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Originally Posted by floorpuncher
Saline - I think that perhaps you and I are on the same page, just looking at things a little differently. The point I was trying to make from the get go was that I don't understand why someone who is so devout in their beliefs and truly believes they are going to heaven would bother staying alive in this **** life (compared to the idea of Heaven). My point was that it's funny to me that you (not you specifically, but generally) can "believe" in something as wonderful as the idea of Heaven and still have the desire to carry on your life here.
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First off, glad to know you aren't taking this personally or anything, I'm just here to debate my point, as are you. I'm also not going to start insulting people when I feel intimidated, so if you get that vibe from anything I post, let me know and I'll try to rephrase it or something.
OK, here's my answer. Christians (as I'm sure many other religeons) believe that we are here for a purpose. Christians' being to spread the gospel. Sure, we could just die now and go to heaven, but I would much rather be able to share that hope of eternal life with other people. Plus, I don't want to put my family through the pain of my death. But I don't really know why people grieve death, it SHOULD be a celebration of passing into a better life, perhaps that's kind of what you're wondering about? Why people greive others' deaths? I dunno, I've tried to explain it well and I hope you'll be able to see it from another view-point.
I'm not here to try to convert, I just want to make you (and others) sure of what you believe. Pushy Christians anoy me =|