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LadyGodiva74 wrote:

My feelings on the question of, "Is there an absolute truth?" are that, yes, there is an absolute truth. I am also of the opinion that we have no real way to know what the absolute truth is.

What I know in the here and now is that our time on Earth is limited, and, as that is the only reality that is promised to us, I'm going to try to live my life the best way that I can without worrying about an afterlife that may or may not exist.

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I agree. However, in my experience, life got richer once I developed a personal relationship with God. So for me, I can't 'try to live my life the best way that I can' without having that relationship. And I know that my life is better with that relationship, and I know that my friend's lives are better, and my family's, because I can see it, so I want to conclude that everyone's lives would be better if they had that relationship. That everyone could have a richer life if they had that. But, in order to try to tell people about how much fuller their lives could be, I have to know what it is about God that's doing that. If it actually is Jesus, or if it's simply the beauty of being able to talk to the creator of the Universe. So, if it's the later, then anyone who has any kind of religon can have that, in some form, but if it's the former, then I should tell people that. So...I think that in life, and in death, it's important to find out, to worry about it. But that's just my opinion.

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LadyGodiva74 wrote:

My feelings on the question of, "Is there an absolute truth?" are that, yes, there is an absolute truth. I am also of the opinion that we have no real way to know what the absolute truth is.

What I know in the here and now is that our time on Earth is limited, and, as that is the only reality that is promised to us, I'm going to try to live my life the best way that I can without worrying about an afterlife that may or may not exist.

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I agree. However, in my experience, life got richer once I developed a personal relationship with God. So for me, I can't 'try to live my life the best way that I can' without having that relationship. And I know that my life is better with that relationship, and I know that my friend's lives are better, and my family's, because I can see it, so I want to conclude that everyone's lives would be better if they had that relationship. That everyone could have a richer life if they had that. But, in order to try to tell people about how much fuller their lives could be, I have to know what it is about God that's doing that. If it actually is Jesus, or if it's simply the beauty of being able to talk to the creator of the Universe. So, if it's the later, then anyone who has any kind of religon can have that, in some form, but if it's the former, then I should tell people that. So...I think that in life, and in death, it's important to find out, to worry about it. But that's just my opinion.

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You have such a way with words. I completely agree--in order for me to live "the best way I know how," I have to have that relationship with God.

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Post Script wrote:

Aw, thanks. It's encouraging to know that I don't always confuse everyone.

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