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A Few Gentle Reminders Concerning Heaven

10/17/2020

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  • Heaven cannot exist if God does not exist.
  • You cannot believe in heaven if you do not believe in God.
  • You will never experience a prolonged "feeling" of heaven in this mortal life, regardless of how good or comfortable or exciting your life happens to be.
  • Despite arguments to the contrary, heaven has never been and will never be established on earth.
  • All attempts to establish heaven on earth will fail, regardless of whether you believe in God in or not. ​ 
  • The desire to establish heaven on earth is ultimately Satanic in nature; this applies regardless of your belief or non-belief in the existence of Satan.
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Andrew
10/18/2020 03:17:02

How do we "love our neighbors" who chose hell? This has really become a problem over the last year where "normal" people - even many who call themselves Christians - have jumped full aboard the path to hell, supporting whatever evil the mass media virtual reality system promotes (such as sexual abuse/mutilation of children under the guise of compassion). They've even jumped aboard the pro-arson/murder train justifying violent protests, deaths of political enemies, etc.

My instinct is to distance myself as much as possible, and rapidly, from these people - even though they be friends or family. We may pray for them, and I should, but am I wrong to disentangle myself completely?

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Francis Berger
10/18/2020 06:29:53

@ Andrew - As Bruce Charlton has repeated many times, people are actively choosing sides now - there is no (or very little) gray area left. As far as distancing and disentangling go, I believe it is vital to distance and disentangle yourself from others spiritually - that is to remain steadfast in your own spiritual convictions and not let these be swayed by the thoughts and actions of others.

As for the rest, I believe this is a matter of personal choice. Some may choose to physically distance and disentangle themselves from others to reinforce the spiritual distancing they have established. Others may feel firmly grounded enough in their spiritual convictions to forgo such actions.

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