Questions tagged [eternity]
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If condemned men suffer forever in hell then why did Jesus say God destroys the body and soul in hell? [duplicate]
Saint John spoke under the influence of the Holy Spirit and wrote the following words that have echoed through the millenia.
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, ...
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The LDS church teaches that the universe has no beginning... thus no original god creator [closed]
If this is so... how do we arrive at today? Without a starting point, time cannot begin to move forward and we would never come to exist. An eternal future is possible but an eternal past is not. ...
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Is eternity the same as infinite time or is eternity beyond time?
How can time not exist before creation? For God to exist for infinite time before creation, there had to have been some kind of time or time-like object causing -infinity to turn into the time of ...
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What is the biblical basis that eternity involves no change?
What is the Biblical basis for eternity lacking change? i.e, that God is immutable and views all time simultaneously.
Boethius defines eternity as "simultaneously full and perfect possession of ...
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What does "uncreated God" mean?
I often hear references to the "uncreated God", citing passages such as Psalm 90:2 "from everlasting to everlasting you are God".
What is the specific meaning of the word "...
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If there was a beginning to God's creations, did God therefore change?
For background, this is related to other questions about whether God may have changed in the past.
It is often touted that God preceded all creation, and some even say that He is able to violate ...
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What is causality, according to the Scriptures?
I often hear that God caused time to exist, or created time.
But causality is relatable to us as a temporal concept, at least in the sense that it requires strict ordering; nothing caused can ...
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How does LDS interpret Colossians 1:16?
From this answer I gather that LDS teaches that all beings are eternal and that by eternal it is not meant existing timelessly beginning at some point but, rather, not actually having any starting ...
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Are any of the LDS gods without beginning or end, or are they all created at a certain point in time?
I say ‘gods’ because of the LDS doctrine of the plurality of gods. They believe in more than one God.
I’ve now become confused with an LDS answer to this recent question, asking how the LDS view of ‘...
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Will Lucifer be burn for whole eternity? [closed]
Non-regret sinners will spend a whole eternity in hell. Will Lucifer get the same destiny as well?
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Did the early church believe that the damned would be eternally punished in a literal hell of fire?
I recently asked a question on the hermeneutics site with the intention of letting people share their exegetical takes on the words of Jesus found in Mark 9:47-49, where he said:
47 And if your eye ...
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What is the biblical basis for Jesus' eternal pre-existence (as opposed to having been created a long time ago)?
I know that many verses can be cited to argue for Jesus' pre-mortal existence (e.g. here). I'm also perfectly aware that a question asking for the biblical basis for Jesus being God incarnate has ...
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Can a heart beat in heaven acording to Catholics?
I have a question regarding the "properties" of heaven.
As far as I understand heaven is place outside of space and time. I imagine it like this since it is the only way i can make sense of ...
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What does heaven look like for Protestant vs LDS? [closed]
What does heaven look like for Protestants and the LDS church? What will be our purpose in heaven and what do both faiths believe will be the reward for their work on Earth?
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In Catholic doctrine, is limbo eternal?
The Catholic Church professes a belief in the existence of limbo. Although the doctrine on this subject has not yet been defined, does the Catholic Church believe that it is eternal?
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Is there any Biblical reference strictly speaking about God being timeless?
I've heard a lot, mainly from apologists, the notion that God is Timeless (Little example). So, this is an assumption on the philosophical ground, but is there a theological ground for it? Any verse ...
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How do Catholics believe God is eternal if Jesus died on the cross? [duplicate]
The doctrine of the Trinity states that there are three Persons: God (the Father), Jesus (the Son), and the Holy Ghost.
The Church also teaches that Jesus died for the sins of humanity.
Jesus is 100% ...
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According to the penal substitutionary atonement view, why was Jesus' punishment not eternal?
Given Christianity believes that the "punishment for sin is death" (Rom. 6:23, etc.) and that punishment is eternal (2 Thes. 1:9, Matt. 25:41, Rev. 20:10, etc.), how was Christ's punishment a ...
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What is the Biblical basis for the idea that the 'quality of life' in hell is not the same for everyone?
What is the Biblical basis for believing that an existence in hell will be appreciably different in quality for each individual - i.e quality or grades of hell? Do proponents of this idea get support ...
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Eternity in Christianity [closed]
Is the claim of Jesus Christ based on an eternal moral order or on an individual interest in a parochial conflict that first arose at a historical time? The difficulty is understanding how an ...
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Is it impossible to think that after judgment day being thrown into hell and then not existing after that is way worse than being in hell? [duplicate]
I have always believed that if you go to hell your soul will be there for ever. After looking at all the versus talking about heaven and hell, is there any verse that clearly states your soul will ...
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When the Bible says "forever," how can we tell it really means forever? [closed]
For instance, it is clear that God wanted the Sabbath laws to continue forever, based on these passages:
Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe
the sabbath throughout ...
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From where does the doctrine that there is no time in heaven originate?
I'm quite familiar with the fact that God himself is outside of time, this is very easy to show through scripture.
However it seems to be an increasingly popular conception that there is no time in ...
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