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Date Posted: 07:45:28 11/22/08 Sat
Author: rana
Subject: Re: God, heaven and hell
In reply to: Michael 's message, "Re: God, heaven and hell" on 04:38:10 11/22/08 Sat

>I assume, however, that we all agree that whilst there
>is a certain degree of 'destiny' there is also free
>will, whereby we also affect how our future unfolds as
>we decide (wisely or foolishly) on our actions?

I assume you're asking this to build another argument on?
My answer is yes, I agree.

>>Thanks Rana - personally everything you have written
>>here is very much how I envision things.
>>
>>I have felt for some time that our providence has been
>>decided before we embark on this Earthly experience.
>>
>>i.e. that we are in the hands of God's plan (aka fate
>>or 'destiny' as Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi refers to
>>it) and this destiny is to help us on our path back to
>>God - in other words we are only given the experiences
>>that will help us find enlightenment or 'God'.
>>
>>
>>>Sorry, I misunderstood your question.
>>>Now, soul is one of the things we know very little
>>>about. In Qur'an: " They will ask you about the soul.
>>>Say: the soul is a God�s thing (or that it operates
>at
>>>God's command) while you have been given only a
>little
>>>of knowledge"
>>>Out of this very little knowledge is what we learned
>>>on how the human being is formed in the womb, where
>he
>>>moves through several stages (a drop of semen, a
>clot,
>>>a lump of tissue). Then the soul is insufflated into
>>>the fetus and stays in the body until that person
>>>dies. We also know that upon death, the person sees
>>>his / her soul as it is leaving their body.
>>>We know that before any person is created, certain
>>>things are already decided, like his provision (what
>>>will he get in his life in terms of material things)
>>>and how long he will live and when and where this
>>>person will die. All these information are written in
>>>a preserved book which knowledge is revealed to
>>nobody.

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Re: God, heaven and hell -- iteo, 08:57:43 11/22/08 Sat