Posted on 03/13/2005 4:25:11 PM PST by saquin
I was rather fond of that show, for obvious reasons.
Maybe the laws against killing people would diminish as the age of the person being killed rose. Murder for those under 1000. Misdemeanor for killing those 1000-10,000 years old, and a hunting season for those over 10,000 years old?
Don't think so! Only a false prophet would teach otherwise.
2 Peter 38
A trophy and preferential parking for a century for killing any one over 20,000 years old.
I think Paul who wrote Romans, existed and wrote God's plan of salvation long before the apostates perverted it.
We protestants have "rightly divided the word of truth," and opted to believe it over those who perverted it.
I expect to see anything interesting from Heaven. When the end of my earthly life comes, that's fine.
Say, rather, the ten-step Christian program, for we who are not Catholic embrace the same principles.
On the one hand, I sometimes regret the brevity of ordinary human life, because one lifetime is not enough for all I want to do--all the careers I would have liked to have, all the good works I'd like to undertake, all the subjects I would like to study, all the places and people I'd like to experience. But many times, times especially when I'm tired and down, I long to escape the heartbreaks of this life and see my Heavenly Father and all the loved ones who have already died. Many old people have told me that the idea of approaching death is almost sweet for the same reason.
Think, also, of how people would be psychologically after enduring a millenium of disappointments, heartaches, tragedies, losses! These are inevitable in life and most of us have about all we have the strength to bear; enduring them for centuries would change us in ways we can't imagine.
Which leads us speculation about the character of people who live for a millenium. If most people had no fear of death, no fear of being judged, would they make any effort to behave decently? I doubt it. More people are motivated to good behavior by fear of judgement than by the hope of drawing ever-closer to the Lord.
So imagine a world filled with psychologically old, physically young people, all of whom were so selfish that they would choose to forsake bearing children for their own pleasure. Not an attractive picture, is it? I don't want to live in a world like that, much less to live too long past 100.
Muleteam1
It's false because the teachings and doctrines of Catholicism do not agree with a simple reading and understanding of the Scriptures. And only the truth of Scripture will justify in the end -- for God will judge us according to His Word, not by the dictates of some man-made religion, doctrine, or organization. What God's Word says will be all that matters on judgment day.
That would be my problem. I'm already changing careers in middle age. I know I couldn't do the same job for hundreds of years. I'd probably slit my wrists long before my time was up.
True -- but I guess we're talking in terms of a "mortal's time here on Earth"...I've always wondered how time measurements from the Bible would be converted into today's standards. I'm sure they've tried figuring it out.
Strange as it would seem, we strive for tedium.
>>>>After she divorces Bill, I'm going to marry Hillary. I won't live forever, but it will seem like forever.<<<<
So... what did you have planned after the Honeymoon?
Fort Marcy Park is lovely this time of year.
This has always interested me. I believe that the Bible is indeed God's Words -- however, over time, I am sure that the translation, copying, even the actual writing of the Book...has been influenced by man. As a Catholic, I don't believe that EVERY word in the Bible is perfect. Simply put, it is God's Message, written by man. The message, though it may often be hidden behind symbolism or misguided translation, is nevertheless clear.
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