Board:   [DoveNet] Religious Discussion/Debate/Evangelism
Subject: Re: Afterlife
From:    Moondog
Date:    Sat Sep 12, 2020 16:32

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  Re: Re: Afterlife
  By: Ogg to Moondog on Fri Sep 11 2020 10:55 pm

 > On 9/11/2020 12:17 AM, between "Moondog":
 >
 >  Mo> I would've liked to see the face of the first theologian
 >  Mo> that was asked about sitatuations such as being devoured by
 >  Mo> piranhas or having their body being picked clean by
 >  Mo> nightwatch beetles. Would you really want to riseand return
 >  Mo> to the earth with whatever was left of your body?
 >
 > Where do you get the idea that one would rise/return "with whatever was left
 >
Early Jewish beliefs.  Hell was a concept absorbed when the Greeks began
adopting Christianity.  Early Jewish faiths did not have a Hades underworld
concept, and their words that were mistaken as going to hell only implied bein
g put under the ground until a later time you will rise and walk again on
the earth.

Some American Indian beliefs are similar, in which mutilating your enemies'
bodies will result in them being unable to wage war, hunt, or enjoy their
wives when they pass over to the next world.  After Little Big horn, Tom
Brody's body was so mutilated he was only recognizable by a tattoo.

In different parts of the world. being placed face down upon death would
prevent your soul from leaving your body.

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