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Does Heaven Exist?
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Spirituality & Faith
Does Heaven Exist?
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Everyone has an opinion about the afterlife. Take a look at this article and tell me what you think. http://www.aarp.org/personal-growth/spirituality-faith/info-07-2011/does-heaven-exist.html
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Forums » Personal Growth » Spirituality & Faith » Does Heaven Exist?
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Re: Does Heaven Exist?
posted at December 21, 2011 11:03 AM EST
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The good news is not only has God promised us that heaven does indeed exist, but that we can be assured of going there by repenting of our sins, and accepting the sacrifice of His son, Jesus for our sins. Please read the book of John in the New Testament of the Bible to confirm this, and God bless you. |
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Re: Does Heaven Exist?
posted at January 10, 2012 9:38 PM EST
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I believe it does. I am a believer in God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Was I always? No. Not until I literally was healed of "something" in my body that was causing terrible pain in my left side. All tests were negative. One day I was just standing in church and a very very hot heat overcame me only on the left side from my head down to my waist. The pressure was so great I couldn't take a full breath and wound up on the floor because of this. Since that day I have had no pain at all. Now, I serve Him by serving others. It is easier not to believe in God. But one day we all will see the truth. |
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Re: Does Heaven Exist?
posted at January 17, 2012 12:19 PM EST
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YES!...this is no doubt in my mind. Ever wonder why those who do not believe in Heaven must write so much nosense to disprove Heaven? We will all stand before the Father and for those who do not believe..........TOO LATE! |
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Re: Does Heaven Exist?
posted at January 26, 2012 5:28 PM EST
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In 'Paradise Lost" John Milton wrote "The mind is its own place and in itself, can make a heven of hell, a hell of heven." This covers the here and the now and the forever and is good enough for me. |
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Re: Does Heaven Exist?
posted at January 30, 2012 4:51 PM EST
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I don't believe this is the end, as we're energy, and energy doesn't die; it just changes form. Right now, we're independent, but when we die we will join the energy of the universes - God. |
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Re: Does Heaven Exist?
posted at February 1, 2012 11:53 AM EST
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I don't really know if heaven exists but I do know, without a doubt, that there is something beyond death. Twice I died on an operating table during childbith almost 50 years ago. People talk about seeing people operate on you etc. Yes, that does happen. Yes I saw doctors and nurses below me, however, I had no idea who was on that table and I had no recollection of my life. None of it. I left the operating room and I just wandered the halls. I remember I couldn't go past the windows. Just the halls. The first time I left my body I went into the brightest light I've ever seen. I felt nothing while there and had no rememberance of anything. I was just there and I just existed. When I returned to my body it was like a whoosing feeling. Very quick. I could remember where I was when I returned but knew nothing while I was in the light. When I returned I didn't like where I had gone but the pain was unbearable and I left the second time. When I returned I saw a priest go into a room and put on purple colored vestments. He pinned a gold cross to his lapel and it fell on the flloor and went under a white end table. I watched him pick it up and pin it to his collar. Then the pain and him talking to me and telling me to hang on. When it was all over with I went to that priest to talk to him about where I went. He said it sounded like Limbo. That made sense to me. Then I told him about the gold cross and how it fell under the table. He became furious. Said I couldn't have seen that. But I did and you can't change what happened. He got angry. Told me to leave. I realize now he needed help more than I ever did. |
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Re: Does Heaven Exist?
posted at February 4, 2012 5:42 AM EST
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First: May 10, 2010 Last: February 4, 2012 |
I do not believe this is all there is, just as I may had thought there wasn't such a thing as this before I was born (that alone should stir you're imagination).. So, if there wasn't a 'you' before to become a 'you' today, then there should not be a 'you' in the next realm and if that's to be believed.. How did we get here in the first place? There are many reasons why I can't believe the "popular" God theory, primaily because if I, with my limited mortal morals, can forgive my transgressors that personally relates to me, then God in his/her infinite wisdom could surely forgive your and my transgressions which in no way would affect the creator in his/her reality. And another thing, as we were first created in the spirit THEN later formed in the flesh, why must we conclude that the creator was either male or female as we ourselves (in the spirit) would have no reason to be either but only in the flesh.. What is beyond? You're looking in the wrong place to contemplate that answer, instead.. You should wonder, "Where did we come from?".. With our (supposed) scientific prowess, it should be easier to trace our existance 'before' which, in it's very discovery, would prove our existance after..
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