29 Jul '15 07:41>
Originally posted by KellyJayDoes anyone professing to be a Christian truly accomplish this? I have this vision of the Pearly Gates: St. Peter sitting at a table with festive bunting, chin in hand and tapping his foot while "The Girl From Ipanema" muzak plays from tinny speakers. No one shows up for century after century.
"Christ says to get eternal life:
... Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. (Luk 10:25-27) .. Was He mistaken? "
Seemingly, the requirement for eternal life is to give oneself to God so wholly as to bring about the death of self. When the ego is gone there is no "I," and thus eternal life is equivalent to eternal mindlessness. That's the way I see it anyway, and it's certainly not an appealing prospect.