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I guess I have been on a stamp mood due to their popularity... enjoy!Room for thought:
"... no man ever repented of being a Christian on his death bed." Hannah More
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Are you planning to come to Christ?
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Yes I do. Not for my own sake
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Its not happening. on the contrary. I make it a point to turn people away from god.
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Why? How does that benefit you?
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you know what. you right. That was all really mean spirited.
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I can't tell if you're serious or not.
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I am serious. I made those posts over a year ago (i think), and while i do not understand you'r faith, i no longer hold disdain for it.
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Oh wow, that's good to hear. Thanks.
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That is not my job, I can't transform lives.
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...Well, if you're on your deathbed, you've probably got better things to do. Besides, if you're about to die, it's hardly the time. If He does exist, you'd so regret it.
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If He does exist, you'd so regret it.
You would... and if He did, it would be too late. Therefore, the wise thing to do is try to find out if He does and not reject Him, when you are unable to demonstrate that He does not exist.
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Nobody can definitely prove if God exists, so I don't see why everyone tries to. I will take my chances with plain old death, because I feel like If I choose the wrong God, the right one will be more angry than if I didn't pick one at all.
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Your comment made me remember that Faith may be your talent. [link]
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...That is a strange parable, which I do not understand whatsoever.
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It is a parable that speaks of those who are given something, and in fear of the master, one hides it. It reminded me of your initial comment of fearing not to offend someone.
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...When was that? Besides, I speak my mind, I just try to not be rude about it. I sometimes fail, but that's just how it works.
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When you said: "because I feel like If I choose the wrong God, the right one will be more angry than if I didn't pick one at all." I inferred that your faith is just like the one of the servant in the parable... don't dig it in a hole (pick one at all)
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I don't have a faith. Actually, I do, but I'm the only member, and only about seven people know it exists, and it doesn't really do anything. I like it very much. It's called MagnificentOneism.
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Not true... you may have it on something else, but you do. Some have faith/believe that God does not exist and others do. Faith is always existent, what varies is where you focus it... make sure you invest right, ok
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Using a faith there as a synonyms for a religion, but I will try to invest it correctly! However, I will probably fail, given the sheer number of religions just on Earth, not even considering the potential alien religions out there.
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...I like my proclamation better. Mostly because of the prospect of alien religions.
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Well, the sheer amount of planets out there in the universe makes the probability that our planet is the only one with life close to zero. Not schience-fiction aliens, but real ones. They won't look like us, and most of them will probably be bacterial, but yes, I do believe in aliens.
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No problem. However, I want you to think about something. You have never seen them, there is no evidence they exist, yet you have difficulty believing in Jesus, who actually lived.
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I rely on probability. One sentient species in the universe is almost certainly not going to happen. And I do believe Jesus existed. I just don't believe that he was the son of God.
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So many people abuse the thought that you can that way, its sad.
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I find this stamp full of it's self and with no backing.
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No backing? I know countless individuals who served Christ, and I assure you that not ONE ever had to repent of serving Christ on their death bed.
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I believe you, but there is no possible way for you to know that NO ONE has ever repent of serving christ. There are a lot of people in this world is all that I'm saying.
I am not hating on your religion
I am not denouncing your beliefs
I am merely stating that, by your beliefs, God is the only one who could possibly know that.
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I understand and you are correct. I am limited to my ability and is not intended to be illogical, nor a statement of all-knowing. However, would there be a reason why anyone would repent on his bed of serving God? Of course, the quote is not intended for literal interpretation but for literary conceptual understanding.
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There could be many reasons for someone to repent on his death bed. I can't know those reasons, because I neither believe there is a god nor am I on my death bed :/
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I understand your position. However, try to understand mine. Why would anyone repent at his/her death bed of believing that eternal life was around the corner for them and the hope they believed in?
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Well imagine that maybe they didn't want eternal life. Imagine that this person was content with their life and they see death as a just end to it.
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Someone who serves Christ? Content and seeing death as just the end? Think about it...
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Serves? What exactly are you serving? What exactly is wrong with your life coming to an end? Are you afraid that you won't be able to find what you need to by the end of your life?
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Which part of serving Christ you don't seem to comprehend? My life coming to an end has absolutely no problem, as the 1st law of thermodynamics dictates that energy cannot be created nor destroyed by our universe. The better question is, if energy cannot be destroyed and you are energy, where do you plan to spend eternity?
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So your saying that you believe that when you die all your matter gets transported to heaven or hell? I thought it was the soul that got sent to their respective places. I don't know about you but I'm fairly certain that my matter will stay somewhere in this universe. Not like it matters though, it's not like im going to be conscious while im floating around in space.
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In Thermodynamics, the 1st law distinctly says that energy can only be "transformed". It is interesting that this is the same word used in the Bible regarding what will happen to us, written thousands of years before the laws of Thermodynamics were developed (1 Corinthians 15:51).
How do you know that you are not going to be conscious while you are floating in space? I personally have never died and come back to life. Of course, we have all read and heard stories from those who allegedly have; they would better witnesses than you and I. However, the majority of the accounts do seem to fit in the detail what is described in Scriptures. Coincidence?
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Did you know that the brain stays alive for 10 minutes after death? And that mass amounts of DMT are released in the brain right before death? So maybe the people that experienced death and that saw heaven or hell didn't; possibly they went though a very intense "drug" trip.
Also, transformed is an interesting word. Did you know that thermodynamics was introduced only 40 years after the king james bible was completed?
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There is only one problem... when the heartbeat stops, a person is suffering clinical death - by definition, and consciousness is lost after 15-20 seconds later. There are of course, scientific near death experiences (NDE) organizations who dedicate to study the matter. Let us presume that you are correct and that they experience a "drug trip" which of course, lacks evidential validity, but we will presume you are correct. Do you feel that it is pure coincidence what these individuals having similar experiences and the IRONIC commonality of those who experience it around the entire planet is simple coincidence? Commonalities as a being of light, unconditional love, leaving your body, loving light, understanding, etc. Kindly review yourself, they also have peer-review journals available on the matter: [link] (watch a few videos whenever possible). Whether one chooses to believe it or not is irrelevant to the reality testified by those who have experienced it. You have options, just as the option to listen to someone who has gone down a road where a bridge has fallen off or opt to ignore them. The choice is always yours.
Now let us get to the greater irony... those testimonies match the truth revealed in the Bible about a heaven and a hell... why? Coincidence?
Regarding the word transformed... it was my point exactly. Is it coincidental that a scientific law corroborates the same observation of Scriptures of a word written in Greek and Aramaic thousands of years prior to the scientific discovery, yet a word that HAD to be translated as such?
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how long has it been? Like amonth right?
Why do you care about someone Else's opinion so much?
And no, I don't think it's ironic, a lot of people have similar beliefs about what the "Afterlife" looks like, you know, bright, pleasant, happy. You know, things that are attributed with good feelings and happiness.
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Welcome back. What should I say? Forgive me for caring? Courtesy is given to anyone commenting on my deviations, you included. There is a reason that you may not understand but I must, it is found in 1 Peter 3:15 . You may not think it is ironic and trust me neither do I, as I understand WHY it coincidentally occurs this way.
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