Seeking Inner Peace

[Student09]

Er, sorry for the snippiness of that first line. Please forgive me. I stand by the rest of what I wrote, though.

 

[aspirant]

…so do squirrels and raccoons and my dog go to Heaven, if they have souls?

They do not have souls that are immortal by nature, but that certainly doesn’t eliminate the possibility of their presence with God, since he is capable of giving them being. If you would like your dog to be with God after this earthly life, there’s no harm in praying for it.

Heaven is not a place where you spend eternity; it is God, with Whom you spend eternity (if you choose to).

Yes.

 

[MtnDwellar]

I know what you wrote … obviously, I read it. I think your definition of faith is very simplistic. Faith is a theological virtue and a gift from God. It is supernatural. It is very precious. Think of all the people in the Gospels to whom Jesus said, “Your faith has made you whole.” And “We walk by faith and not by sight” (2 Cor. 5:7). That doesn’t mean we are completely blind; but since we are presently incapable of seeing God in His essence, we do need faith. “We see now through a glass in a dark manner; but then face to face. Now I know in part; but then I shall know even as I am known.” (1 Cor. 13:12).

I did not copy my statement for your benefit. I apologize if you were insulted. The quote function of this forum only copies the part of the post which was not a quote from another post. Since your post referred to my quote, I copied my quote for coherency.

Yes, I agree that my definition was simplistic. It only took one line. I could have written paragraphs or pages. I didn’t expand on my definition because I don’t believe that it is much different than yours or most other people’s.