-Removed-So much for the perhaps unbiblical idea that we have "free will".
Also, why even make reference to The Bible when your whole forum posture seems to indicate that you would consider that to be not just the logical fallacy of "appealing to authority" but one of "appealing to imaginary authority"?
If your primary concern is the possible continuation of your very special ego after death, please have a look at Raymond Moody's books, and going even farther back, the works of Frederic W. H. Myers and other members of the Society for Psychical Research.
@moonbus saidIf someone taps you on the shoulder, it wasn't me.
@Kevin-Eleven
Is that ectoplasm I detect oozing out of your post there ?
@kevin-eleven saidI disagree that the idea that we have free will is "unbiblical". That we have free will is a cornerstone of the Bible.
So much for the perhaps unbiblical idea that we have "free will".
Also, why even make reference to The Bible when your whole forum posture seems to indicate that you would consider that to be not just the logical fallacy of "appealing to authority" but one of "appealing to imaginary authority"?
If your primary concern is the possible continuation of your very speci ...[text shortened]... her back, the works of Frederic W. H. Myers and other members of the Society for Psychical Research.
-Removed-Being forgiven by God puts us in good standing with God; however, that does not
at all absolve us of any crimes we have done here. Punishment is required
for crimes. We don't get to murder someone and not pay for that crime. Do you
think that is not the case? Should we be allowed to go on with our lives having
done all manner of evil and not be held accountable for them in this life? When
we commit crimes against one another here, even if they forgive us, all of the
results of those crimes are still being played out, killing someone, they are still
dead, the greater the sin against the other, the more damage done. Ultimately
all crimes are against God, every time we do anything wrong in His Kingdom,
we could never settle that debt to Him, so He did it for us.
Is this why you are always calling people names and belittling them because
you think you can, and nothing about what you do matters, here or in the
next life?