Apostate "daily" text, 1/24/04

by GentlyFeral 3 Replies latest jw friends

  • GentlyFeral
    GentlyFeral

    ...Nevertheless, that night after dinner I found myself sitting down with “Knowledge That Leads to Everlasting Life.” Chapter one, “You Can Have a Happy Future!” makes a case for life after death: “There is so much on the earth that delights our senses -- delicious food, pleasant birdsong, fragrant flowers, beautiful scenery, delightful companionship! …Do you think our Creator wants us to die and lose all of this?”

    Well, I thought, why not? Of course, we want to enjoy delicious food and pleasant birdsong forever. But is it reasonable to assume God wants that for us, too? The enjoyment of these pleasures doesn’t depend on the continued existence of any individual...

    Click here to read the rest: Who Wants to Live Forever? by John D. Spalding

    GentlyFeral

  • shotgun
    shotgun

    He must have if he is the one who decided to require billions of people to die over the centuries because Eve ate a passion fruit in the produce dept.

  • crownboy
    crownboy

    I remember reading that some time ago and thinking that it would be pretty boring to live forever. It would be nice to live a little longer than we currently do, but we'd probably be bored to death (pun intended ) by our 500th year. Makes you wonder how those guys like Methusela(sp?) made it so long .

  • xjw_b12
    xjw_b12
    Makes you wonder how those guys like Methusela(sp?) made it so long .

    Methusala, had discovered the herbal plant they now use to make viagra. Oh never mind, I thought you said "kept it up so long"

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