:nono: ASK him what he believes about paradise (NOT heaven). Ask.
can’t he is dead awaiting resurrection...
Between us, the whole way we see the places of death in the scriptures is very different. SEE if his and Glory Days is plausible.
anything is plausible they even thought He looked like a calf...golden one
Again, you are going to have to know your bible very well, not JUST your own doctrine. It will be worth the effort, even if you don't wind up agreeing with everything because their view (and mine) makes sense and I think,honor the scriptures.
you THINK?...so now an extra biblical idea you think honors scriptures is what you wish me to accept? Serpent thought the same...sorry I am fleeing...
Israel was idolatrous of course they would come up with ideas and teaching they thought honored something they had not answer to...well they did dead know nothing...but that wasn’t as cool as what those around them had with after lives and immortality and all such nonsense they THOUGH better than...dead are dead burying each other to boot...
Like your view, I'd admit this is a minority view as well, but it is gaining ground among believers and I think was the original intent.
yes popular teachings rule the day do they? Democracy? 2 out of 3 is 2/3 .666 the number of man...you THINK was the original intent
On top of that, it isn't Catholic so that much might be attractive to you.
its based on extrabiblical jewish folklore and traditions...but you THINK honors scripture...catholics arent the first to use scripture to deceive distort and counterfeit
Not so obvious, again, ask.
then Mary’s answer should have included something anything remotely close to...”oh yeah duh...my lucky brother is in Abraham’s bosom”
Just as paradise was not heaven, hades is not the lake of fire. Remember the hades being thrown into the lake of fire in Revelation?
sure...hell now cast into hell? What I dont see is how these spirits and souls live beyond into eternity tormented...
Again, ask. You may not agree, but I think you'll find it interesting to ask.
ask who the witch at Endor?
The torment was there. It doesn't mean water was.
this folk tale falls apart every time you apply it to reality...just like Santa Clause...even historical events people wish to believe thus deny need of facts
That the rich man was tormented is understandable...but that he would ask for something that wasn’t there does not...nor does it make sense that a physical drop of water lasts in a furnace let alone soothes a spirit’s tongue
Whichever way you see it, 1) God IS the God of the living and
but also of the dead
2) Abraham is depicted alive, despite not having a body.
depictions are real...idolatrous though...
and what’s the POINT of being in his bosom but for comfort...but wait! comfort is more than proximity but for soft and warm and familiar...hmmmm....spirits feel that between each other...let alone magic flames of fires?
So much so that the Jews called those who were the Lord's and died, the "Bosom of Abraham."
Yes of course they did...they did not have a real COMFORTER sent to those who believed in an event still to come for those poor jews who had nothing but housewife tales and legends to imagine and that sentimentally...
The irony purgatory was taken from jews and yet I am the one called a judiazer for taking back what is NOT theirs...the Sabbath...lol