Perdition's Population Clock

[Beetow]

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FAQ: Are animals considered unbelievers? And if so, will they go to Hell?

REPLY: Neither aqua life, winged life, nor terra life were created in the image and
likeness of God; only mankind has that distinction. And whereas we are told man
has a conscience and a sense of responsibility, we are not told the same about the
Earth's lower forms of life so I think it safe to assume the animal kingdom is
amoral; which can be defined as having or showing no concern about whether one's
behavior is morally right or wrong.

The image and likeness of God also implies a sense of justice, i.e. an inclination to
honor good by penalizing evil.

FAQ: According to Gen 9:5, animals that kill people have to be put down. Doesn't
that imply they can be charged with murder?

REPLY: Well; one can scarcely prosecute an animal for murder when the animal is
incapable of understanding what murder is. But it goes further than that:

In the beginning God said: Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and
let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and
over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth
upon the earth.

It is incumbent upon man to protect the dignity of his image and likeness of God
and if that means putting an animal down to do so, then he must or he will
regarding his image and likeness of God as something no more special than the
image and likeness of a lobster or a meerkat.

All in all, I think we have to concede that animal life was, and is, meant to be
expendable; whereas human life was, and is, meant to be revered.

POP CLOCK UPDATE: 115 days have transpired since beginning the thread. If the
figures in post No.1 are within reason, then something like 8,826,480 new arrivals
have checked into the fiery sector of Hades since Dec 15, 2024.
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[Beetow]

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Many years ago-- when I was a young single guy in his early twenties, living alone
in a cheap rental --as I was listening to a radio preacher talk about the afterlife,
something in my mind took over; and I had the strangest sensation of falling off the
earth into an abyss and nobody cared, nor did anybody miss me, nor did my
disappearance cause any alarm nor make any difference.

The freeways remained busy with frustrated drivers and honking horns, people still
got up to go to work, shoppers crowded the supermarkets and department stores,
kids caught their buses to school, birds kept right on chirping, grass kept on
growing, ocean waves went on rolling onto the beach, trains kept running, airlines
kept flying, clouds moved across the sky; and all that.

My absence changed nothing nor disturbed anyone nor anything. The world kept
right on turning, clocks went on ticking; and nature and man went right on with
their business as usual without the slightest hiccup. At that moment I realized just
how disconnected and how obscure people must feel when they exhale their final
breath and cross over to the other side.

Back in March of 2015, Andrew Getty, an heir to J. Paul Getty's oil fortune, died at
the age of 47. In life, Andrew had many friends. You know how many accompanied
him on his journey across the great divide? Nary a one.

You gotta walk that lonesome valley,
You gotta walk it by yourself,
Nobody here can walk it for you,
You gotta walk it by yourself.
(David Miller, 1927)
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[Beetow]

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There's coming a day when every knee will bend in reverence to Christ.

● Phlp 2:10 . . At the name of Jesus every knee should bow-- of things in heaven,
and things in earth, and things under the earth.

Now watch for the missing element in this next item:

● Col 1:20 . . Having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to
reconcile all things unto Himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or
things in heaven.

Every knee everywhere will bend, but not everyone everywhere will be reconciled,
i.e. "things under the earth" is missing from Col 1:20 and that's because God has
no intention of reconciling with folks down below, viz: it's game over for them.
Their feet are set in concrete and now there's no going back.
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[Beetow]

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● 1Pet 3:15 . . Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to
give the reason for the hope that you have.

Folks unified with Christ are required to be prepared, but they are not required to
always expound. In point of fact; they are commanded to avoid discussing his
religion with certain types of individuals whom he depicted as beasts.

● Matt 7:6 . . Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If
you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to
pieces.

The fault-finders, the obtuse, the skeptics, the mockers, the critics, those who
make it their mission in life to discredit and/or invalidate the Bible, and those who
amuse themselves by fishing for a reaction; fall into the beast category.

Dogs are barred from the future holy city.

● Rev 22:14-15 . . Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the
right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. Outside are the
dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the
idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

Dogs attended Jesus' crucifixion.

● Ps 22:16 . . For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have
enclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
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