[Vision2020] I like to think there really is a Heaven . . .

[Tom Hansen]

"Elysium" (a limerick)

Sunday afternoons — guess where I'll be?
Playing cricket 'til well after tea.
"The Elysiums" we're named;
Our team's locally famed.
An Elysian fielder, that's me!

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"Life After Death" by Ian Hunter
From his album "You're Never Alone With a Schizophrenic" (1972)

http://www.tomandrodna.com/songs/Life_After_Death_Ian_Hunter.mp3

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Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .

"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
http://www.MoscowCares.com
  
Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho



On Sep 9, 2013, at 5:18 PM, "Nielsen, Ralph" <nielsen at uidaho.edu> wrote:

> 
> Thanks for the varied replies. I was testing your biblical literacy, specifically knowledge of the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible. 
> 
> In the OT there is no life after death for anybody. If you know of any exceptions I'd like to hear about them.
> 
> Nor is there such a thing as a "soul" that is separate from the body and survives it after death. 
> 
>> In the OT there is no such "place" as a hell because hell has not yet been invented. So if post mortem torture excites you, you'll have to retreat to the Christian New Testament. 
> 
> 
> Satan as a personality appears only twice in the OT and here he is a member of God's heavenly household, not an enemy of God.
> 
> Jesus Christ is not even mentioned in the OT let alone prophesied. 
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> Please note that I am not presenting these statements as matters of personal belief. They are simply matters of fact about the Old Testament of the Bible that you can check for yourself.
> 
> Ralph Nielsen
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