions. No mater what direction you go you are never any closer to an end, because the is no end. Eternal life would not get you closer to an end, and since you have eternal (never ending, infinite) life, even death can't release your never ending travel.

So, Infinity, could be a curse or a blessing. There is always the possibility of infinite joy and love.

What do you think?

You are touching on Reincarnation. There is never death. Hopefully, we work on our life lessons in each life so we can move forward int the New Life. For example, we get lots of chemistry or instant chemistry with some and nothing w/others. I believe that chemistry exists having walked through previous lifetimes w/that Soul.

[chrissy2231]

Originally Posted by Life as I know it

I don’t believe in hell, if I did I would say it’s what happens here on earth to people that have suffered or are now suffering from the way their fellow humans treat them…..

Possible this may be hell!

[chrissy2231]

Originally Posted by me4vt

Amen

War is about control, possession of land, becoming the mighty power. Peace is what the world was meant to be.

[chrissy2231]

Originally Posted by Worldseries27

since you asked. I've always pondered why some of us are born in good circumstances where one can thrive
to aspire to salvation. Others, say mongol warriors were born into a culture that demanded of them pillaging and murder. They had no choice. Why was i given one and not them? Hence i believe that some of us are granted another life, a different chance to gain salvation.

In reply to:
"since you asked. I've always pondered why some of us are born in good circumstances where one can thrive
to aspire to salvation. Others, say mongol warriors were born into a culture that demanded of them pillaging and murder. They had no choice. Why was i given one and not them? Hence i believe that some of us are granted another life, a different chance to gain salvation."

It's about Karma.

[chrissy2231]

Originally Posted by Blackbird45

It doesn't matter if there is anything after you die you deal with it.
I'm not a believer. I always looked at the promise of a better place was to keep people in line.
If you're good boys and girls Santa will bring you gifts.
I've signed up to donate my organs after I die.
Does that mean if there is a better place, I will show up missing body parts

I donated my body to Medcure. Having watch a movie taking place in the 1700s, interns had to rob graves to perform their work.

[chrissy2231]

Originally Posted by oneclickplus

Ecclesiastes 9:10 - Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going.

So, there you go. Your body is buried and your consciousness ceases completely. You do not go to heaven. You sleep and await a resurrection.

John 3:13 - No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven.

Revelation 20:4-6 And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.

Anything else any church teaches is lies and deception. Read your Bible. There is a good chance that what you have been taught is not in there.

The Bible written by 40. Organized religion created by man.

[chrissy2231]

Originally Posted by frankandeb

I appreciate the lightheartedness in some of the answers to this very important question. “Laughter is good medicine”
However, I feel I must interject to say that if we are honest with ourselves we somehow know that there is more after this life. I’m convinced in that same awareness that Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life; and no one gets to Heaven except through Him. Please take time to connect with Him, and His Word, on a regular basis.

And be sure to connect to your Soul...

[Michael 61]

Wow, Chrissy has a lot of time on her hands.

[Velvet]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

There were and are Christian Humanists. Erasmus - Wikipedia

Didn’t know that, thank you.

[PersonOfInterest]

I really don't know what happens when you die. For those who believe in a God there is Heaven and Hell and the eternity of afterlife. For those non believers or followers of other religious or other factions, there are any number of answers to the question.

There is one thing I think we ALL can agree on, however. We will all find out and we will all have the answer to the question. Some will know in the very near future and others just a little while longer. Patience.