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desire for afterlife
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RE: desire for afterlife
(April 8, 2019 at 9:49 pm)AFTT47 Wrote: Like so many other Christian concepts, they just fail to think their heaven model through. 

Some think it through and some don't. Dante, for example, thought it through. 

Quote:I suspect most Christians deliberately avoid examining many of their concepts too closely for fear of having a loss of faith episode.

This is possible. 

Also, though, modesty and humility are considered virtues, and this includes that idea that difficult things may be difficult for us to understand. Maybe somebody else understands it and I don't. 

Trust in the knowledge of others (e.g. the engineers who understand how to keep the plane flying even though I don't) is pretty common in life.
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desire for afterlife - by joe90 - April 7, 2019 at 9:03 am
RE: desire for afterlife - by Foxaèr - April 7, 2019 at 9:12 am
RE: desire for afterlife - by Sal - April 9, 2019 at 7:59 am
RE: desire for afterlife - by robvalue - April 9, 2019 at 8:04 am
RE: desire for afterlife - by Alan V - April 7, 2019 at 9:14 am
RE: desire for afterlife - by Peebo-Thuhlu - April 7, 2019 at 9:15 am
RE: desire for afterlife - by Succubus - April 7, 2019 at 9:23 am
RE: desire for afterlife - by Smaug - April 7, 2019 at 9:59 am
RE: desire for afterlife - by brewer - April 7, 2019 at 10:37 am
RE: desire for afterlife - by Fake Messiah - April 7, 2019 at 10:43 am
RE: desire for afterlife - by The Grand Nudger - April 7, 2019 at 10:44 am
RE: desire for afterlife - by Athene - April 7, 2019 at 10:48 am
RE: desire for afterlife - by no one - April 7, 2019 at 11:28 am
RE: desire for afterlife - by Alan V - April 7, 2019 at 12:16 pm
RE: desire for afterlife - by The Valkyrie - April 7, 2019 at 3:19 pm
RE: desire for afterlife - by Smaug - April 7, 2019 at 3:25 pm
RE: desire for afterlife - by The Valkyrie - April 7, 2019 at 3:54 pm
RE: desire for afterlife - by Astreja - April 7, 2019 at 2:44 pm
RE: desire for afterlife - by The Grand Nudger - April 7, 2019 at 2:48 pm
RE: desire for afterlife - by robvalue - April 7, 2019 at 3:13 pm
RE: desire for afterlife - by Amarok - April 7, 2019 at 3:24 pm
RE: desire for afterlife - by Simon Moon - April 7, 2019 at 3:55 pm
RE: desire for afterlife - by AFTT47 - April 7, 2019 at 6:33 pm
RE: desire for afterlife - by chimp3 - April 7, 2019 at 7:03 pm
RE: desire for afterlife - by possibletarian - April 7, 2019 at 7:09 pm
RE: desire for afterlife - by Macoleco - April 7, 2019 at 10:01 pm
RE: desire for afterlife - by Belacqua - April 7, 2019 at 11:07 pm
RE: desire for afterlife - by The Grand Nudger - April 7, 2019 at 11:15 pm
RE: desire for afterlife - by vulcanlogician - April 7, 2019 at 11:31 pm
RE: desire for afterlife - by robvalue - April 8, 2019 at 1:21 am
RE: desire for afterlife - by Belacqua - April 8, 2019 at 1:26 am
RE: desire for afterlife - by Alan V - April 8, 2019 at 7:38 am
RE: desire for afterlife - by AFTT47 - April 8, 2019 at 9:49 pm
RE: desire for afterlife - by Belacqua - April 9, 2019 at 1:12 am
RE: desire for afterlife - by ohreally - April 8, 2019 at 5:26 am
RE: desire for afterlife - by Gawdzilla Sama - April 8, 2019 at 7:13 am
RE: desire for afterlife - by Alan V - April 8, 2019 at 10:04 am
RE: desire for afterlife - by Gawdzilla Sama - April 8, 2019 at 11:18 am
RE: desire for afterlife - by robvalue - April 8, 2019 at 10:02 am
RE: desire for afterlife - by The Grand Nudger - April 8, 2019 at 10:04 am
RE: desire for afterlife - by robvalue - April 8, 2019 at 11:20 am
RE: desire for afterlife - by Gawdzilla Sama - April 8, 2019 at 11:57 am
RE: desire for afterlife - by Brian37 - April 8, 2019 at 12:20 pm
RE: desire for afterlife - by Mister Agenda - April 9, 2019 at 10:07 am
RE: desire for afterlife - by Gwaithmir - April 10, 2019 at 3:43 am
RE: desire for afterlife - by Gawdzilla Sama - April 10, 2019 at 8:00 am
RE: desire for afterlife - by Rahn127 - April 13, 2019 at 4:16 pm

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