tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653900640823803296.post8119966044720669514..comments2023-07-03T01:02:00.925-07:00Comments on Go Ashley!: The Meaning of Life or Life After Death?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04501331064789174544noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653900640823803296.post-49629555641787729442011-04-03T18:13:43.314-07:002011-04-03T18:13:43.314-07:00Ash takes a lot to express your opinions and quest...Ash takes a lot to express your opinions and questions. I, like you, wonder, think, and question. Looks like many kind, thoughtful, and insightful people follow you.Crohn's Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03165751867375331739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653900640823803296.post-14832114380466833992011-04-01T22:22:28.494-07:002011-04-01T22:22:28.494-07:00Thank you for writing this. I struggle with this ...Thank you for writing this. I struggle with this a lot. I was raised in a Christian Lutheran Church which I still attend when I am home from school, but I struggle with so much! How could God let my best friend be abducted, killed, and dumped in a river! Like WTF!! But then at the same time I believe that my friend is in a better place and at peace...perhaps Heaven. I really feel like I am brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17364260264700856613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653900640823803296.post-59614896013268074792011-03-31T11:24:48.567-07:002011-03-31T11:24:48.567-07:00My own feeling is that when people put so much emp...My own feeling is that when people put so much empaphasis on life after death, it is a cop-out for taking responsibility for the here and now, including our own ability to be fully alive and to participate in life to the best of our ability. I do not want to meet my death having given my life away to anticipating what may or may not come next.Dayle Ann Strattonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653900640823803296.post-85225947284642070902011-03-31T10:28:00.385-07:002011-03-31T10:28:00.385-07:00I could not have said it better myself. Thank you ...I could not have said it better myself. Thank you so much for posting this. I had the same thoughts recently, while at the funeral of a loved one. The priest didn’t focus as much on Heaven being the dangling carrot as it sounds like the pastor did, but the experience reminded me of just why I don’t buy into christian mythology; my philosophies are decidedly more buddhist in nature.<br /><br />I Lisahttp://iamnotthisdisease.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653900640823803296.post-77605057307845075712011-03-30T18:21:51.933-07:002011-03-30T18:21:51.933-07:00I loved this post too because I have so many quest...I loved this post too because I have so many questions about God, life & death! I hope that my life here on Earth has some meaning & purpose beyond just going through the motions...I feel like I have so much to do before my work here is complete. Thanks for sharing Ash. =)Nani Luculescuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745758541491001489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653900640823803296.post-81481040008471726632011-03-30T12:29:02.643-07:002011-03-30T12:29:02.643-07:00Thank you for your responses! I was a bit nervous ...Thank you for your responses! I was a bit nervous to post this one. <br /><br />RosMari, I think you are right about what the pastor meant. I just wish he would have touched a little on the joys we have now. Over the summer a teenage boy committed suicide in the town where I was living. His bible study group had been exploring the same topic. It wasn't until after the suicide that the pastor Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04552973067731015098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653900640823803296.post-27836400227948734972011-03-30T11:25:55.171-07:002011-03-30T11:25:55.171-07:00GREAT post. I am a God loving person, in fact I be...GREAT post. I am a God loving person, in fact I believe He is the only reason ANYTHING in my life is working. <br />I get what you're saying about what the pastor said. I think as humans were ARE supposed to try our best to make the world a better place. We are to love one another and care for all that God has given us. Perhaps what the pastor meant by what he said was simply that, even RosMari Brandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15417470783587583184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653900640823803296.post-23018561656951745442011-03-30T10:11:48.849-07:002011-03-30T10:11:48.849-07:00Thank you for being to honest Ashley. It is hard t...Thank you for being to honest Ashley. It is hard to grasp faith in the midst of suffering. I do believe that God HAS given us each giftings and talents and I do believe that we are to use them. Not so much for our own edification but for others to and to glorify God. The greatest commandment given in the Bible is to "love the Lord you God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mindAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com