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    Default On the subject of death. If you're curious...(references to the bible)

    It's kind of a lost knowledge over time. Sure there are few denominations that got it right but wrong in other places. The doc points to the knowledge of death as it was meant to be understood for the Christians and it was their accepted doctrine for the early church.

    The doc is here
    http://www.filefront.com/15859551/Th...the-bible.doc/

    Whether you're a Christian or non religious person I think it's good to know about what's coming to all of us that is death. And to atheist before you call it garbage pls read the document it would surprise you even(in a good way)

    Read the whole document. I welcome questions or feedback either here or through PM. But keep it civil.
    Last edited by Miracles; March 18, 2010 at 04:29 AM.

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    Default Re: On the subject of death. If you're curious...(references to the bible)

    ... what is the point of this?
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    Default Re: On the subject of death. If you're curious...(references to the bible)

    If you ask that then I must ask you what's the point of your life and being knowledgeable to you?
    Last edited by Miracles; March 18, 2010 at 10:04 PM.

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    Default Re: On the subject of death. If you're curious...(references to the bible)

    On death you just return to "The Source" where everything originates and everything returns. Any questions you will ask about this will be met with the reply "I dunno".
    The wheel is spinning, but the hamster is dead.

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    Default Re: On the subject of death. If you're curious...(references to the bible)

    I can see how this is can be an interesting documents to believers, but I'm puzzled why atheists would be surprised by the document "in a good way"? It all hinges on the assumption that (i) God exists (ii) Jesus is the earthly representation of God (iii) the Bible is an accurate representation of the will of this God.
    I do not accept these premises, so the whole document is sort of like watching Aztecs debate what the great God Ctulhu has revealed to his people. It's white noise to me.

    It also skims over some important sociological differences (for example the ancient Hebrew after-life depicted in the book of Job is nothing like the paradise promised by Jesus: the reason is that this idea simply had not evolved in Judaism yet; the after-life was considered to be a pale continuation of the present life much like the Greek Hades) as you are bound to do when you take a book at face value instead of looking at it in its context.
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