Life Path Guy

Dave asked:


Curious if any denominations teach the following about life after death:

Since Jesus said that eternal life can only come through Him, and that the path to life is narrow, and only a few find it, that means most people won’t have eternal life. But a loving God wouldn’t send the majority of people to roast forever in a fiery Hell. So instead of the traditional concept of “Hell,” the people who don’t find eternal life through Christ just cease to exist. When they die, they just die, like plants or animals, and they no longer exist. Or, maybe they have a soul, but their soul is destroyed. It may even be destroyed in a lake of fire or whatever, but the point is, the soul doesn’t consciously burn forever, it’s simply annihilated. So instead of Heaven and Hell as the two destinations after death, the two destinations are living forever with God, or ceasing to exist.
To the critics:

1) Paul, whose writings predated the Gospels, never mentioned Hell. Paul was a tough cookie. You’d expect him to mention it at least once.

2) Jesus doesn’t mention Hell. He mentions Gehenna, a physical place. The language Jesus used when talking about Gehenna is the same language Isaiah used in the OT when warning Israel that their nation would be destroyed. Jesus was doing the same thing. Israel was again destroyed just 40 years after his death. Gehenna had nothing to do with “Hell.”

3) In Revelations, there is a lake of fire, that is described as “the second death.” I believe this symbolizes the destruction of souls of those who don’t go on to life. “Second death” means just as our bodies cease to exist in the first death, so do our souls die, or cease to exist.

I find no evidence in the Bible for a Dante-style Hell, complete with eternal torment.

Minnie

I’m Still Here asked:


Is it important to you that everyone follows the same path in life that you do? Why or why not?

Alexander

Lakely asked:


I hear from Christians quite commonly, that their Christian path is not so easy. Why have they decided to accept an interpretation and a religion that has turned out to be so difficult?

Doesn’t this “difficult” life mean that the theologians have got something messed up… since the real Christian path is an “easy yoke?”

Click on my avatar for more context… and references on the easy path of “increasing the light.”

Edwin

Vickie asked:


ei.
jobs
relationships
family
life

Mitchell

doodoo27 asked:


I had been on a path of self destruction and a church group through there testimonies got me to change my life.I can only continue to walk the path that they led me back on that I ran away from.But my heart wants my to give them more.The group is Soul Purpose Outreach from Battleground,WA.They are a blessing,and they continue to spread the word to people who need it.

Cody

Tink asked:


A buddy of mine has begun a more spiritual path in life and has started to meditate. I thought I might give him a gift package to celebrate an upcoming anniversary of a milestone.

What do you think might be appropriate to include?
I don’t think he follows a specific religion, though to be honest, I just dont know.

Thanks for the help
Be well

Martha

Roger Dat asked:


Some of us forge our own spiritual path and some of us have been lucky enough to have someone guide us. Who in your life has had the most impact on your spiritual life and why?

Dale

Mignonette asked:


so many paths. yes, knowledge is key, but human knowledge is so faulty and dour at times.

Claudia

Toni B asked:


Is it just coincidence or do you feel that there is a higher power involved in determining your life’s path?

Elizabeth

ComfortZone asked:


In Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, etc do they say that trying to reach “enlightenment” is what everyone is supposed to do? Or do they see it as just one path to take in life? I’ve heard that after one becomes enlightened, they see life as just a game, perhaps a play. They’re free of attachments; they can have preferences about what they’d like to happen, but they don’t need this or that outcome to be happy. But do folks who are enlightened recommend this as the ideal path in life for everyone?

Juan