Comments on: Death and God

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Does he think he and his wife were going to be alive forever?

By: rick

rick — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

One of the highest tenents of Buddhism is that there is suffering in the world. It is caused by our attachment to things (and people).

The first step toward enlightenment is to accept that all things are impermanent. Acceptance is the key.

Everyone has their time here.
We do not get to choose when that time ends.

Have hope. Endure. Accept.

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

"We do not get to choose when that time ends."

For the most part, neither does God.

By: Sally

Sally — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

oh in our heads we all know we are going to die.. well except me of course… but knowing it in your head and knowing it in your heart is not the same thing.

By: ltbugaf

ltbugaf — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Kim: I’m confused by your comment, “For the most part, neither does God.” However, what you’re looking for here is help, not debate, so don’t squander your time in propping up arguments. I think this man needs a testimony that God loves him and his wife. I hope his own prayers and possibly the blessing you suggested will be ways he can obtain that testimony.

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

What I meantby my comment was for the most part, God does not choose when we die.

FTR, I wasn't the one who created this post.

By: ltbugaf

ltbugaf — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Yes, sorry for misidentifying you as the original poster.

By: ltbugaf

ltbugaf — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

"for the most part, God does not choose when we die."

I guess I don't understand how you came to this conclusion.

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

My conclusion is based on my interpretation of Matt 5:45.

"[He] maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust."

My intepretation is that God allows nature to be indiscriminative toward us. The sun doesn't shine on only the righteous, it just shines. The rain doesn't fall on only the wicked, it just falls.

Same goes for illness, old age, and so on.

By: ltbugaf

ltbugaf — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

But the rain doesn’t fall, and the sun doesn’t shine, without God’s power organizing the universe. In this respect at the very least, he “maketh” these things to happen.

Having the power to intervene and change something, and choosing not to intervene and change it, is making a choice. So even if what you say is true, and God is simply letting nature happen, he’s still choosing to let it happen rather than change something. In this way, at the very least, I think he is choosing when it is time for each of us to die.