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Old Feb 13, 2008, 08:54 PM
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Sky, and all of you,
I want to apologize for my post about Socrates' view of the afterlife.
Needless to say, I am ambivalent about what awaits when we die, but for those who truly believe in heaven, I am sorry for posting a somewhat agnostic viewpoint.
I'm not sure I believe in Heaven or Hell in the conventional sense.
Not sure what awaits us when we depart. I do like reading the Apostle Paul, who said, "to die is gain," but Socrates said this also.
I'm not sure we face judgment as described in Biblical terms, or if we are judged on our acts while here on this earth, though I wonder how criminals would be received vs. people who have lived a kind and caring life. I wonder if criminals and sociopaths were not created thru circumstances beyond their own control, and would not pass into some sort of enlightenment from the earthly body, be accepted by all ??? I just don't know.
Love
Patty