Dualism (Identity)

by dhw, Friday, March 20, 2015, 21:45 (3535 days ago) @ Balance_Maintained

TONY: Closeness to God certainly doesn't denote being in heaven. Not sure where that came from, but I agree with you on that.-Perhaps my point was not clear. You claimed that if the NDE patients thought they were in heaven, Satan was deliberately deceiving them, e.g. by giving them the information about their dead relatives etc. which they could not otherwise have known. According to you, God doesn't send dead people to heaven, so Satan could then make the patients believe God was a liar. But if, as apparently was the case in some instances, they did NOT think they were in heaven and still got the information, and were then resuscitated and turned to God, what in the name of hell was Satan hoping to achieve?
 
TONY: I am not the judge of anyone. I can't say what would be the outcome for your sweet Mrs X. But here is something to think about. It is a known, well documented, and proven fact that most religions, including some forms of Christianity, are utterly riddled with pagan influences. Idolatry, ancient pagan holidays, and even teachings that directly contradict the bible. There are parts of the bible that warn people to "flee" from those things, so I am going to assume that it matters.-My sweet Mrs X will no doubt be mightily relieved. I'm certainly not going to contradict the rest of your post, though I strongly suspect that many Christians would disagree with some of your own interpretations of what God wants from you. Ultimately, what “matters” in my view is (a) what seems right to you, and (b) that what seems right to you does no harm to others and, preferably, actively benefits you and others. I would like to think that is the case with all the nice folk on this forum!