Miss Brandi

I am like no one you have ever met or will meet again. I have always been different and stand out in a crowd, particularly when I don't want to. I am an oxymoron on long legs. I have a genius IQ, but no common sense... none, nada, zero, zilch. I am shy and quiet, but can be very outspoken when I believe strongly about a given topic. I am sweet-natured, but will shoot you if you come on my property uninvited. I am honest, almost to a fault, but if I can't be honest, I will plea the fifth, instead of lie. I'm very plain looking, but I have an ethnic appeal.
I believe respect is earned, not given. I believe in lust and infatuation at first sight, but love, true love requires hard work and time.

bruce1954

Hi Brad, I see your operation was a success.

Geno36 Loc: Texas

What's this all about?????????????

Loki Loc: Georgia

We have all kinds here, your uniqueness may not be as unique as you think. Welcome. Say your say and see what happens. Believe it or not, this is supposed to be a political forum, although it meanders quite a bit.

bruce1954

Did anyone get this?

Loki Loc: Georgia

The meaning, yes. The point, no.

bruce1954

I doubt very much, you really got the reference.
So, whats the point?

alex Loc: michigan now imperial beach californa

welcome aboard

Boo_Boo Loc: Jellystone

WOW, this would be a great introduction on a dating site! All that is missing is your love of long walks on the beach under the star light, late dinners in front of the fireplace. And, gee you added a photo! Anyway, welcome genius we do not have any others lay claim to that title. :thumbup:

Geno36 Loc: Texas

In reading the Old Testament can you tell me what the Jewish expectations are in relation to life of the Jew after death??

Boo_Boo Loc: Jellystone

This is not such a difficult queston, but there are many twists and turns. The concept of Chrstians of heaven is not the same to Jewish people. When a person merits heaven, they are taken back into the creator. They once again are part of the maker, just as when God breathed life into us. Life, of course being the soul. When we die, according to what I was taught, we are shown our lives (yes, in privacy) without any softness, we see how we were in all detail. Our mistakes, our bad decisions, our treatment of each other, and how we treated God's laws. Then we are shown what we could have been if we had made decisions based on God's laws and his will. I am guessing that you want to know if we believe in an everlasting burning hell. The answer is no. The average person would never warrant such damnation. For the average person, there is a separation from God and his love, we are put aside to review our mistakes and that gives us an opportunity to regret our misdeeds. Of course every soul does not merit the mercy of Gehenom. Those souls are permanently push away and God gives them no light or hope. They reside in Sheol. Sheol is a place of darkness (Psalm 88:13, Job 10:21, 22) and silence (Psalm 115:17), located in low places (Numbers 16:30, Ezekiel 31:14, Psalm 88:7, Lamentations 3:55; Jonah 2:7, Job 26:5). In 1 Samuel 2:6, God puts people in She'ol. In Isaiah 14:9-10, the departed in Sheol rise up to greet leaders who have now been brought low as they are. The author of Psalm 88 laments his impending death with these words:

I am sated with misfortune; I am at the brink of Sheol.
I am numbered with those who go down to the Pit;
I am a helpless man
abandoned among the dead,
like bodies lying in the grave
of whom You are mindful no more,
and who are cut off from Your care.
You have put me at the bottom of the Pit,
in the darkest places, in the depths.
(Psalm 88:4-7)

There is more on this subject, but I have gone on quite long enough. I welcome your future questions.