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>>>AFAI'm concerned we ALL go on to a next life, this one being a training/proving ground for the next.
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>>>>And...is this belief something you came up with on your own or is it part of an organized religion? You mentioned The Church of England and how you really don't align yourself with them. Just curious if there is a group you belong to or if this is a sort of "home brew" religion.
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>>He's actually asking quite a good question. How do you (anyone) decide which parts of the Bible you believe are true and which not? What is the thinking process for eliminating the false from the truth that you use? It's a trap, of course, but a good question nonetheless ... :)
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>I kind covered that in my answer to him. Now I'm waiting for the net of H's mighty intellect to descend on me and fill my heart with the love of Jesus.


Yeah but you see if one says, as an example, I don't believe in the resurrection but I do believe Jesus cured people of incurable diseases then you have a problem (you can substitute the choices for any combination). Neither event can be proven or disproven. Hence, one makes a choice to believe the one and not the other - it's a matter of faith ;)

In my opinion the answers could be, for example;

(a) I believe only those aspects which are demonstrateably possible. The rest is a good story for teaching principles and morals and the like, or;

(b) I believe everything as the word of God verbatim, or;

(c) I believe everything that I like and the rest I discard because I don't like it, or;

(d) I discuss only that which I can directly experience or work / with. The rest is a type of intellectual game.