tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post4241403331793568381..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Our Conversion, and God'sGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-58915176624526878332016-10-02T14:27:22.983-07:002016-10-02T14:27:22.983-07:00I too, have decided that, like Joseph, I should li...I too, have decided that, like Joseph, I should like to give charge concerning my remains, that they not be left in South Carolina, but be carried back to Florida so that I may rest in a region without State Income Tax. <br /><br />Also, I don't want to vote Democrat when I die.Joan of Argghh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14729682908266300507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-20407833522666060572016-09-30T09:58:30.368-07:002016-09-30T09:58:30.368-07:00True 'dat: building a vehicle fit for eterna...True 'dat: building a vehicle fit for eternal travel.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-30413273689746473072016-09-30T09:56:09.231-07:002016-09-30T09:56:09.231-07:00I'll add also that the Orthodox Christians say...I'll add also that the Orthodox Christians say cremation should not be done.<br />Father Stephen has a post or two on this with some good explanation and reasons, and so forth, makes a good case.<br />As a crafty coon, I like the idea of building my own pine box. Since that's what you're doing so to speak your whole life anyway.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12994306709948231112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-75341334433099046152016-09-30T09:09:37.515-07:002016-09-30T09:09:37.515-07:00One thing to consider Doug is it can take up to 3 ...One thing to consider Doug is it can take up to 3 days for the soul to completely leave a deceased body. This is actually in literature of Tibetan Buddhist, Bon, Shamanic and Sufi texts. I only mention it because cremation usually happens much quicker than 3 days, and once I became aware of this esoteric stuff I now have a different opinion on cremation now.tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07354048695798015131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-36818122397543595392016-09-30T08:04:44.600-07:002016-09-30T08:04:44.600-07:00Thank you all.
My wife would like to change that ...Thank you all.<br /><br />My wife would like to change that "Till death do us part" bit.<br />She would like side by side burial spots. I want to be cremated.<br />Little worries for me to ponder. <br />Dougmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16376833358762656823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-35833453703780477582016-09-29T16:30:03.751-07:002016-09-29T16:30:03.751-07:00I think, perhaps that the words of Jesus 'they...I think, perhaps that the words of Jesus 'they are neither married nor given in marriage but are like the angels in heaven' (Mark 12:25, Luke 20:35 and Matthew 22:30) do not indicate so much the dissolution of one relationship (marriage) as the initiation of a new one, namely a better, clearer, more present and more intimate relationship with God. Just as the wife and the husband 'leave father and mother and become one flesh' in marriage (Gen 2:24 and elsewhere) but in doing so they are still part of the same family as before (they have only expanded the circle, so to speak), I think something similar is what will happen as we cross the Great River and onto our heavenly home. I think all of our other relationships will still remain but our immediate relationship with God will be our primary one, because no one can ever love us like He does.<br /><br />A child, grown to manhood, let's go of his mother's hand and takes hold of the hand of his wife. But his mother never leaves his heart, and he is always close by in her heart, too. So it will be, perhaps, in Heaven. The man lets go of his wife's hand to take hold of the Blessed Hands that have held him close since before he was born. But in holding Our Gracious Father's hands the man finds that he is still holding onto his wife's hands, too! And his mother's, and his father's, and his childrens', and his friends'...<br /><br />With God, it is never less. It is always more. And it is always Good... At least, that has been my experience...Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01750808052006968358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-40620438572492319142016-09-29T12:45:17.913-07:002016-09-29T12:45:17.913-07:00Marriage is no longer binding after you are dead. ...Marriage is no longer binding after you are dead. In fact, Paul uses it as an analogy to the believer's freedom from the law in Romans 7.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-66632371940052218962016-09-29T12:43:23.784-07:002016-09-29T12:43:23.784-07:00Our condolences and prayers for Uncle Jack and the...Our condolences and prayers for Uncle Jack and the family.<br /><br />Churchill probably felt that all he had done was somewhat less than fully appreciated by his contemporaries, his nation, and the West in general. I'm sure, too, he understood that the Soviets were enslaving millions that he had hoped would be freed from the Nazis.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-59934465336513902172016-09-29T12:29:09.844-07:002016-09-29T12:29:09.844-07:00In the resurrection they neither marry nor are giv...In the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels of God in heaven.Jesusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-3748782248737818642016-09-29T12:16:35.154-07:002016-09-29T12:16:35.154-07:00Open thread!
Question: If the Resurrection occurr...Open thread!<br /><br />Question: If the Resurrection occurred, does that mean marriage is no longer binding? <br />Or am I twisting theology?Dougmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16376833358762656823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-46637215469271561702016-09-29T10:07:48.197-07:002016-09-29T10:07:48.197-07:00Life becomes death that death might become Life. O...<i>Life becomes death that death might become Life. One hopes...</i><br /><br />One hopes, indeed. I pray that Uncle Jack is enjoying new life on the other side.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.com