Heaven to me is seeing my dad again and going fishing with him. We were fishing buddies, very close me and my dad. Being together with our family members who have already passed on is what I hope it will be, I have missed him now for 23yrs. I was a child of 14 when he passed. It has been very hard to find my way without him to guide me. I have issues about what "GOD" is... don't know what to think really.:beat:

Without more facts let me say that the Bible is the best road map to God.
Read it with the mindset of Jesus and your on the right path. Do not read it literally. If you do you will get lost.

The Bible contains both the Christ and the Antichrist. It is to you to dither out who is speaking. It is the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Remember though that other Bibles lead to God as well.
He is a universalist. We all get to Heaven regardless of religion or faith.

Regards
DL

I have a comment about the Bible for the Question "How many sons does God have"? There you can see my confusion about the Bible as well. I have never felt comfortable in a church ever my entire life, I feel like everyone around me is totally nuts, crying, screaming (in some churches) speaking in tongues (WHAT!) and much more.
I have attempted to find what others say they have found there but I just don't get it. I do what I always have done I have my own relationship with , for lack of a better understanding "GOD" on my own. I live my life clean and honest, I am always doing what I say and saying what I mean, I gaurd against being a liar or people around who are. I help my neighbors, family and friends when I can. I do not induce myself with perscription behavioral drugs or street drugs. I am what I am!:peace:

Keep up the good work.
The spiritual side of your nature is taken care of.
Do not equate spirituality with churches and try to see the extremist parts of religion. Do not throw out the baby with the bathwater.

Churches had a more important function at one time. In some areas they still have this stature. They are not a necessity for all.

Regards
DL

Greatest I am;30025 wrote:

Keep up the good work.
The spiritual side of your nature is taken care of.
Do not equate spirituality with churches and try to see the extremist parts of religion. Do not throw out the baby with the bathwater.

Churches had a more important function at one time. In some areas they still have this stature. They are not a necessity for all.

Regards
DL

Thanks DL. I will work on myself as I go, all one can do is realize the bigger picture. T.

Heaven to me is seeing my dad again and going fishing with him. We were fishing buddies, very close me and my dad. Being together with our family members who have already passed on is what I hope it will be, I have missed him now for 23yrs. I was a child of 14 when he passed. It has been very hard to find my way without him to guide me. I have issues about what "GOD" is... don't know what to think really.:beat:

I have a comment about the Bible for the Question "How many sons does God have"? There you can see my confusion about the Bible as well. I have never felt comfortable in a church ever my entire life, I feel like everyone around me is totally nuts, crying, screaming (in some churches) speaking in tongues (WHAT!) and much more.
I have attempted to find what others say they have found there but I just don't get it. I do what I always have done I have my own relationship with , for lack of a better understanding "GOD" on my own. I live my life clean and honest, I am always doing what I say and saying what I mean, I gaurd against being a liar or people around who are. I help my neighbors, family and friends when I can. I do not induce myself with perscription behavioral drugs or street drugs. I am what I am!:peace:

As a Christian I would say if you read the Bible at all it must be literally. If you cannot read the Bible that way, then you should throw the Book away and make up your own Bible. Because the Bible tells us that we need to follow Christ alone. Those who tell you all religions lead to God are LIARS. The Bible tells us there is no other name under heaven given unto men to be saved but the man Christ Jesus. That is why some will tell you not to read the Bible literally. The fact is, Jesus fulfilled all the prophecies of the Old Testament literally. God has created a place of perfect peace and love for those who follow Him and love Him, this is not a place that all the murders of the world will be found. It is a place for those who love God and His Words of truth. God sent His Son to the World to die for the sins of the world, and the Bible tells us those who follow Him and believe in Him will be with Him at the end of time. Heaven is not a blank check, it is only for those who trust and BELIEVE in the Lord Jesus Christ.
(John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave us His only Son that whosoever BELIEVES in Him will have eternal life.) At no time does the Bible tells us every body goes to heaven, and that is why some here will tell you not to believe the Bible literally.

Trying to be a good person is a fine thing, yet the Bible tells us that Good works cannot earn us salvation. That's why Jesus tells us unless a man is born again he cannot enter the kingdom of God. Everyone according to the Scriptures needs a rebirth in their life to enter heaven. Heaven is a perfect place that requires that we enter it as perfect people without sin. Now I don't know about you, but I'm far from perfect. And if I had to depend on my goodness to enter heaven, well forget it, I would not be going there. Yet that is the point of Christ dieing on the cross, according to the Bible those who give their lives to Him have a covering for their sins, all of them. And if you truly love God your life will reflect it by trying to live it as He would have us live.
I am the resserection and the life, no one comes to the Father but by me. Quote by (Jesus Christ)

Except that to believe this then we disqualify millions who had not heard of Jesus.
Do you just say F U to those souls.

Regards
DL

Except that to believe this then we disqualify millions who had not heard of Jesus.
Do you just say F U to those souls.

Regards
DL

I think it's possible that heaven and hell are right here on earth with us. I think it's possible to live you life in a "heaven state" when all is well and you are being blessed. I also believe that through selfish decisions, one can be in a "hell state" where there life is a miserable mess. What happens after we die, I have no idea.

Worse bit of advice I ever saw.
To read the Bible literally you have to believe in talking snakes on page 2.
There is no such thing.
If you see a God of exclusion this is of no surprise.
God is a God of inclusion. He must be if He is already master of the whole universe.

You are an idiot if you advocate that we should believe in talking snakes and fish that spit out people after three days. Believing that God would use genocide in a flood is also stupid.

Regards
DL

Not to mention Jona(spell) survived after being swallowed by a whale.
I am still not clear on anything about the Bible or religion on a personal level but I find cams... advice wishy washy and not Christian like from what I know.
All people are Gods children, even the lost ones. Yes, I do believe that living my life in a "Christian" way will help me in the end but I live this way because it is right morally not because I want to earn passage, passage to what I ask... remember, I am confused. Being lost is not a sin. I do alot for others and make a point to try to be always doing what is expected of me as a wife, mother, and citizen to make sure the people I am responsible for around me are also good moral individuals. Anyone can see from some of my post that I have alot of flaws and I may sometimes be predgidous(spell) and even unexcepting of some people, that makes me human and God, God. To tell you the truth I am not worried about what awaits me, I am at peace with that.

There are many Moslems today who have not heard of Jesus because they are not allowed to hear the Gospel in their Islamic country, yet now we are hearing of countless reports of Jesus appearing to them in their dreams and telling them to follow Him. It is the same spirit of disbelief that denies these reports, yet there are so many now, it is hard to dismiss them as all lies. Do you just say F U to the truth.

And yet if we believe your advice, you have to believe that the Bible is a Book of lies and make believe stories. There are many things we humans don't understand, and just because you never saw a talking snake does not mean they don't, or could not exist. Years ago people in the southern climates could not believe that people in the northern cliamates could walk on water, and if you tried to tell them up north you could, they would of thought the one telling the story was also an idiot. Many in southern climates did not know what ice was. Tell me, how far do we have to go up before we stop at a brick wall? Where does the universe end? No one knows. And to limit yourself by saying it could not be only reflects your limited understanding
or Gods ability. God used genocide because the people of that day were nolonger fully human, and if you know the story of the flood you would understand that. Yet if you want to dismiss the Bible it might be better for you to hold to your version. Even if it's not a truthful version of that story.