I use to get all depressed,, but then i read this book, and it talks about how everyone in your life was brought here for a reason, and when they have served their purpose, they go to a better place, which is where we all came from any way, but we had to come back here to learn certain lessons that we wanted to learn. Also that those same people as they die, they may be sitting next to us the following week, but in a new body, their soul lives on.
2007-03-01 04:35:18 · 26 answers · asked by Lovely 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sorry the dead are in the ground, right where we put them to await the day Jesus comes again. Soul= dust + breath. when we take away the breath, the dust we put in the ground there is NO such thing as an immortal "Soul"! Ecclesiastes 9:5,6, Acts 2:34, and 1 Thessalonians 4:16, 17
2007-03-01 05:07:12 · answer #1 · answered by I-o-d-tiger 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I bet you read a book by Silvia Browne. Well I have almost the same beliefs. Recently my boyfriends grandfather passed away and he struggled with it a lot. He keep saying " it wasnt his time" and I explained to him that that was imposible because God wouldnt allow him to leave to soon or to late. Everything happens because it was supposed to happen. I also kept reminding him that he would be able to speak to his grandfather whenever he wants to now, anytime he wants. He was always busy with work and family and he didnt get to visit much. My boyfriend is a chef and 3 days before his grandfather died he had made his favorite lasanga for dinner. He really wanted to take his grandfather a piece but was not able to make it. That bothered him alot. So now he doesnt take family or life for granted he spends as much time as possible with the ones he loves. So a loved ones passing should be viewed as another one of Gods life lessons.
2007-03-01 12:48:57 · answer #2 · answered by Princess Rach 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus took the sting of death away from us,being with Him when we all set at the banquet i think i will have a T-Bone steak,i like you use to be a little scared at the thought of dying but there is nothing to be afraid of,i dont know for sure but love the thought of my mom that is in heaven right now and watching me when i mess up chewing on me bad we all will have new bodies and our soul will live on i want a pretty one (haha)
2007-03-01 12:44:53 · answer #3 · answered by loveChrist 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some believe that. I personally don't. It sounds to me like just another belief system to make people feel better.
But if it makes you feel better, then it's fine - because I can't think of any way in which that belief could hurt anyone.
In general, I think death pretty much sucks.
EDIT: Too bad no one planned a drinking game based on how many times the word "sucks" was used in answer to this question.
2007-03-01 12:43:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It one puts the loss into eternal perspective, it's easier to bear. That involves hope that you will see them again, someplace somewhere.
This life is just a drop in the bucket of eternity. If you want a glimpse of the afterlife, the movie "What Dreams May Come.." is a good representation of the stage after death of the physical form.
2007-03-01 12:47:27 · answer #5 · answered by American Spirit 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Interesting theory !
but no one knows for sure what happens when we die.
since the week before christmas 15 people that I have known
rather personally or one awy from personally have died.
2 were close friends,1 was a close friends daughter
3 were close friends uncles 4 were close friends granparents
2 were neighbors aunts and 3 were high school buddies.
and the sadest thing is that most of them died of some form of cancer.
our enviroment is killing us, don;t politicians like bush see that
kyoto accord must be saved and used to save the earth.
please god save our earth for the children
and the childrens children.
2007-03-01 12:45:46 · answer #6 · answered by rottentothecore 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Death... simply another form of impermanence. All things in the universe are impermanent... matter, concepts, thoughts, etc.
Because of the natural clinging and attachments sentient beings tend to attach to someone and define it as "love" (which varies depending on the level of clinging and attachment) it's only natural that the "loved one's" death will cause suffering to some degree or another. I still have some degree of attachment to my loved ones, just like everybody else, albeit with a different view and understanding now, as a Buddhist, so I would be sad, but I wouldn't be so selfish as to affect their mental state at death, or in the "bardo" (in-between death and rebirth state).
_()_
2007-03-01 12:41:01 · answer #7 · answered by vinslave 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I believe in the eternal family and the plan of salvation. We came here voluntarily to be temted and tested, to suffer mortality, and if we do everything required, we return to the presence of Jesus and Heavenly Father, and our family members. It gives me a great deal of comfort to know that we, here on earth, are the ones who are "gone" and we will see our friends and loved ones again in the hereafter.
2007-03-01 12:46:02 · answer #8 · answered by Spud55 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
LOL.....whatever you find comfort in. I've lost a father, a mother, a child, and a older brother. I tend to think of and appreciate the time and memories I had with them. I do not believe there is some better place. We're born, we live, and we die...simple as that...no magical mystery tour afterwards...so enjoy your time here.
2007-03-01 12:44:08 · answer #9 · answered by ndmagicman 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You can imagine what you want. But yes, when someone close to you dies you do feel very bad, but time heals, after some days its only their memory.
When some one dies my only thought would be what must have gone through his mind just before he died.
But death is a horrible thing, you cant avoid it
2007-03-01 12:42:48 · answer #10 · answered by mamakumar 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋