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Reply to How Do You Define Heaven and Hell? in Religion JoeUser Forums

First off to prove or disprove anything about the Bible we need to establish that it is a reliable source. When we studied history we saw that many people living in the fourteen hundreds thought the earth was flat. However turn to Isaiah 40:22. The book of Isaiah was written in the eighth century B.C.E. that was about 2200 years before these people were alive. Also look at Job 26: 7. This text was written in the 15th century B.C.E.(which adds anoth

Reply to How Do You Define Heaven and Hell? in Religion JoeUser Forums

I will show you how to do research. I do apologize that I am running short on time today as I have a class to attend,however keep watching and I will be back. Hopefully you have a Bible and access to some sort of encyclopedia. It may be tommorrow before I can get back.

Reply to How Do You Define Heaven and Hell? in Religion JoeUser Forums

However my dear friend we are able to teach ourselves. I don't know your age but some parents did not see danger in letting a teething child to chew on painted surfaces. Now we know that there are hazards in this practice. Jesus said in John 17:3 3 This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you, the only true God, and of the one whom you sent forth, Jesus Christ. So to take in this knowledge we must learn. Even a court official recogniz

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It is commonly believed today that humans have an immortal soul that survives the death of the body. Jesus affirmed the Biblical truth that the dead "are conscious of nothing at all," that they are asleep, as it were. (Ecclesiastes 9:5; John 11:11-13) Life would be restored by means of a resurrection-'a standing up again' from the sleep of death. (John 5:28, 29) An immortal soul, if it existed, would need no resurrection, since immortality precludes d

Reply to So, I'm Going to Hell in Religion JoeUser Forums

Your thinking along the right lines now. Baptism was begun as a symbol of repentance and the washing away of sins. However Jesus was sinless and his baptism was a symbol of something new. Remember John did not want to baptize Jesus and a voice came from heaven stating that Jesus was chosen and approved by God. This indicates that from then on baptism was an out ward symbol that a person had dedicated their life to God and to obey His voice. Hence a ch