Gener,
I did get the pictures you emailed me and I am sorry to say that I did never get to stop by your Dads place as promised as my last visit to the island was for only a short period and I got busy somewhere else but I still intend to stop by your place if ever I get chance, if the invitation is still good. Wish you could post those pictures again in this forum for the unbelievers to believe that those kind of things do really exist.
Angel 09,
Nope, that is not gonna put you in the other side of the discussion, in fact, you seem to be well versed on the Bible. When we were young, we are taught by our Parents and Grandparents about God and their belief and faith they left behind with us to also teach our kids and grandkids. On top of that they will tell us stories of the paranormal, like ghost and Kapris and so on, sometimes to scare us so we will behave to their expectation. They say that when one dies and my church is also saying that when you die, your soul or spirit will either go to Heaven or Hell or Purgatory for cleansing. Now that we are older and we are on their shoes, we try to do the same thing but the Bible is handier now than before and we read and questions pops up in our minds. If GOD is Ever Loving and Forgiving, why would he condemn me in Hell for my sins to burn forever and that is one of the things that I do not believe now. You Father here on earth will get mad at you if you disobey him but he will not punish you forever and since we are also the Son of God, I believe that He will forgive us if we ask for His forgiveness. On the same lines, God made man unto his own likeness and placed him in Paradise. That was the true purpose of man, to inherit the earth and that has not changed. Heaven is for God and his Angels, everything comes from God and it is said that "You will see Paradise coming down from Heaven", not going up. Sorry Angel 09, not too good in memorizing the Chapters or Verses in the Bible. It is also said in Revelation that "All the dead shall come back to life and even the sea will give up its dead", for the Last Judgment ? If so, if the soul or spirit is in Heaven or Hell, are the spirits or souls going to comeback and assume their bodies?
Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans, 8:8-11. It says" Brothers and sisters: Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. But you are not in the flesh; on the contrary, you are in the spirit, if only the Spirit of God dwells in you. Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to Him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the spirit is alive, because of righteousness. If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your MORTAL BODIES also, through his Spirit dwelling in you.
Wow, when I read that, it threw me off from my previous belief. So where do I think is the spirits of the dead now, to me, here on earth waiting for the resurrection and the spirit of the dead or relatives are still here with us. My youngest daughter has the gift, call it a 3rd eye. A month or so ago, she said, Dad, Mom is here and she said she is with somebody, I asked who, she saYs John Brock. John Brock was my neighbor before in my previous house and has not seen him for more than a decade. My daughter saw the Grandkid of John Brock at My Space and they communicated with each other and the Grandkid of John verified that John Brock is really dead, weird huh.