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Draka said:In Wicca most believe in reincarnation. A lot also believe that we keep encountering the same spirits over and over again. So, your father in one incarnation may be your brother or sister in another and your best friend in yet another. The "family" isn't with set roles and relations...it's more the spirit incarnations you seem to gravitate to.
Halcyon said:From my understanding, Christians should believe earthly relationships are ended and we become like angels, without sexes or relatives. We also have to sing God's praises all the time, so there would be no time for families.
Why don't you think angels have sexes? Frequently, when the Bible mentions an angel, it specifically refers to "it" as "a man." (Hmmm. I forgot... I guess what the Bible says wouldn't make a lot of difference to someone who doesn't accept it, huh? )Halcyon said:From my understanding, Christians should believe earthly relationships are ended and we become like angels, without sexes or relatives. We also have to sing God's praises all the time, so there would be no time for families.
Katzpur said:Why don't you think angels have sexes? Frequently, when the Bible mentions an angel, it specifically refers to "it" as "a man." (Hmmm. I forgot... I guess what the Bible says wouldn't make a lot of difference to someone who doesn't accept it, huh? )
What I was getting at is that there would be little use in a Muslim trying to prove a point to me, a Christian, by referring to something the Quran says.gnosis_777 said:Well, it's important when proving a point....
Well, I'd argue that with you, but I don't want to hijack this thread, and it's definitely off topic!Aside from that, God doesn't have a sex, yet people refer to it as He
Well, I didn't say all angels are male. I just said that those mentioned in the Bible are described as having the appearance of men. I certainly believe there female angels, too. Maybe you don't believe that angels look like humans at all. I don't know. I was only providing Biblical evidence that they do.but another thing is, if all angels are Hes'... what happens to women?
Who is she? And what is the reasoning behind her belief?Draka said:Has anyone ever seen Sylvia Brown? According to her no one becomes an angel. Our spirits move on but angels are a different thing altogether. They are a separate creation of God entirely.
I see us as being pretty much the same people once we reach heaven as we are here. For that reason, it doesn't make sense to me that something that would be so incredibly important here on earth would suddenly be of little importance in heaven. Since love is (1) eternal and (2) the most divine of all attributes, I see our love for our family members to be never-ending and every bit as intense in the eternities to come as it is now.NoName said:I would say that in this life, your family is the greatest sorce of joy for people. It is also the greatest sorce of growth and development. But once you're in heaven, you're all done growing, and you're standing with an even more supreme source of joy. Your family becomes very small then.
Well, think of it like this. When I was little, I used to think it was so important to be able to save up a few bucks to buy an action figure. Now, it's really, really important for me to save up quite a few bucks to buy a car. When I'm here on earth, I may find a family really, really important, but once I've grown enough to be in heaven, it just won't be as important anymore.Katzpur said:I see us as being pretty much the same people once we reach heaven as we are here. For that reason, it doesn't make sense to me that something that would be so incredibly important here on earth would suddenly be of little importance in heaven. Since love is (1) eternal and (2) the most divine of all attributes, I see our love for our family members to be never-ending and every bit as intense in the eternities to come as it is now.
Also, I'm curious as to what makes you think that once you're in heaven, you're all done growing. Is that just your opinion or do you base it upon something the Bible or some other sacred writings say?
Ah, you just wait and see!NoName said:When I'm here on earth, I may find a family really, really important, but once I've grown enough to be in heaven, it just won't be as important anymore.
Well, we could grow to be more like our Father. We'll obviously be a long ways from being like Him when we first enter His presence, but I see continued spiritual growth as essential to our eternal happiness. I know I won't be content to just sit on a cloud playing a harp all day long for eternity!It just seems like we would be done. We've reached our ultimate goal. Plus, once we're in heaven, we'll know god exists and stuff, so how else could we grow?
Aqualung said:LDS believe families can be families for eternity. Others seems to balk under this doctrine. Out of curiosity (because I never thought of this until I was mormon), what do other religions think will happen to families? Will we just be friends?
Yeah but, they're not men though are they. Humanity has men and women, angels aren't human. Also, you remember when man first set foot on the moon? Sure it was a man who did, but when someone says it they don't mean man as in male they mean man as in humankind.Katzpur said:Why don't you think angels have sexes? Frequently, when the Bible mentions an angel, it specifically refers to "it" as "a man." (Hmmm. I forgot... I guess what the Bible says wouldn't make a lot of difference to someone who doesn't accept it, huh? )