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Time to die

Discussion in 'General Baptist Discussions' started by Roguelet, Oct 6, 2005.

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  1. Bro. Curtis

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    I've known life long joggers that have dropped dead at 56. I had an alchoholic chain-smoking uncle that lived until he was 79.
     
    #21 Bro. Curtis, Oct 11, 2005
  2. Roguelet

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    Yeah Curtis i too can give lots of examples. But does that mean we will die when we are appointed to die no matter what we do ?

    I love cats. I have 7 right now that live outside ( the oldest is 4 ) and one that lives in the house ( age 6 )who never goes outside.

    Now through the years i have lost more cats ( 20 or more in 8 years ) living outside than the one in the house. I had them get run over, dissapear, or get attacked by something outside while the one inside out lives them all.

    So i would think it does matter how we live our life if not for the QUALITY of it.
     
    #22 Roguelet, Oct 11, 2005
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    I've heard of a guy named Jack La Lanne that's in his 90's and feeling pretty good about it.
     
    #23 Benjamin, Oct 11, 2005
  4. Roguelet

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    bump
     
    #24 Roguelet, Oct 13, 2005
  5. Johnv

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    I disagree. God can indeed overrule the laws of nature, since it is He who created the laws of nature. However, while He can, He typically does not, and scripture even says that we reap what we sow. That includes thigs we do (or don't do) that extend or shorten our life span.

    It seems, somehow, that we've gotten this warped (and unscriptural) idea that we have no control over our life span. Yet, we have reasonable control of our quality of life, and few would think it heretical to say so. Yet if we say we have reasonable control over our life span, all of a sudden, it's heresy. I think that has more to do with our own taboos about death and our desire to not want to talk about it. This completely flies in the face of the FACT that dying is a natural, normal, and expected part of living. To date, every single person who was born has died (with extremely rare exception, of course [​IMG] )
     
    #25 Johnv, Oct 13, 2005
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