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Originally Posted by Seth
Unlike most of Christendom, I believe the Bible when it clearly states that the dead know nothing. It further elaborates by explaining how, upon the 2nd coming of the Messiah, those who have died(living a righteous life) will be resurrected.
Anything resembling 'spirit channeling' is merely demons, further confusing the actual state of the dead. To think that an all-loving God will immediately transport a person's soul to heaven upon their death is rather oxymoronic. Same goes for an eternal anguish in hell for those who don't make the cut. Scripture describes infinite separation from God as hell. So, to state it simply, I believe in the traditional Judaic interpretation of life after death, not some merged concoction of pagan-christian superstitions that the majority of both Protestants and Catholics have been duped into accepting.
sorry for the offensive nature of the above.
Since you started, Bond, what are your thoughts on post mortemism?
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Interesting. That's pretty much what me and 7 million other witnesses of Jehovah believe.
Except for the hell as being seperated from God. (Don't get me wrong, I don't believe in a burning hell (but the Greeks did)). What is often translated as hell means the common grave of humanity. A symbolical place that we go to when we die.
There's another word (gehenna), that's a state of eternal destruction. A state of not existing. So no burning there either, sorry guys.
And yeah, what Seth said. You die, your life ends. Everything of it. But Jehovah can bring you back to life after his son has started to reign.
Although there is a small group of people who will join Jesus in the heavens, to rule the earth for 1000 years. But Revelation says that group is only 144.000 people big, so most people (incl. Christians, Jews...) have a hope of eternal life on earth.