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originally posted by: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
Maybe we were all bad people in our past life which is why we ended up here on Earth where suffering is the norm, we were sent here as a sentence for our past actions in past lives, giving us a chance to "repent" and come to knowledge of the truth.
originally posted by: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
When we die, our actions in this life are "judged" and we are sent to a place that warrants our actions in this life.
originally posted by: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
The bible says that no one knows the time the Second Coming will take place. What else does no one know the time of? Their own death. The Second Coming is also referred to as Judgement Day. When we die, our actions in this life are "judged" and we are sent to a place that warrants our actions in this life. Maybe we were all bad people in our past life which is why we ended up here on Earth where suffering is the norm, we were sent here as a sentence for our past actions in past lives, giving us a chance to "repent" and come to knowledge of the truth.
Maybe the Second Coming symbolizes a natural process instead of the literal coming of Jesus in the clouds? If reincarnation is true (which I believe it is) then what if the "Second Coming" is our rebirth into another body? This is our "First Coming" because we do not remember our past lives and the "Second Coming" is our reincarnation/resurrection into a new body that is free from "sin" in our next life, a way for our sins in this life to be forgiven and us being given a fresh start again.
Jesus says that he will be with us "even to the end of the age". What is your age? It is the amount of time you've been here on Earth, so what if what Jesus meant by the "end of the age" and "judgement day" is the end of our "age" here on Earth? "Judgement Day" isn't an event that happens to everyone at once as the common interpretation claims, it is doled out on an individual basis upon the death of each person.
Eternal life isn't what Christians think it means, they believe they will be transported to heaven never to die again, having a continuous experience from the same perspective for eternity. How boring does that sound? After a hundred years I'd be sick of living the same life, I'd want a fresh start with the chance at new experiences from a fresh perspective. What if "Judgement Day" is that fresh start, where karma "judges" our actions and decides where we deserve to end up?
This is just a thought I've been having lately and I thought I'd share it to see what others thought about it.
originally posted by: r0xor
Unfortunately, if you're going by the Bible at least (with the second coming and all), when you die you go to an inbetween place called Sheol in Hebrew. It's not Heaven nor Hell because Judgement Day has not occurred yet.
originally posted by: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
So God chose to override free will in a way that would save the vast minority yet he had an equal opportunity to save everyone through taking away free will and didn't take it? Why?
originally posted by: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
a reply to: EternalSolace
I agree, so why force it on them with the threat of hell? That's like a robber robbing you at gunpoint. You can choose not to give them the money but you'll end up getting shot in the head. What kind of choice is that?
originally posted by: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
a reply to: FlyersFan
You don't have to wait for death to get answers IMO, the answers can be found in this lifetime. "Seek and you will find. Knock and the door will be opened." Waiting for death to get the answers is not seeking, it it's waiting for the answers to come to you.