Posted by Smurf [Smurf] on April 08, 1999 at 18:11:47 {vxsc0.TBNk1vMkeTU9QQ1U4ozdDO/w}:
In Reply to: Will U B Part of 'New Earth'? posted by You Know on April 08, 1999 at 07:48:40:
Hello, You Know, I am Smurf.
I am so impressed with the response you gained from your post so I just have to contribute myself. As always I relay enjoy reading your contribution on this board (even if I have had, or even have the opinion that you might be joking with all of us). What is a little bit confusing for me are the strong negative emotion that you're post creates on many of the readers.
In my opinion you are expressing a strong belief that you will live forever, I have no problem with that (I am not so sure that you will, but I do respect your faith). The recycling is well known and I cant se why this should upset someone neither.
The problems are perhaps your opinion that apostates are wicked. However having a strong belief in the scriptures explains also this. I am not an expert in this area but I am rather sure that the scriptures support also this opinion. The fact that you point out the sure death of all apostates should not upset anyone, in my opinion. If I change my opinion about my religious beliefs, you may consider me as an apostate, I, myself will not. I will believe that I have gained something, a better understanding about the world and the people in the world. Why should I then be concerned about the fact that you condemn apostates as wicked? If my new belief is atheistic, then I must se that you prophesy concerning my final future is correct, I will be recycled and that is the final end. If I however believe that I have found a new truer religious belief and therefore will live forever, then you are just wrong. Then I will live and you will be recycled.
I am also a little bit curious about one sentence you wrote, "There is no question about it, recycling is the wave of the future. It is Jehovah's way." Is this scriptural? Recycling sound a little bit atheistic for me. Jehovah's way and the creation are not so often expressed in these terms by true Christians. The recycling part, is it not just a temporary solution? People living forever are not recycling. Atheists, often express the never ending change and recycling as one of the fundamental principles in universe. Christians, in my opinion, have another approach with a final goal when everything, the whole universe is in an eternal perfect state.
/Smurf