And if so, explain to me what it is! My dad told me about it a long time ago, and always warned me not to get it b/c I wouldnt go to heaven!? He told me it was in the bible, and that its something to keep track of people!! But would someoene please explain to me!?
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OK this could be a long one...but... In revelations the last book of the bible it talks about Jesus coming back from heaven to collect his church also know as the rapture or second coming...When he does this the Antichrist who is going to pretend to be a "christ" or savior is going to try to dominate the world and probably succeed.  This antichrist is also known as a dragon, lion and beast.  That is where the name comes from...now the rapture hasnt happend yet and Christian all over the world speculate every day what could this be.  Well seeing the future isnt exactly what humans are meant to do or for anyone to beable to do for that matter of a fact.  Many think that it will be  microchip with a tatoo over it or something of that sort.  There are books that talk about this time and they are fiction such as the Left Behind Series and there are other non fiction book on this topic but, I would definately look up revelations and read about it.  It only talks about it for a very brief time, but i wouldnt wory about it for now because that isnt the thing preventing you from going to heavan at this time the only thing stopping you is having a personal relationship with Christ and accepting his eternal gift of life.  Hope that answers your question and oh yeah if thousands upon millions of us disappear you might want to start worrying about it and checking out being a Christian but dont wait..cause no one knows how or when its going to happen except God himself...dont miss out!
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Jimmy,\n\nThe message in Matthew 19 is not that you must be poor or that poverty is the only way into Heaven. If that is your belief, you are mistaken.\n\nThe message is..."IF you allow anything to come between you and God...you are putting your eternity in grave danger.
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I would say yes, it is a form of judgement, but I don't want to judge.  :D  BTW, more Christians should read the verse you posted and the verse after that.  It says that whatever whatever judgement you judge, you shall be judged and whatever you meet, (out to someone) shall be measured to you again.  To me, that would mean that if you say, "You're going to hell," you will go to hell if you don't repent.
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It's good to believe what you believe, it is also good that you keep Christians thinking, because it makes them look things up in the bible.\nSo believe it or not you are actually helping out...\nthe bible clearly states that all things Good or evil will bring Glory to God...\nSo I truly thank you for your questions it keeps me thinking about God and his kingdom.\n\nAs for plastic who is to really say it is not there I have not been to heaven so I do not know, but it is a GREAT question. \n\nThanks
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I don't believe in it. The Bible warns against it. If you want some more info, send me an e mail and I will send you scripture.
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Say no to people who, perhaps unknowingly, are messengers of Satan trying to keep people from attaining eternal life through the salvation offered by Jesus Christ!  Jesus is Lord!  I'm sorry, you can't change that.  Have you read the Bible?  The good guys win.
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Well, how pleasantly surprising to find that only 75% of the people responding to this are ignorant proselytizing judgmental morons...I was expecting something like 90-100%.\n\nHonestly, how is Christianity supposed to keep its flocks on the straight and narrow path (that leads to the collection plate) if they don't do a little scaremongering?  And you, my friend, are the perfect target...why, your NAME, according to my religion, implies evil incarnate; I might as well take my preacher at his word and not bother to find out anything more for myself.  I'll just keep my eyes and ears closed to anyone that might try to enlighten me on the subject...they're only after my soul, of course; they will only lead me astray...if I just trust in the people to whom I give my money I'll go to heaven and be all right...\n\nAhem.  Sorry.  I just get going.  No, seriously, it's the name, buddy.  Most people in the US are Christians and your namesake is their arch-nemesis.  But you don't need to be told that, am I right?  It probably wouldn't do a lot of good, but you could put a link with your question to a site that might enlighten the uninitiated.
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Every description of heaven that i've heard sounds simply awful.  To be with this big ole' sky daddy who already knows everything would be the most disheartening thing there could be.  What would be the point of striving, of working, of trying, of learning, if some god character already had all the answers?\n\nReligous people don't think it through. The whole "no more worries, no more toil" sounded great to the primitive people who created religions, they slaved in the fields all day and didn't get a vacation in their whole lives.  But modern man has discovered that there's much more to life than a simple roof over your head or manna in your pot.\n\nSome thiests defend the concept by saying that you would lose your earlthy desires once you were in heaven. That's WORSE!  Instead of outright letting you die, this "god" of theres makes something inhuman, something alien of you.  Because without the desire to compete and achieve, without the ability to be useful (and who needs you with god around?) you are no longer human.  I'd rather join the Borg.
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That's complete crap.\n\nYou won't find any such information in the Bible.\n\nSeriously.  Ask your friend to show it to you.
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is there ANY truth to it - as in any truth in the bible, well then yes, it makes references to things that are real, egypt, rome, etc...\nit also contains what could be considered "accepted truth" in that its basic message(without getting to deep into some crazy rules and contradictions) is that we should not kill each other, treat each other fairly well and so on.  a majority of people out there believe this is the right "true" way to act, even if they don't.\nas for truth to god....well seeing has how most of the bible is kind of like an instruction book as to how to live, it needs some kind of reward/punishment system to get people to actually follow it, so my guess would be, in comes god.  he watches over you all the time and knows when you have been bad or good and...wait, sounds a little like santa claus on steroids.
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Ps. 37:29: “The righteous themselves will possess the earth, and they will reside forever upon it.” (Why People wants to go to Heaven?)\n\nEccl. 9:5, 10: “The living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all . . . All that your hand finds to do, do with your very power, for there is no work nor devising nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol,* the place to which you are going.” (If they are conscious of nothing, they obviously feel no pain.)(A bucket of water has turn off the firing hell.)\n\nEzek. 18:4: “The soul* that is sinning—it itself will die.” (*“Soul,” KJ, Dy, RS, NE, Kx; “the man,” JB; “the person,” TEV.)(No immortality here)\n\nJob 14:13, Dy: “[Job prayed:] Who will grant me this, that thou mayst protect me in hell,* and hide me till thy wrath pass, and appoint me a time when thou wilt remember me?” (Why did Job wanted to be protected in hell? (Is not that place a horrendous, tormenting, despicable, give me pain for I deserve it?)\n\nJesus Christ said: “You should pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven . . . ’” He also said: “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one can come to the Father except through me. . . . If you ask for anything in my name, I will do it.”—Matt. 6:9; John 14:6, 14, JB; (Many Christians are praying to saints, icons, and objects, thus completely nullifying  these Scriptures.)\n\nA note to Softfuzzy.. For what I Know JW are the only one that are not ignoring the Scripture like 2 Tim. 3:16 states. You are!\n(Ex. 6:3; Rev. 19:6) Neither expression is ever applied to either the Son or the holy spirit. (Almighty)
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I totally agree with you,   But keep in mind that when it's all over, there won't be that many people from this earth going to heaven.\n In answer to your question,   Satan has thrown a blindfold over the eyes of the people, that they can't see,  Remember the verse in the Bible  " A child will lead them"?  The reference to the child  is because only a child will not already be defiled by this world..\n Think about your favorite food,  Now wonder to yourself what it would be like if you never tasted your favorite food before,, It would not be your favorite food, would it?   Sex is first tried by teens and even younger children, because it's being taught in our schools. Once they try it they like it, they do it , until it's an obsession.            and the A.C.L.U. is standing back with their boss "satan" laughing . But keep heart, for in Revelation it says, that satan and his followers will be cast into a LAKE OF FIRE...  But it doesn't help our teens now though, except a good dose of AIDS..... That might cure them..  Hopefully some of our teens will stand back and watch before jumping in the sack, or back seat...\nWe had a visiting preacher that said he saw a bumper sticker that said " If it feels good, do it.... So he said he rearended him, later when asked why he did that , he replied It felt good.. The wrong message is being taught in our schools, and in most homes, also, I heard a father say to a boyfriend of his daughter,  If my daughter gets pregnant,  I'll break your neck, But to his buddys, about his son, Ah he's just out sowing his wild oats,   Not CARING that it's someone else's daughter he sowing with..
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I think it's the mark of the beast,and if it is,it will happen,and we won't be able to stop it.It tells about it in the Bible.True Christians won't accept it,and a lot will be killed for not taking it.
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I think no one will ever fully understand its significance including me. Some say that it is because He has to do it to save mankind from the bondage of sin. Some say that the supreme sacrifice has to be done so that mankind will be able to see the essence of life by conquering death. Some interpret it as a total expression of God for his total love of mankind, some don't even believe that it happened and some don't give a damn at all. \n\nBut what does it reallt mean? I am a Christian but am not an authority in interpreting such Biblical phenomenon.  I myself was at a loss when I was younger, so restless and careless that I didn't care so much about what Jesus did and knew about it only because my parents told me so. I was free and never understood that I was commiting sin left and right because I thought that I can do anything I like being a free man living in a democratic society where no one can tell or dictate to me what should be done. I solely depended on my limited knowledge, proud enough to think that I can overcome any obstacle. Then something went wrong along the way, so wrong that I couldn't find a way to fix some crisis I was in. Suddenly, I was facing the wall and couldn't get through, everything went blank and there was no answer. I was about to give up and say, that's it, for this world then out of I don't know where, I felt like someone's calling me saying, "look at me, look at me, is the heaviness of your heart more than what I have done for you in that you have to fall so hard"? I did this so that you may live. \n\nI was not fond of reading and I don't know why I just picked up the Holy Bible and started reading. As a Catholic I was not raised to be a Bible reader but later found out that no book can equal the wisdom that it contains. I started to realign my crooked life and started to make sense. I became a sensible person and wise in my own right but not judgemental in a way that I would show people that they are sinners but that they too have been saved and should lead a straight path. \n\nNow, all the troubles are gone and I can see only light even in my darkest hours. I gain strength in every challenge that I face and face it squarely with Christ to follow. That was the time when I knew the reason why He was crucified.
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I never understood it either.  I think Christ is one way to get to Heaven, but there are other ways too.  I don't think God would look at me and say, did Jesus check you in?  No?  Then leave!  I think that if the stories about Christ are true, then he was a good man and a very spiritually advanced being.  But not the only way into Heaven.\n\nBlessed be.
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Isn't this quite disingenuous? If the verse were talking about a way of identifying a living human being, then perhaps you'd have a point, though a very strained one at that.\n\nBut, isn't this verse about whether one has a body or not in paradise? And isn't it saying that the body is, effectively, put back together, from the head to the tips of the toes..... or fingers?\n\nYou've taken words and then forced them on to something that is utterly non-applicable. Isn't that a sin?
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Denominational confrontation is such a mystery to me...\nEven if no proofs exist - all of humankind still has God's grace - no matter what your membership status is. Given that, you may end up in hell while I go to heaven - you better watch yourself!