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Eschatology: fire, brimstone, and the end of the age

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Wayne:
Yeah it's funny - we often think of problems with people taking the Bible too literally.

But in this case there is this mindset about the afterlife that is completely confused because we fail to recognize the literal meaning.

ifyoucantfixit:

--- Quote from: injest on January 04, 2008, 07:53:56 pm ---isn't that the worst fear a lot of people have? that they would die and no one will care? I think about that a lot....whether anyone would really care if I were gone.

sure my husband would (who would cook dinner?) but really what difference do I make?

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You make a difference to me...............dear friend
Even without cookies..........heheh

And Truman you are a true genius.....I am cracking up here  ...metaphorically speaking of course

delalluvia:

 ??? ???

I thought Jews didn't believe in an afterlife.

Did I hear wrong?

Wayne:
 :D     Fantastic pic della!! 

My understanding is that in Jesus's time there were different schools of thought among Jews on the afterlife.

The Pharisees did believe in an afterlife. For all his disagreements with them, Jesus did say he agreed with them on this point.

On the other hand the Saducees rejected the idea of an afterlife.

delalluvia:

--- Quote from: wdj on February 29, 2008, 05:18:58 pm --- :D     Fantastic pic della!!
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Thanks!  It's Leighton's "Captive Andromache".  Taken as a concubine by a Mycenaen king as a spoil from the Trojan war, she is shown in her new home, isolated in her grief, orphaned, widowed and with her child dead. 


--- Quote ---My understanding is that in Jesus's time there were different schools of thought among Jews on the afterlife.

The Pharisees did believe in an afterlife. For all his disagreements with them, Jesus did say he agreed with them on this point.

On the other hand the Saducees rejected the idea of an afterlife.

--- End quote ---

So, is modern Judaism then based more on Pharisee sect beliefs than the Saducees?

I started to read through the Wikipedia articles, but my eyes started to glaze over.  :P

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