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   Kirui l. K.posted 12 years ago

   Christians say that when they die, they will go to heaven and leave in great joy. However, non feer death than christians! Funerals should be ceremonies! We all want to go to heaven but donnot want to get out of the earth. Why?

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      earnestshubposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      A love of gravity perhaps?

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      jomineposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Probably they know reality and reality stinks!
      Good question though, In other forums they are arguing that without god there is no purpose in life, yet they are afraid to go to him!!

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      Hauntyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Maybe if your faith is strong enough, you will celebrate death. But that's rare.

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         Kirui l. K.posted 12 years agoin reply to this

         I am one of those rare people!

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            Hauntyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Good for you.

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      qwarkposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Kirui:
      
      "Christians say that when they die, they will go to heaven and leave in great joy. However, non feer death than christians!"
      
      Maybe because they've been bad boys and girls and the christian god may tell them he loves 'em as he tosses 'em (lovingly) into a pit of fire and brimstone!
      
      "Funerals should be ceremonies!
      
      Funerals are "ceremonies."
      
      
      "We all want to go to heaven but donnot want to get out of the earth. Why?"
      
      Ya mean once I've been buried and am 6'under 2 tons of dirt, I "donnot want to get out of the earth. Why?" C'mon! Ya gotta be kiddin'?
      ('course, really,... being dead,... what the hell will I know?)
      
      Qwark

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      Apostle Jackposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Been there and did that.You go into the 4th heave to await judgment day.

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      Apostle Jackposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Spirits shall reveal themselves more in the future times of this world to verify a spiritual existence.But it will only be understood by the wise.

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   cindi hposted 12 years ago

   I think it is out of fear of the unknown that makes a person not want to leave this earth. As a Christian, I 'BELIEVE'  there is a heaven but i am not 100% sure. I am sure of this earth because I've experienced it. To leave behind my loved ones for an unknown place is quite scary!!

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   megs78posted 12 years ago

   I just think that most people, christian and non-christian alike, are simply unprepared for the emotions and fear they experience when they are on their deathbeds.  None of us who have not been close to death can judge because we don't know how we will react in that situation.
   
   I disagree with the OP's statement that Christians fear death the most.  Who told you that?  I think you need to do a little more research.

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      Kirui l. K.posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      But why should a Christian not be prepared to go to his beautifull home of joy, piece etc? Or he is not sure?

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         megs78posted 12 years agoin reply to this

         I think you would be hard pressed to find anyone in this world who wouldn't be faced with a little bit of doubt as he neared his death.  That doesn't mean he doesn't have faith, it means simply that he is human.

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            Kirui l. K.posted 12 years agoin reply to this

            or is it that 'being human' is some lack of faith?

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   Muldanianmanposted 12 years ago

   Because no one is sure that there is an afterlife, not even the religious minded, who claim that they are.  Deep down, even believers suspect that they believe out of fear.  Everyone fears death, and the hope of somewhere to go after we die is an attempt to overcome this fear, although it never really works.  This makes me believe that even the most fundamentalist religious believers shout the loudest because they are trying to convince themselves, by convincing others that they really do believe what they claim to believe.  If they were to give in to logic their fears might prove to be too much.

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   jay_kumar_07posted 12 years ago

   IGNORANCE

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   cheaptrickposted 12 years ago

   There's no question that we survive death according to physics which states that nothing is lost in a closed universe,not even information.The real question is,does ego,self awareness,identity,survive death?If what we recognise as"I/ME"doesn't...whats the point of religion?The other components may go on but if"I/ME"isn't there to experience it,that's kinda scary.....unless you don't like yourself....

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      Jewelsposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      

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   Kirui l. K.posted 12 years ago

   cheaptrick
   Good point! But it is plausible that 'I' is conserved at least in some form if everything is conserved!

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