(April 4, 2013 at 1:12 pm)Tex Wrote: If you have no theologically minded thoughts or are hostile against any sort of being with considerable power/authority, you lack necessary parts of the Good. These, depending on your willingness to change, are variables to the equation.Totally agree.
(April 4, 2013 at 1:12 pm)Tex Wrote: Also, no matter what people tell you, there is no actual support for a "we live in heaven forever". Christians will stay here, too. New Jerusalem comes down, not we go up. Resurrection means physical bodies.(Swedenborgian clears throat...) Have you ever calculated the size of a literal New Jerusalem? The Apocalypse is so richly endowed with symbolism, how can you even pretend that John's was witnessing physical events? So why does resurrection have to be a physical body (i.e. one governed by the laws of physics). Jesus in his glorified state had a body that transcended all natural laws, changing appearance and manifesting in closed rooms. We are told we will get a new body, there will be a new heaven and a new earth. But is doesn't say you get a new "physical" body, etc. I don't see the point of waiting around for 'end times' before getting your new spiritual body.
