02-14-2015, 10:06 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-17-2015, 02:54 AM by Director Michael.)
Shalom to all...
The term "cease to exist" intrigues me ...
We were taught in the idolatrous religions, especially the false messiah two things ... the one side says everyone can be saved after death, just family and friends make intercessions for that soul ... but there is also the other side that says the sinner goes to "hell" and will be burning for eternity, and others doing good does nothing for the souls who have departed - what counts is the work of the person while alive.
The truth then is that a person's soul that has exhausted his chances to get the world to come, it will be effectively extinct? Poof! It will not be tormented forever in "hell" / Gehinnom? It is very important to solve it in my mind!
I have another question ... If a person is an idolater, has received the inheritance of several generations of the family ... this person is very poor and intellectually limited, which is very common in countries miserable, try as we might talk to them about sacred things, and the person is not able to assimilate anything, however, this person has committed good deeds throughout their life ... is indeed possible that it inherits the World to Come (Olam Haba)? In short ... an idolater who spent his life giving thanks to strange gods, can be forgiven?
Among poor people is very common to helping others. It is much easier to get help from a poor person than a rich person.
Thanks,
Alex
The term "cease to exist" intrigues me ...
We were taught in the idolatrous religions, especially the false messiah two things ... the one side says everyone can be saved after death, just family and friends make intercessions for that soul ... but there is also the other side that says the sinner goes to "hell" and will be burning for eternity, and others doing good does nothing for the souls who have departed - what counts is the work of the person while alive.
The truth then is that a person's soul that has exhausted his chances to get the world to come, it will be effectively extinct? Poof! It will not be tormented forever in "hell" / Gehinnom? It is very important to solve it in my mind!
I have another question ... If a person is an idolater, has received the inheritance of several generations of the family ... this person is very poor and intellectually limited, which is very common in countries miserable, try as we might talk to them about sacred things, and the person is not able to assimilate anything, however, this person has committed good deeds throughout their life ... is indeed possible that it inherits the World to Come (Olam Haba)? In short ... an idolater who spent his life giving thanks to strange gods, can be forgiven?
Among poor people is very common to helping others. It is much easier to get help from a poor person than a rich person.
Thanks,
Alex