do you think there is an eternal benefit to living more in the truth?
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I follow the Bible, and many doctrines that many many churches follow are not scriptural. People accept them without asking, why? We are taught to read for a reason. \n\nIt has SERIOUS implications! Christianity carries with it a HUGE responsibility that so many Christians either do not recognize or ignore. Look at the questions and answers on this site, at the comments of unbelievers. Look and listen to their negative views on our faith because of some Christians - they fight amongst themselves, they can't decide what they believe, they judge, they are hypocrites, they believe blindly. Well, if you want to lead more people to Christ, then we had better stop all this non-scriptural doctrine and start waking up, because as it stands, there will be many Christians answering to God one day for why they led others away when they had the opportunity not to.
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Everlasting life? Isn't that what we are promised by God? It's sort of the same as asking "Do you or Would you believe" \nI believe I would. There are certain people who absolutely LOVE life. Everything about it, even the pain and suffering that comes with it. There is beauty in everything. I am one of those people. I LOVE to learn. I learn everything I can all the time. I will always learn and grow and never tire of life or what it has to offer. I would welcome the opportunity to live forever. \nDeath is part of the plan, a process in the journey of our souls. Just like birth, adolescence or graying hair. It may be the end, or the beginning depending on how you see it. But it is inevitable either way.
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Yes, TRUTH (what GOD Thinks, Says and Creates) is EVERY WHERE and at ALL Levels of Human Understanding.\nAnd The Holy Spirit is trying to Teach us too.  All of the Time.
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I agree with the concept. Our salvation is completely dependant on the way we lead our life on planet earth. I personally believe salvation is not a state after death but a realisation of truth while living!
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Yeh its true there will be life after death and that life will be depending on our performance in this life..and also depends upon what our thought during the time of death...So its advisable to think and act only good sothat we can get an excellent life next time..
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Actually, yes. Everything you see in one day can enlighten us, helping us guide us to something else. There are no coincedences in life. Let us learn the best we can.\n\n"Good luck exploring the infinate abyss!"-Garden State :]\n\nGod Bless You ♥
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Is it more value to live than to not exist at all? (That's the alternative, I'm sure you'll agree.)\n\nI'd argue yes. I'd much prefer to exist than to not. The actual value of my life I would consider it a factor of how much I can make an impact on the world, how much I enjoy it with family and friends, and how much I can enhance myself personally.\n\nDoes that mean anything, you might ask? It does to me - it means a lot. In fact, it means everything.
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You are one of the few people who actually understand the true nature of a Hedonistic Philosophy.  Yes, following God's will is the greatest joy, so to a true Hedonist, that would be the ultimate life style.  God Bless.
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Physical reincarnation aside, yes I agree in it 100%. I think it is a pretty universal concept really. \n\nI am not a bible thumper at all but I've always enjoyed the following from the bible: \n\n1  Judge not, that ye be not judged.\n \n2  For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. Mk. 4.24 \n \n3  And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?\n \n4  Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?\n \n5  Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.\n \nI really think Matthew 7:2 (spoken by Jesus, Sermon on the Mount) couldn't be any clearer on karma.
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Yes, absolutely.  This is why I study religions and am majoring in religious studies!  There is more than one way to be human, and when you learn others' religious beliefs, you can see that very clearly.  We tend to take so many things for granted and not realize they are even "beliefs" but we assume them to be "facts."  But then when we realize that other people look at it differently, we can see that we were just taking certain things for granted and there is no reason to do that.\n\nThere is wisdom in all religions.  Why limit yourself to the wisdom of only one?
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If you truly seek Truth, then Truth you shall find.  I suppose that the Whole Truth can be a little hard to deal with, but taking them on one at a time can make it bearable.  Removing those old seeds of limiting behavior takes time.  It's a daily task and must be dealt with pretty much continuously.  I would guess it depends on how many limiting beliefs one has as to whether they can all be revealed and removed.
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the "greater good" i believe is a personal thing for every person...\nYou have the key to figuring out your own
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Yes.\n\nIt is a great trick.  \n\nWestern wisdom suggests that when the end comes, the depraved and filthy living will not believe that the game is over and will feel certain they can beat the illness, go on carousing, and repent later once it is "really" over.\n\nSo some shrewdness and self-honesty and acceptance of mortality is gonna be necessary to use the great trick of death bed repentance.  Don't count on it working out for you, it's like winning a lottery.
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No.\nHeaven is supposed to be the eternal paradise reward for a life well lived. It's meant to be the eternal harbor of joy for the soul. If there's nothing to do but enjoy divine grace, why would you need free will? Free will is for deciding when faced with choices, and deciding often leads to conflicts (internal as they may be). This leads to affiliation, taking sides, which leads to individualistic tendencies and result in social separation.
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Well I've always believed that every religion out there has truth to it to one degree or another. I think I've felt the urge to find out more of the true principles that are in other belief systems, and so far I've been pleasantly surprised to see how much different religions have in common, they just call these principles by different names. \n\nThanks
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Yes. There are absolute, eternal laws that exist in the universe. You break them at your own peril.
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well, isn't this the core question of the human race? Is there a point to it all? From a bigger perspective (like the billions of years old unimaginably big universe perspective) I'd say probably not as we're very finite beings and the time and space we take up in the universe at large doesn't really register as more than a blip, but on a personal level there are many things I aspire to like expanding my knowledge, sharing love and warmth, experiencing interesting sensations (think food, music, reading, sex, etc) and seeing as much of this vast and fascinating universe as I possibly can and I try my best to do good by others.\n\nJust because I do not believe in the human soul, the god(s) and an afterlife doesn't mean I don't intent to get the most out of the short timespan I've been given in this bizarre place. Although I must admit it is sometimes hard to resolve the human ego that screams 'I am the center of the universe' with the rational knowledge that in the grand scheme of things I do not really matter. But everybody should be allowed a crisis of faith from time to time, we're all human after all.