mmksparbud
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When you put 2 exclamation points at the end of a sentence, it means you are screaming at us.
You are so emphatic and dogmatic in your belief system, there is absolutely no room for anyone else to have an opinion, without being destroyed if it does not fit with your opinion.
The word "fathers" has a general meaning of "ancestors". To be fair, it could mean your father, your grandfather (who could be still alive), but it is rare that you know your great grandfather, but still possible. It is not possible for you to know your great-great grandfather, he would be dead by the time you were born.
So when the scripture refers to "fathers", we believe it is referring to all of our "fathers", not just our living ones, but our dead ones too.
It is difficult to even have this conversation with you because you believe that at death, a person goes to sleep and does not wake up until the resurrection. Which is so way different than the way we think about life after death. I believe most Christians believe there is life after immediate death, and that our flesh body does sleep until the resurrection, but our spirit body continues to live. There is obviously a difference of opinion about where and what that spirit body is doing until the resurrection, but that is another story.
Yes, it is another story, and another thread. However, for those who can not, for whatever reason, be baptized, Jesus' baptism covers them. Extra exclamation points is extra emphasis---capital, very, large letters, and red, I was told, is screaming.
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