Posted on 09/09/2025 9:49:28 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
It’s an urban legend that goes back to email days. He was unconscious when he died.
“I could’ve had a V8”?
Eliza Gilkyson - "When You Walk On"
It's not overtly religious, but mysterious about the afterlife, how you "walk on" to your next chapter, and how you affected your loved ones while you trod this mortal coil.
I recommend St. Robert Bellarmine’s book: “The Art of Dying” .
A few years ago I had a one time vision I guess you could say and I claim nothing except what I saw and heard.
I saw myself face down at home from a several feet above where my body was. I got the feeling I was a good bit older.
There was a voice that I really can’t describe except that it was soft saying “it’s ok to go”. Then it stopped and I was awake.
Never anything like that ever happened again. I don’t know if there is anything to it or if I had some crazy one off dream. I never forgot it.
Make of it what you will.
Photo won’t show in a tag but https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Artist-Jenny-Jinya-Creates-Long-Comic-Strips-Full-Of-Emotions-Like-Sadness-And-Empathy-New-Pics-65b0e21a545eb__700.jpg
I plan to live forever. So far. So good.
Keep in mind YOU are an IMMORTAL SOUL.. meaning YOU will continue to exist PERMANENTLY in some form or another FOREVER!.
At the end of all things, when the sun rises here and turns to blackness down there, the Blessed will say, We have never lived anywhere except Heaven, and the Lost, “We were always in Hell.” And both will speak truly.
~ C.S. Lewis
(The Great Divorce)
“The good don’t fear death.”
It’s not enough to be good, you need to believe in Christ as savior imputing His righteousness for salvation.
Romans 3:10 “There is none righteous, no, not one…
Romans 3:23 “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus”
This article was written by a non-believer, not surprisingly from msn.
Dying is just a change in life style.
That’s wonderful!
Haha! That’s great!
You do, as a matter of fact, live forever.
I see what you did there
Now are we supposed to believe an urban legend, or trust Snopes and AI to give us the truth?
They were in the invasion of the Philippines. He never wanted to talk about his experiences, except with fellow combat veterans. I just heard a few of his stories. One was of fighting off Japanese soldiers while in a foxhole he had dug and telling other US soldiers he would kill anyone who tried to push him out of his foxhole. I tried to get my Dad’s service records from the US Army, but they were destroyed in a fire at a huge archive.
Amazing.
I’ve never read that before altho pretty familiar with Poe. It’s beautiful and thank you for sharing!
I’ve never been into poetry much, but that one resonated with me.
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