I always ask myself, what
means eternity, or eternal life.
Don't worry, developing your media strategy doesn't have to
mean an eternity of overtime.
Not exact matches
U need to stop trying to come up with your own
meanings for life and start thinking about how ur life can affect ur
eternity... we're only here for a short while, think about it
The just and loving god is going to do
mean things to me for all
eternity because I don't believe in santa claus.
That doesn't make you a bad person to come to that logical conclusion and doesn't
mean that some higher power is going to gleefully roast you for all
eternity for it.
But «death» can still
mean spiritual death — i.e. separation from God for
eternity.
The notion that only
eternity imparts
meaning, (which of course can not be, as eventually space - time will wink out), is unexamined.
What you have to lose is the genuine and profound
meaning in THIS life that you are distracted from by religion with its dishonest promises of
eternity, with its abundance of gifts that you are said to receive only after you die, when it is far TOO LATE to validate the claims.
I know you
mean well Dan, but as a lifelong Christian I must stop you when you start telling people that they will burn in hell for
eternity.
It seems that a chaplain, of all people, would understand that holding someone's hand and simply being a good listener does not
mean much in the scope of
eternity.
If bullying
means that what is taught is: You will spend
eternity in one of two places.
In order for us to reach that point we must recognize what sin is, repent of it and rely solely on the shed blood of Jesus Christ as the
means for us to spend
eternity with God.
Our God or an
eternity of suffering and pain, I
mean, it's your choice...!»
I still stand by my sociopath answer
meaning he is neither good nor evil, more indifferent and just looking for something to break the boredom of
eternity.
Hi Kelvin — yes, there are many consequences of falling away but they do not
meant losing your future in the beautiful, majestic restored earth (I hate all that talk of heaven — as if that «s where we «ll spend
eternity!)
Blessed are those who put themselves first, striving to be great instead of ever being second to anyone, because what really matters is to be great for this vaporous nano - second, even if that
means being dead - last for all
eternity.
What we know as the traditional image of the Incarnation is precisely the
means by which Christendom laid the ground for an inevitable willing of the death of God, for this traditional image made possible the sanctification of «time» and «nature,» a sanctification finally leading to the transformation of
eternity into time.
It must be just horrible that life has no
meaning to you unless you believe some sky wizard will reward you if you follow all his commands or you will burn for
eternity if you do not.
When discussing Calvinism with Calvinists, there are two texts that are almost always brought up in defense of God's right to do anything He wants with people, even if it
means deciding from all
eternity to send billions of them to everlasting punishment in hell.
This, however, should not obscure the personal strength and encouragement that the individual believer finds in following Christ Discipleship is costly but the new life, which has the quality of
eternity, gives
meaning and inner peace to daily life.
If what we are trying to understand here were only a peculiar intellectual difficulty in conceiving how time and
eternity can be related, the problem would be an abstract one hardly worthy of special attention so far as the
meaning of love is concerned.
In mythological language, this
means that he stems from
eternity, his origin is not a human and natural one.
They can't come to terms with the idea that there may actually be nothing after we die so they latch on to a belief that gives them comfort... belief in an afterlife,
eternity or any version of «god» is nothing more than a coping mechanism for those who can't accept that we are in fact finite creatures that are born, live, and die and are not
meant or destined to exist for
eternity.
But whether your occupation is great or
mean, is it of such a kind that you dare think of it together with the responsibility of
eternity?
Someone may think that by punishment is
meant what is now seldom mentioned — the punishment of
eternity.
If there were no punishment, or if indeed there was a man who could convince him that
eternity's punishment was a fantasy; or if it became common practice to think in this fashion; or if he could travel to a foreign country where it was common practice; or if cowardly and hypocritical superstition could discover a cheap
means of propitiation!!!
He might even have been prevented from reaching the goal just by being unwilling to use any other
means than those which the judgment of
eternity permits.
In the judgment of
eternity the relation between the end and the
means is rather the reverse of this.
Am not anti-Christ nor Anti-Jewish just like all Muslims am a monotheist so must be rather Anti-Polytheists & Disbelievers... but believe me it is not hatred but rather pityness for the innocents and hardness towards the wicked transgressors... Guess that is all about it unless few of our brother got the message wrong!?! Since we learned from the Quran verses that there will be in paradise from the Jews, Christian and others from other beliefs... and since God forgives any thing else other than to assign for him partners as polytheists do, then that
means many of Christians and Jews are monotheist towards God although might show otherwise of fears from dominant doctrine... As it seems few Christians have realized some how they were wrong some where, then had to introduce that Trinity to correct it to show as if monotheist but made another mistake by having God the One Divided into Three then and remained Divided as Three as now and for
eternity...!?
He clearly
means to accomplish this metaphysical task via a final eschaton, that future reconciling of time and
eternity in which a whole is formed that can give
meaning to all moments of history.
Does that
mean that just because a person is born to a certain society where christianity is not the norm, where they are raised to praise another god or diety, then they will be be doomed to spend an
eternity in your hell?
For him, transcendence rejects the dualism of body and soul, of time and
eternity, etc., and is not a picture story of how everything is going to end up but
means keeping ourselves aware that» [t] omorrow can be different.
If i'm just somebody elses pet project and was
meant to happen and my life was preordained then it's a 1 to 1 odds that I am who I am and that
means i'm just another chess piece on someone elses board and have no real freedom and no real future even if I was to imagine some fluffy afterlife stroking Gods ego for
eternity, that is not for me.
If being weak minded
means that I trust Christ as my crutch to take me to heave (and much more than a crutch) than I would rather be weak minded than to be strong like Sue... and spend
eternity in Hell.
(don't worry, that was totally tongue in cheek) I
mean surely that Hindu pagan will spend an
eternity tormented in the Lake of Fire... won't he?
By the way by no
means does this
mean that I am particularly against Islam, I am also against Judaism, Christianity, and any unproven dark age manifestation of a all knowing, creator, If there was a god he sure does «nt need help enforcing his edicts and morals, remember that if there is a god then as many religions state, people will be judged upon there beliefs and sins after death and spend
eternity in heaven or hell, so why is it so important for people to butt in and start trying to control each other and force people to believe in something that many think is absurd and insane.
Yet much can be done in the way of making clear the understanding of man's spiritual nature, his high destiny which points beyond this life for its fulfillment, the
meaning of the Kingdom for this life and the next, the Christian concepts of judgment and salvation with
eternity in their span — in short, the goodness and power of a God who, having given us this life, can give us another in which to attain to his nearer presence, enjoy a richer happiness, and do his will more perfectly.
It
means that the life we live right now and the life we will live for
eternity are in some mysterious way one and the same.
Just because you refuse to learn His wisdom, doesn't
mean His truth doesn't stand for
eternity, because He does.
The Church, as Christ the Saviour working upon all men in word, in life and in sacrament, is not accidental or incidental to the order of human history, but part of that order and the sign of the deepest
meaning of human culture in time and for
eternity.
What sounds even sillier is that after you die, if you say you're sorry and really
mean it, you'll be in some paradise land and have happiness for
eternity under this imaginary friend that you spoke you you're whole life.
I put two - and - two together and realized that this
meant that the majority of the human population would be damned to
eternity in hell, most without having the chance to be saved.
As to His human origin, He was born in Bethlehem; as to His divine origin, He is from
eternity, which
means He is both God and man at the same time.
The Christians, in their way, agree with the classical philosophers that the glory that was Rome is nothing in light of
eternity — although by
eternity they
mean the life beyond death that the personal God makes possible for each particular person.
If man is really
meant to determine his final destiny, if this «
eternity» is to be the act of his freedom, capable of making him good or evil in the depth of his being and not only accidentally, then freedom must first of all be freedom of being.
Freedom is not
meant to pass the time but to gain
eternity, because God is made present through the Yes of freedom, regard - less of whether this free act knows it or not.
As aions are of limited duration — having a beginning and ending — they can not also be used to
mean «
eternity», as «
eternity» has no beginning or ending.
That does not
mean that Our love for G - d and each other will keep Us out, only that those who live by their judgement will, inevitably, be given an
eternity (or a few lifetimes) to be judged accordingly.
It is the complete Actuality and
eternity and infinity of God's Existence that show the inadequacy of the analogy but at the same time help to enlighten us as well in what this
means for God's own Life.
Almsgiving is a duty of charity, a commendable spiritual practice along with prayer and fasting, and a
means for us to win friends in
eternity, whether by giving money to organisations or individuals who carry out the corporal works of mercy — saving the lives of pre-born babies by supporting pro-life work, feeding the hungry by the alleviation of famine, sheltering the homeless, welcoming the stranger, or the spiritual works of mercy, such as having Masses offered for people who are sick or in particular need, or those who have died and the souls in purgatory.