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To: Genoa
The Bible is silent about experiences while dead.

The Bible is silent?! In Luke 16, Jesus himself described what happens after a good person or a bad person, respectively, dies:

16:22

And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

16:23

And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

16:24

And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

16:25

But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

16:26

And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.

16:27

Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: 16:28

For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

16:29

Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

16:30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.

16:31

And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

Couldn't be any clearer than that! The good will go to Abraham's bosom, the bad will be tormented in Hell - though somehow still within sight of Abraham and those in his bosom.

Regards,

29 posted on 06/25/2011 8:50:07 AM PDT by alexander_busek
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To: alexander_busek; Markos33

That’s a parable, a story, intended to make a point. The incidental details are clearly not meant to be taken as literal teaching about conditions in heaven and hell. Do you really want to base your doctrine on a parable?


34 posted on 06/25/2011 9:33:52 AM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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