Seasons

and the sea being a giant dogs water bowl

maybe the universe is a 3rd grade classroom experiment for some massive hyperintelligent alien race? ever thought about that one?

and matbe we are all virtual creatures who exist only in the hard drive of our creators computer

why not? everyone's seen the matrix

i have not seen matrix but we are all sims yes all sims and we are controlled by our creator

not really... the sims are not intelligent and have no free choice or abstract thought

they do and we are just made by a more inteligent species
so there for our programming is more advanced

Oh, so instead of 'turtles all the way down', it's 'computer programmers all the way up'!

yeh but the turtle is swimming

But is the computer programmer swimming???

Charles -- Okay, resurrection. Yes. That is definitely a Hebrew idea. But between the time of death and the time of resurrection, is the consciousness nonexistent? Here's what Jesus said on the subject:

"On that day some Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection) came to Jesus and questioned Him, asking, 'Teacher, Moses said, "If a man dies having no children, his brother as next of kin shall marry his wife, and raise up children for his brother." Now there were seven brothers with us; and the first married and died, and having no children left his wife to his brother; so also the second, and the third, down to the seventh. Las of all, the woman died. In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had married her.' But Jesus answered and said to them, 'You are mistaken, not understanding the Scriptures nor the power of God. FOr in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. But regarding the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God: "I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob"? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.'" -- Matthew 22:23-32