30 Apr 16
Your personal views about the "embrace of death."
About @Hand-of-Hecate:
"The safety blanket of delusion is all that insulates our fragile lives
from the cold yet welcome embrace of death."
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Originally posted by Grampy BobbyYou post a lot about death, why?
[b]Your personal views about the "embrace of death."
About @Hand-of-Hecate:
"The safety blanket of delusion is all that insulates our fragile lives
from the cold yet welcome embrace of death."
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Originally posted by SuzianneI think the OP is about death, as is summed up by these words, by way of a topic-setting invitation, in bold, at the beginning of it: "Your personal views about the "embrace of death." I don't think this invitation is only aimed at "someone else" [Hand of Hecate] but is aimed at everybody and anybody, and to suggest that Grampy Bobby's question is "not even about death" seems rather odd on your part.
Seems to me that he's asking a question about someone else's posting about death.
Fittingly, it's not even about death, but delusions.
01 May 16
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyI would say that, if the beliefs of religionists in the supernatural and immortality afford them some consolation as they approach their own deaths, and if that's what they need in order to "embrace" it, then that's alright. I know plenty of people who do.
Your personal views about the "embrace of death."
Originally posted by FMFIf, however, in the process of that "embrace", you have people psychologically blackmailing or bullying, and trying to coerce each other into some kind ideological surrender and conformity, with contrived mechanisms of fear, obligation and guilt - entirely based on conjecture about supernatural beings dishing out unimaginable rewards and demented punishments, then it's not alright. But there's little one can do about it.
I would say that, if the beliefs of religionists in the supernatural and immortality afford them some consolation as they approach their own deaths, and if that's what they need in order to "embrace" it, then that's alright. I know plenty of people who do.
Originally posted by SuzianneYour understanding of the OP, is just that, your understanding. Make use of that insight and post accordingly. As will I.
Seems to me that he's asking a question about someone else's posting about death.
Fittingly, it's not even about death, but delusions.
You blame GB for a lot on this website. Why?
01 May 16
Originally posted by FMFWhen one considers Suzanne's usual modus operandi on these boards it is apparent that there is actually nothing "odd" about Suzanne's post.
I think the OP is about death, as is summed up by these words, by way of a topic-setting invitation, in bold, at the beginning of it: "Your personal views about the "embrace of death." I don't think this invitation is only aimed at "someone else" [Hand of Hecate] but is aimed at everybody and anybody, and to suggest that Grampy Bobby's question is "not even about death" seems rather odd on your part.
03 May 16
Originally posted by Grampy BobbySince mankind was made to live, and death is the result of a mistake, death is not natural and we should not "embrace" it.
[b]Your personal views about the "embrace of death."
About @Hand-of-Hecate:
"The safety blanket of delusion is all that insulates our fragile lives
from the cold yet welcome embrace of death."
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As death is the course we have been put on, we must accept it, but, due to the loving kindness of our Creator in providing a way out by a resurrection back to life, we can accept death with the hope of life in the future.
03 May 16
Originally posted by roigamSo, your way to "embrace" death is [1] to assert that it is unnatural, and [2] to declare that you will be resurrected from the dead. Thus, with you thinking and declaring these two things, you have come to terms with death. Is that a fair summary?
Since mankind was made to live, and death is the result of a mistake, death is not natural and we should not "embrace" it.
As death is the course we have been put on, we must accept it, but, due to the loving kindness of our Creator in providing a way out by a resurrection back to life, we can accept death with the hope of life in the future.
03 May 16
Originally posted by FMFYes, but it goes well beyond that.
So, your way to "embrace" death is [1] to assert that it is unnatural, and [2] to declare that you will be resurrected from the dead. Thus, with you thinking and declaring these two things, you have come to terms with death. Is that a fair summary?
(Revelation 7:14) So right away I said to him: “My lord, you are the one who knows.” And he said to me: “These are the..... ones who come out of the great tribulation,.....
. and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
So at the end of this system of things there is going to be a great crowd who will not even die.
They will live through to the 1000 year reign of Christ!
03 May 16
Originally posted by roigamIs that literally a "1000 years"?
Yes, but it goes well beyond that.
(Revelation 7:14) So right away I said to him: “My lord, you are the one who knows.” And he said to me: “These are the..... ones who come out of the great tribulation,.....
. and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
So at the end of this system of things there is going to be a great crowd who will not even die.
They will live through to the 1000 year reign of Christ!
04 May 16
Originally posted by divegeesterJust as your "modus operandi" of never answering a question put directly to you severely undercuts your desire to justify your own "bad-mouthing".
When one considers Suzanne's usual modus operandi on these boards it is apparent that there is actually nothing "odd" about Suzanne's post.
04 May 16
Originally posted by roigamSo are you now saying that the martyrs of Christ in Revelation don't actually die?
Yes, but it goes well beyond that.
(Revelation 7:14) So right away I said to him: “My lord, you are the one who knows.” And he said to me: “These are the..... ones who come out of the great tribulation,.....
. and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
So at the end of this system of things there is going to be a great crowd who will not even die.
They will live through to the 1000 year reign of Christ!
Is this JW dogma?