Just after passing, I think it depends. Those who have freed themselves from attachment to their physical bodies and the material world will begin a journey on to a spiritual Heaven. Those who have not will remain attached to their physical bodies or the idea of their physical bodies for a time...
If by data you include personal experience, then my faith requires it; indeed my faith is what it is because of my personal experiences and insight gained thereby. But my beliefs aren't completely static - they evolve as I gain new experiences.
I agree that good people don't force themselves on each other, of course. But sad to say, not all husbands are good towards their wives. Sexual assault within marriage happens. Belittling it by referring to it as a woman saying no thanks doesn't change what is happening. Rape is rape whether it...
I am not specifically speaking against marriage here.
You seem to think sexual assault within marriage is not possible because the people in question have given themselves to each other in marriage, and seem to be saying that as a result the woman is obliged to have sex with her husband no...
What has your first statement above got to do with rape?
I'm not being dramatic, rape within marriage is a very real thing.
If she decides she doesn't like being raped, she can get a divorce?? Is that what you are saying?
I believe it was not God on High who commanded Abraham to sacrifice his son but the lower, evil creator of the material world. God would never command anyone to sacrifice their child to Him.
The God that I refer to as God is not the creator of the material world in my belief system. I believe it was the creator of the material world, who is referred to as God by your average Jew, Christian, Moslem, and Baha'i (to reference four Abrahamic religions), who introduced these harmful...