tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post2439329252161299024..comments2024-03-28T17:44:11.289+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Inability to love; refusal to repent - two major reasons Not to want HeavenBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-72743517226305931572022-01-27T09:47:12.458+00:002022-01-27T09:47:12.458+00:00Sin is not loving the physical over the spiritual ...Sin is not loving the physical over the spiritual so much as loving oneself over God or putting oneself before God. Which is not to say one should hate oneself, that also is a sin, but God comes first.William Wildbloodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231219533755925897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-7607813092933757942022-01-27T00:34:05.101+00:002022-01-27T00:34:05.101+00:00Dr. Charlton, someday I think you should gather yo...Dr. Charlton, someday I think you should gather your posts on religion/spirituality into a book. You have insights that reach a deeper level than the usual "Christianese," which is part of why I find this blog so edifying.<br /><br />About people who are born evil...I have known sociopaths/psychopaths who seem like that. Lack of empathy is part of their nature, though I also believe choice is involved. At the very least, they can intellectually recognize the difference between right and wrong, but they choose evil most of the time. These types are becoming more common, especially in self-centered Western nations that have rejected Christ.Truth to Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04370172701251387988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-88875448553708710342022-01-26T22:44:04.296+00:002022-01-26T22:44:04.296+00:00@T&N - The point is to be willing to repent *w...@T&N - The point is to be willing to repent *whatever* is necessary to follow Jesus through resurrection and dwell eternally in Heaven. We don't need to know in advance precisely what this entails - what matters is the willingness (indeed wish) to be transformed, cleansed. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-74653190298290251412022-01-26T22:39:08.642+00:002022-01-26T22:39:08.642+00:00What would be the nature of the unrepented sins? W...What would be the nature of the unrepented sins? Would these sins be something known and obvious or obscure, only known after death?<br /><br />Nowadays people, especially Westerners, argue that God is not the God of the Bible but a God with different dispositions in these times. <br /><br />Therefore Heaven must be different too. Change-able. If this is true then of course one wants Heaven to change for oneself.<br /><br />I'm baffled by the change in how Heaven, AND GOD, is described in the past versus now.Then and Nownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-60914856167900919112022-01-26T22:34:36.663+00:002022-01-26T22:34:36.663+00:00@e - "But what is sin? Loving the physical wo...@e - "But what is sin? Loving the physical world over the spiritual. " But that isn't *Christian* sin. Christians love the physical (Christ was incarnated and resurrected) as a manifestation of the spirit. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-19500899086569287132022-01-26T21:22:58.275+00:002022-01-26T21:22:58.275+00:00But what is sin? Loving the physical world over th...But what is sin? Loving the physical world over the spiritual. So it all boils down to clinging to the physical. What is nirvana? A non-physical view of heaven. Except for in idiots who cling to this world and claim to want non-existence when really they want to reincarnate back here for more fornication.eastynoreply@blogger.com