Perdition's Population Clock

[Beetow]

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COMPLAINT: I am very envious of those people in the Old Testament; to the point
of hatred because God took a special interest in people like Noah, Abraham, Hagar,
Isaac, Jacob, Ruth, Samson, et al, but not me, no; I'm marginalized in a haze of
uncertainty about my afterlife.

REPLY: Actually, that was yours truly at one time before discovering that God was
thinking of me when Jesus went to the cross for the sins of not just part of the
world rather, all of the world. I was definitely on His guest list and so are you.

● Isa 53:6 . .We all, like sheep, have gone astray-- each of us has turned to his
own way; and The Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Now all you have to do is RSVP, out loud or under your breath, and let God know,
in your own words, you have yet to live up to His standards and likely never will.
Then, tell God you'd like to take advantage of His son's crucifixion to protect
yourself from retribution.

* Don't be reluctant to do as I say because God and His son have gone to a lot of
trouble and inconvenience to set this up and we do not want to disappoint them like
those silly morons who talked their way out of the banquet per Luke 14:16-24.

POP CLOCK UPDATE: 237 days have transpired since beginning the thread. If the
figures in post No.1 are within reason, then something like 18,190,224 new arrivals
have checked into the fiery sector of Hades since Dec 15, 2024.
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[Beetow]

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FAQ: The old testament has lots to say about retribution in this life, while scarcely
anything about it in the afterlife. Why is that?

REPLY: The old testament's authors wrote only what were inspired to write. That
being the case then I think we have to concede that God deliberately delayed the
lion's share of written words relative to the afterlife for a purpose. In point of fact,
much of what we know about retribution in the afterlife came much later via His
son Jesus rather than Moses and the prophets.

I suspect folks in the old testament knew about retribution in the afterlife, but not
from inspired writings. For example Abraham was informed of Christ coming to die
for the sins of the world (John 8:56) but I have yet to discover something in the old
testament telling of his having that information about Christ. In other words: people
knew a lot of things back then that weren't written down for posterity.

NOTE: There is a logical fallacy called an Argument From Silence which insists that
when certain information is missing from an historical document, therefore such
information never existed. That's a ridiculous notion of course but nevertheless
often successful in discussions.
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[Beetow]

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Not everyone's life counts towards something permanent. For example: when most
folks finish up, they cross over with nothing to show in the next life for their years
in this life, viz: they were born, they lived, and they died-- that's about it.

In contrast, Christ's followers will have lots to show in the next life for their time in
this life.

● Rom 8:16-18 . .The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's
children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs-- heirs of God and co-heirs with
Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his
glory. I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory
that will be revealed in us.
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