THE STREET
OF ETERNAL HAPPINESS is two miles long.
That is Heaven to him... to see your eternal suffering down his nose while he is (of course) perfectly deserving
of eternal happiness for visiting the most horrendous things upon innocent people.
Does this doctrine of immortality, which Whitehead calls «objective immortality,» correspond to the faith expectations of those who seek the reassurance of an afterlife, a place
of eternal happiness, or a heaven?
The «original justice» in which men and angels were created «was naught else but the most sweet love which would dispose them for, turn them towards, and set them on the way
of eternal happiness.»
Penelhum 1971 contends that the putative divine plan is itself immoral, condemning as it does honest non-believers to loss
of eternal happiness, when such unbelief is in no way culpable; and that to adopt the relevant belief is to be complicit to this immoral plan.
Not exact matches
A God who could make good children as easily as bad, yet preferred to make bad ones; who could have made every one
of them happy, yet never made a single happy one; who made them prize their bitter life, yet stingily cut it short; who gave his angels
eternal happiness unearned, yet required his other children to earn it; who gave his angels painless lives, yet cursed his other children with biting miseries and maladies
of mind and body; who mouths justice, and invented hell - mouths mercy, and invented hell - mouths Golden Rules and forgiveness multiplied by seventy times seven, and invented hell; who mouths morals to other people, and has none himself; who frowns upon crimes, yet commits them all; who created man without invitation, then tries to shuffle the responsibility for man's acts upon man, instead
of honorably placing it where it belongs, upon himself; and finally, with altogether divine obtuseness, invites his poor abused slave to worship him!
Happiness has a way
of giving one a simple kind
of faith in the
eternal.
The proletarian world was ready for a religion that would take the side
of the underdog, preach the virtues
of the meek and humble
of heart, and offer the hope
of a heaven in which all the slings and arrows
of a prejudiced fortune would receive compensation in
eternal happiness.
The
eternal peace
of humanity with God, received by faith on account
of Christ's victory over sin, death, and the power
of Satan, is dismissed as pie in the sky to be exchanged for the various approximations
of peace and
happiness that in good times this world also knows about and experiences.
The true lights
of the Church, those who are most important for the
eternal salvation
of mankind as well as
of individuals are not the Pope, the bishops or the cardinals in their red cassocks, but those who possess and radiate most faith, hope and love, most humility and unselfishness, most fortitude in carrying the cross, most
happiness and confidence.
Good gosh the theme
of the Bible is God loves His creation and reveals His plan for all to enter Paradise with
eternal love, joy and
happiness.
If a man denies himself comforts and pleasures in this life in order to be assured
of happiness in the
eternal hereafter, he still does not avoid being self - centered.
The freedom to be a good, moral, ethical and loving human without the threat
of eternal punishment will bring true and honest
happiness.
You don't know whether it is real big or real small, whether it even has awareness
of its offshoot (the universe), whether it has wants and needs and demands, that it has love and hate, benevolence and wrath, the power to reward
eternal happiness.
We can not love Godor hope for
eternal happiness unless our minds have some apprehension
of God and supernatural beatitude, and we have this by faith.
We should never relent, and never despair, but do everything we can to heal and uplift our present world, with the light
of the Gospel, even as we know our
eternal happiness rests only in the next.
Through its major principles
of religion Islam expects everyone to seek his own
happiness through recognizing that God is omnipotent, omniscient, infinite, all - living, and
eternal.
Thee good soil represents someone who; * admits and understands that they are indebted to God because
of their sinful nature * that sin equals
eternal damnation hellfire * they turn to Jesus as our own saviour to abide in his covenant to fully repent
of sins and become holy enduring right to the end * remember Jesus said you can not serve the world and God, or money and god you can not be a master to both * the path to
eternal life is very narrow and strait and only few are able to find it you have to let go
of your desires and dictates
of the flesh and always embrace and find
happiness serving god set your eyes on Jesus... crucify your desires..
Sure, life after death and
eternal happiness with God in heaven is part
of the gospel message, but it is not the only part — or even the main part.
«The only way to achieve «x» (better s - ex,
happiness,
eternal life, avoidance
of eternal damnation) is by joining my magic sky fairy belief club.
That supernatural gift which God gave Adam and Eve was the destiny
of seeing God face to face in
eternal happiness.
thankfully you have no control
of our lovely secular government otherwise you would hand us lot stock and barrel over to whatever religious leader promised you
eternal happiness if you followed him.
Christ spans the whole
of creation, just as now he reaches out to those in purgatory, as he rejoices with those who have reached
eternal happiness.
Nor can it interest me otherwise than historically that Socrates» or Prodicus» doctrine was this or that; for the Truth in which I rest was within me, and came to light through myself, and not even Socrates could have given it to me, as little as the driver can pull the load for the horses, though he may help them by applying the lash.3 My relation to Socrates or Prodicus can not concern me with respect to my
eternal happiness, for this is given me retrogressively through my possession
of the Truth, which I had from the beginning without knowing it.
He states: «It could be argued that the Church herself is in part responsible for this in that we have failed, since the social and sexual revolutions
of the 1960s, to explain attractively and imaginatively the alternative vision
of life and love that Jesus has taught and which he promises is the true way to human
happiness and
eternal life.»
Lastly, embark on the path
of spiritual wisdom and
eternal happiness by actively participating in spellbinding Satsang sessions with us.
Accepting Jesus Christ as your Savior is the only way to true peace and
happiness, even in the most difficult
of times, and the only way to
eternal life.
Warning: side effects
of this game include
eternal happiness, lower levels
of stress, constant euphoria, gas, and automatic entry into heaven.
Join her as she discovers religion and creates her own, Carnivorism, to convince the animals that the sacrifice
of their flesh is the secret to their
eternal happiness.
«The search for
eternal happiness, a
happiness of spirit that reflects harmony, where nature heals all, is an essential part
of Chinese culture.
Aloe: Healing, protection, affection Angelica: Inspiration Arborvitae: Unchanging friendship Bachelor's button: Single blessedness Basil: Good wishes Bay: Glory Black - eyed Susan: Justice Carnation: Alas for my poor heart Chamomile: Patience Chives: Usefulness Chrysanthemum: Cheerfulness Clover, white: Think
of me Coriander: Hidden worth Cumin: Fidelity Crocus, spring: Youthful gladness Daffodil: Regard Daisy: Innocence, hope Dill: Powerful against evil Edelweiss: Courage, devotion Fennel: Flattery Fern: Sincerity Forget - me - not: Forget - me - not Geranium, oak - leaved: True friendship Goldenrod: Encouragement Heliotrope:
Eternal love Holly: Hope Hollyhock: Ambition Honeysuckle: Bonds
of love Horehound: Health Hyacinth: Constancy
of love, fertility Hyssop: Sacrifice, cleanliness Iris: A message Ivy: Friendship, continuity Jasmine, white: Sweet love Lady's - mantle: Comfort Lavender: Devotion, virtue Lemon balm: Sympathy Lilac: Joy
of youth Lily -
of - the - valley: Sweetness Marjoram: Joy and
happiness Mint: Virtue Morning glory: Affection Myrtle: The emblem
of marriage, true love Nasturtium: Patriotism Oak: Strength Oregano: Substance Pansy: Thoughts Parsley: Festivity Pine: Humility Poppy, red: Consolation Rose, red: Love, desire Rosemary: Remembrance Rue: Grace, clear vision Sage: Wisdom, immortality Salvia, blue: I think
of you Salvia, red: Forever mine Savory: Spice, interest Sorrel: Affection Southernwood: Constancy, jest Sweet pea: Pleasures Sweet William: Gallantry Sweet woodruff: Humility Tansy: Hostile thoughts Tarragon: Lasting interest Thyme: Courage, strength Tulip, red: Declaration
of love Valerian: Readiness Violet: Loyalty, devotion, faithfulness Willow: Sadness Yarrow: Everlasting love Zinnia: Thoughts
of absent friends
Through awareness, we find our way to ceasing judgement and the
eternal push to find
happiness outside
of ourselves..