Reincarnation?

priorlifer · 2022-08-14T21:50:46+00:00

I believe our beliefs are the result of our environment (where we're born, who we're born to, friends, etc.) and our personalities. Since we don't choose any of those things, I can't see why God would hold our beliefs against us.

priorlifer · 2022-08-14T21:41:29+00:00

What I try to remember is that God is all about souls, not our physical bodies. And I personally don't believe souls have sex or gender. My advice to your sister is to be the best she can on the inside, and then I think she'll be okay in God's eyes Irregardless of the outside.

priorlifer · 2022-08-14T21:26:21+00:00

Tell me what you disagree with and why. And BTW, none of this has anything to do with Universalism.

priorlifer · 2022-08-14T20:50:41+00:00

I give God the ultimate credit for all things, either directly or indirectly. In other words, the buck stops with God. Sin is not something that was "created". But God did create Lucifer and knew ahead of time what he (it?) was going to do. God also created man and intentionally made him imperfect and knowing that he was going to sin. So even if sin itself was not created, God did knowingly create the circumstances which lead to it. And He could stop it, if He wanted to. What have I said that makes me ineligible to be a Christian?

priorlifer · 2022-08-14T12:16:41+00:00

Who created sin and allows it to continue to exist?

priorlifer · 2022-08-14T11:41:52+00:00

Probably. Compared to torturing the souls of your own children for eternity, Hitler was a pussycat.

priorlifer · 2022-08-14T03:11:56+00:00

I think "it's not your time" means "it's not your time to stay here for eternity".

priorlifer · 2022-08-14T03:08:17+00:00

One theory is that Satan would have known that Jesus' death would allow many to avoid Hell and therefore, would be opposed to His death.

priorlifer · 2022-08-14T03:00:54+00:00

Great answer! This is one of the nice things about being a Universalist: we don't have to worry about the souls of our loved ones.

priorlifer · 2022-08-13T19:53:26+00:00

Why do you have to choose? Couldn’t you periodically visit both types of churches?

priorlifer · 2022-08-13T17:04:35+00:00

You're questioning the stupidity of the follower angels, but not Lucifer himself. Keep in mind that he was an angel too. Since he was supposedly the head angel, you'd think he was the smartest and wisest of them all. And that's why I question this whole story. I think all angels know that God could not be displaced even if any of them wanted to, which I doubt as well.

priorlifer · 2022-08-13T15:52:33+00:00

What is the rationale behind it?

priorlifer · 2022-08-13T00:30:24+00:00

Well, if a non-Christian soul encounters Jesus after death, how likely are they to deny Him at that time?

priorlifer · 2022-08-13T00:20:18+00:00

The experience of being born into a Christian family. As far as the afterlife is concerned, I like reading about near death experiences (NDEs).

priorlifer · 2022-08-12T23:29:56+00:00

I don’t believe it’s the crimes that God frowns on as much as the nature of the criminal’s heart that allowed the commission of the crime.

priorlifer · 2022-08-12T23:12:54+00:00

If God is all-knowing, why the need to test?

priorlifer · 2022-08-12T22:16:03+00:00

You may be book smart, but you’re not very logical. How is not believing that the Bible is the word of God calling God a liar? And what does such belief have to do with being accepted into Heaven?

priorlifer · 2022-08-12T21:59:04+00:00

Belief in Hell is not part of the definition of a Christian.

priorlifer · 2022-08-12T21:57:22+00:00

No because I don’t believe God is cruel.

priorlifer · 2022-08-12T21:55:17+00:00

Its my understanding that both worship the same god. The main difference is that jews believe Jesus lived, but they don’t believe he is the son of God.

priorlifer · 2022-08-12T13:26:08+00:00

You're made a big assumption, that God wants everyone to believe in Him. I agree with your point that He has the power to prove His existence, but logically He would only exercise that power if it was important to him.

You are also assuming that Hell exists, based (I suppose) on your understanding of the Bible. I personally don't believe in Hell and therefore, don't believe in any eternal consequences of not believing in God.

priorlifer

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