The Bible says so:
"These things I have written unto you that believe in the name of the Son of God that you may KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE..." (I John 5:13)
"And this is the record : That God has given to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son". (I John 5:11)
2006-09-10 06:57:25 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, and I have that assurance of salvation!
2006-09-10 07:00:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
There's an awful lot of things written in books. Millions have been printed. A great many contradict each other. You give a couple of sentences from one as if all the others don't exist.
Okay, lets ignore all non-religious books. That leaves the Torah, the Koran, the Avista, the Talmud, the Sunnah, and quite a few more.
If you're a dyed-in-the-wool Christian, the bible is the only one that you've ever read. Does that mean that the others are all wrong ? Have you ever read the others ? Don't ever be afraid of knowledge. It has never harmed anyone, but the lack of knowledge will make you ignorant.
I know the Christian church will tell you it's a sin to read about other beliefs. So will the other religions. They're afraid you might learn something. After studying them all, you'll probably not believe any of them.
2006-09-10 07:18:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Okay, let's take a look at your logic.
Premise 1: The Bible says you will live forever.
Conclusion: You will live forever.
This does not follow standard logical rules. You need one additional premise:
Premise 2: The Bible is 100% correct.
As soon as you can show that that premise too is true, then and only then will your conclusion be valid.
HOWEVER, it is possible that everyone is guaranteed to live forever, whether or not God exists. There's an interesting theory called quantum immortality, you can read about it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_immortality
As an atheist, I sure hope it works! :P
2006-09-10 07:00:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Knowledge of something is not the same as faith in something.
Your can have faith, some sort of religious conviction
but you can not have knowledge.
The "NT"? What about the Vedas, the Koran, the Torah, not to mention the Upanishads, the writings of Buddha???
Very limited view to look only at the new testament
2006-09-10 07:06:28 · answer #4 · answered by Gemelli2 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That is not "knowledge" in the scientific sense, provable by empirical data and observation. It is knowledge (belief) derived from faith. Faithful Christians believe with certainty that their souls will go to heaven. Not their physical bodies, which are 6 feet under or burned. Upon death, souls shed bodies like people shed dirty clothes, then they ascend to heaven.
2006-09-10 07:10:11 · answer #5 · answered by Carlos R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is hardly the place for you to be promoting such nonsense. There are many people out there who look to Yahoo Answers for real answers. The book of many authors, or "Bible" of which you speak, holds no special authority to people other than Christians. I suggest you visit a Christian website.
Kabum
2006-09-10 07:06:32 · answer #6 · answered by kabum 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Gary, everyone is pretty tired of your preaching. Posting questions and answers with quotes from the bible is getting tiresome.
2006-09-10 07:01:36 · answer #7 · answered by . 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Of course I know that - but what bothers me is I won't know FOR SURE until I die.... and I pray to God that he leaves me here for a very long time...
2006-09-10 07:05:00 · answer #8 · answered by peaches 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So... you refer to a book of outdated and irrelevant bronze-age jewish mythology for your answers?
You have my pity. No, really, my pity is all yours. And my thanks. I'm ever so thankful that I have a working brain that doesn't depend on mythology for the answers I'm looking for.
What I'm saying is that I'm ever so happy I'm not a brain dead moron like yourself.
Good point Green Meklar, good point. Since the bible is riddled with mistakes, lies and just plain fantasy, it's impossible to assume that anything in it is based in reality.
2006-09-10 07:01:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Um... no, we still don't know for sure. Because we have no proof that your god actually said that, or if indeed, you god even exists. Just because something is written doesn't make it true.
2006-09-10 06:59:45 · answer #10 · answered by Girl Wonder 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋