On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 8:32 AM, The smaller the better <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> After the second coming, there will be a Judgment day. All those who are > dead will become undead / ressurected and their souls will be re-united with > their bodies. God will then pronounce judgement. (Long line of good guys to > His right, and bad 'uns to His left). > > 1) Those who were already in Heaven will remain in Heaven, except that their > bodies are re-united with them, so they will be able to feel the physical > pleasures of Heaven as well. > 2) Those who were already in hell will remain in hell, except that their > bodies will now be able to experience the pains of hell fully. > 3) Those who are in purgatory will be released to Heaven (finally - unless > they had been released earlier). > 4) Those who are in limbo have no prescribed path. > 5) Those who are alive will be sorted immediately. It is unclear if they > will first die, then be resurrected before judgment is pronounced or whether > this red-tape will be deemed unnecessary. Not required, I think, though this is a matter of interpretation. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapture_%28Protestant_belief%29 On a related note, at least one fundamentalist Christian has a sense of humour. I saw a sign on a car in Bangalore that said, "IN CASE OF RAPTURE, THIS CAR WILL BE DRIVERLESS" (Yes, I am aware of the possibility that this individual wasn't joking. I am closing my mind to that possibility for the purposes of telling a better story.) Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
