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Old 08-21-2014, 08:18 AM
 
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If you are a believer, why do you think you are more wonderful and better than all other creatures on Earth and have been given this remarkable ability for eternal survival that nothing else in life has?
Because God made us in His image, unlike all the other creatures, with the potential for immortality.

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Old 08-21-2014, 09:29 AM
 
Location: Log home in the Appalachians
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Because God made us in His image, unlike all the other creatures, with the potential for immortality.

I'm a little curious, whose God and what image?..... there seems to be so many different gods that it's hard to imagine exactly what image your talking about.
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Old 08-21-2014, 09:31 AM
 
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If you are a believer, why do you think you are more wonderful and better than all other creatures on Earth and have been given this remarkable ability for eternal survival that nothing else in life has?
I am a believer and in no way do I think I am better than ANY other creature on Earth. I am not sure why anyone would assume that about believers.
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Old 08-21-2014, 01:11 PM
 
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I am a believer and in no way do I think I am better than ANY other creature on Earth. I am not sure why anyone would assume that about believers.
But doesn't it make you feel special that you get to go to heaven and live forever while for all the others it's one and out? If I was a believer I would think so.
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Old 08-21-2014, 01:52 PM
 
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But doesn't it make you feel special that you get to go to heaven and live forever while for all the others it's one and out? If I was a believer I would think so.
I'm not really sure what you are saying here. Are you saying I believe that I get to go to heaven and everyone else does not? If that is what you're saying then I am not sure why you would think I believe that? I believe in an after life, but I am not sure where you got the other stuff from. It's never a good idea to assume you know what others think/believe.
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Old 08-21-2014, 02:20 PM
 
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I'm not really sure what you are saying here. Are you saying I believe that I get to go to heaven and everyone else does not? If that is what you're saying then I am not sure why you would think I believe that? I believe in an after life, but I am not sure where you got the other stuff from. It's never a good idea to assume you know what others think/believe.
ashley, I'm talking about being in the same class as humans. Humans get to go to heaven; other creatures don't. So that would make you very special.

Unless you believe differently...............
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Old 08-21-2014, 02:44 PM
 
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ashley, I'm talking about being in the same class as humans. Humans get to go to heaven; other creatures don't. So that would make you very special.

Unless you believe differently...............
I don't believe only humans have an after life. I believe all creatures do. I also think that we have no clue what other planets are out there that are inhabited and I would not exclude them either. I don't believe I am more special than any other creature. Okay, maybe not all creatures because I do hope there are no mosquitoes in the after life, haha.
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Old 08-21-2014, 02:49 PM
 
Location: Under the Redwoods
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Here is why I don't buy the subconscious hallucination or dreaming theory. It's too convenient. Every night when we sleep, the same subconscious takes over and forms dreams out of the pieces of our conscious experience. It is completely random and often jumbled up. So why would the same subconscious craft an afterlife experience dream in all these people? They should just be having a regular dream like any other night. But it is specific very detailed experiences that they remember clearly. I can have a vivid dream and it disappears from my mind immediately when I wake up. Not with NDE's.
You should read the article from the link I posted.
It the exact same chemestry just at a very high amount when one is about to die.
And perhaps to you dreams seem random and jumbled, but they are not. What they are is a metaphorical message to the dreamer. The dream message directly relates to some issue that te dreamer is dealing with. Trick is to decypher it.

People who have used DMT recreationally, most will claim that they saw heaven or god...or what ever divine essence that they believe in.
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Old 08-22-2014, 03:47 AM
 
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ashley, I'm talking about being in the same class as humans. Humans get to go to heaven; other creatures don't. So that would make you very special.

Unless you believe differently...............
The Bible is not clear on animals in the next life. There will be plants (the tree of life), and Jesus will ride a white horse. If plants and horses, why not other animals? For sure there will be no animals cast into the Lake of Fire because animals are incapable of sin.
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Old 08-22-2014, 07:14 AM
 
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Because God made us in His image, unlike all the other creatures, with the potential for immortality.
What image of God are we made in?
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