Ecclesiastes3:18-20
I said in my heart with regard to the sons of men that God is testing them to show them that they are but beasts.
For the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same; as one dies, so dies the other.
They all have the same breath, and man has no advantage over...
Nothing suggests the situation correctly described in Ecclesiastes has changed.
Ecclesiastes3:18-20
I said in my heart with regard to the sons of men that God is testing them to show them that they are but beasts.
For the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same; as one...
It's not changing what it says Ken. What will you tell me next, that no parable, mentions prodigal.
Where does it indicate that the story of the prodigal son is a parable?
I don't understand what you are saying.
The Bible does not say spirits are asleep somewhere.
The Bible speaks of God and...
Wow blu :openmouth: I never imagined... :dizzy:
Excellent illustration... and use of scriptures.
Imagine that. An atheists gets right what so many religious people get wrong.
"Where does the light go when you switch the light off?"
"Light" in that sense doesn't go anywhere. It simply ceases to be generated by the light source.
Same with life. Death is the irreversible failure / cessation of the body's life support systems.
Ecclesiastes3:18-20 (RSV)
I said in my...
I think it's wise to proceed on the basis that, as Ecclesiastes3:18-20 says,
For the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same; as one dies, so dies the other.
They all have the same breath, and man has no advantage over the beasts; for all is vanity.
All go to one place; all...
The Bible addresses these things....
First of all God does not test anyone personally.
James 1:13-15....
"When under trial, let no one say: “I am being tried by God.” For with evil things God cannot be tried, nor does he himself try anyone. 14 But each one is tried by being drawn out and...
That would depend entirely on what ideas I was fed as a child....by whom....and whether I believed them as an adult.
No one is born with a fear of death. One can only place the death of someone they love within the context of life itself. If its a child or young person who has not really lived...
I meant what is disingenuous is that you cite the Jews as being the only credible source for a proper translation but your new world translation is not made by Jews.
As for souls and spirits it's a different word in Hebrew. Humans are understood scripturally as body, soul and spirit. (1...
1Kings 17:21 Then he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, please let this boy’s soul return to him!” 22 And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah, and the child’s soul returned to him, and he lived.23 Then Elijah took the child, brought...
What is disingenuous about the meaning of a Hebrew word? We are speaking about "soul" which is clearly presented here as someone taking an oath on their life that they will not do what a king commanded them to do.
Understanding the Hebrew word "soul" is not difficult, especially when, in the...
The question should have been instead of
"Creation of Hell" is there a BURNING PLACE CALLED HELL
God is one who warns of disaster ,he has always sent prophets
to warn his people of trouble coming has he not.
2 chronicles 36
Jehovah the God of their forefathers kept warning them by means of...
This is a great glimpse at our Oneness is it not? :) In that oneness, in this world there is an apex we can reach, which Abdul'baha describes like this; "All created things have their degree or stage of maturity. The period of maturity in the life of a tree is the time of its fruit-bearing...
Even it that is true, we can no more know that what Abdu'l-Baha wrote is what He heard from Baha'u'llah than Christians can know that what is in the New Testament is what Jesus said. It is a matter of faith, not fact.
Then what does it say to you?
"this spirit will also naturally cease to...
Ecclesiastes3:18-20
18 I also said in my heart about the sons of men that the true God will test them and show them that they are like animals, * for humans and an outcome for animals; they all have the same outcome.m As the one dies, so the other dies; and they all have but one spirit.n So...