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Will There Be Harps In Heaven?

Jimmy

Jimmy

King Phenomenon
IndigoChild5559 said:
Let's assume for the sake of argument that there will be an afterlife. Since no one who is dead and rotting has ever come back to tell us what it's like, there is no possible way to know. Speculating about the afterlife makes no more sense than trying to guess what's in a book by looking at its cover.
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Oh but it’s just so much fun!
 
Viker

Viker

Your beloved eccentric Auntie Cristal
Saint Frankenstein said:
Oh, I meant bands where the members are Christian and it's a theme in their music, too. They have spiritual or religious themed lyrics.
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Hallowed Be Thy Name? It's from a Christian perspective. It's asking for forgiveness and praising the Almighty. I'd say it's Christian. I also would say it's a top tier metal standard.
 
Saint Frankenstein

Saint Frankenstein

Here for the ride
Premium Member
Jimmy said:
Sounded like death metal from the sounds of them where the singer just grunts and moans. lol
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Yes, lot of them scream and growl and have death metal influences. Impending Doom is a death metal band, actually.

I like this song a lot:

It's a side project of the singer and the lead guitarist from Killswitch Engage. I love the album they did. I saw them live with Underoath (they used to be another great Christian band).
 
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Saint Frankenstein

Saint Frankenstein

Here for the ride
Premium Member
Viker said:
Hallowed Be Thy Name? It's from a Christian perspective. It's asking for forgiveness and praising the Almighty. I'd say it's Christian. I also would say it's a top tier metal standard.
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By Iron Maiden? I don't think I've heard that song, actually. Have to listen.
 
Viker

Viker

Your beloved eccentric Auntie Cristal
Saint Frankenstein said:
By Iron Maiden? I don't think I've heard that song, actually. Have to listen.
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The lyrics:

I'm waiting in my cold cell when the bell begins to chime
Reflecting on my past life and it doesn't have much time
'Cause at 5 o'clock, they take me to the Gallows Pole
The sands of time for me are running low
Running low, yeah!
When the priest comes to read me the last rites
Take a look through the bars at the last sights
Of a world that has gone very wrong for me
Can it be that there's some sort of error?
Hard to stop the surmounting terror
Is it really the end, not some crazy dream?
Somebody, please tell me that I'm dreaming
It's not easy to stop from screaming
The words escape me when I try to speak
Tears flow, but why am I crying?
After all, I'm not afraid of dying
Don't I believe that there never is an end?
As the guards march me out to the courtyard
Somebody cries from a cell, "God be with you"
If there's a God, why has he let me go?
As I walk, my life drifts before me
Though the end is near I'm not sorry
Catch my soul, it's willing to fly away
Mark my words, believe my soul lives on
Don't worry now that I have gone
I've gone beyond to seek the truth
When you know that your time is close at hand
Maybe then you'll begin to understand
Life down here is just a strange illusion
Yeah-yeah-yeah, hallowed be thy name
Yeah-yeah-yeah, hallowed by thy name
 
Viker

Viker

Your beloved eccentric Auntie Cristal
IndigoChild5559 said:
If I'm the one speculating, then I'm the speculator. I really don't get what point you are trying to make.
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Look at what I speculated on. It says a lot about me as a person. My 'if' scenario is about my idea of an afterlife that could be heavenly for a person like me. I would be able to recognize and relate. But it's really just about me. And I already know better. Because if there is a heaven it would clearly be about someone or something else (probably higher up than myself)...not just my personal preferences or desires.
 
Trailblazer

Trailblazer

Veteran Member
IndigoChild5559 said:
Let's assume for the sake of argument that there will be an afterlife. Since no one who is dead and rotting has ever come back to tell us what it's like, there is no possible way to know. Speculating about the afterlife makes no more sense than trying to guess what's in a book by looking at its cover.
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Well, now that you have gotten all serious and spoiled the party.....
Baha'is are not supposed to speculate since there is no way we can ever know what the afterlife will be like.

“The nature of the soul after death can never be described, nor is it meet and permissible to reveal its whole character to the eyes of men. The Prophets and Messengers of God have been sent down for the sole purpose of guiding mankind to the straight Path of Truth. The purpose underlying Their revelation hath been to educate all men, that they may, at the hour of death, ascend, in the utmost purity and sanctity and with absolute detachment, to the throne of the Most High.”
 
dybmh

dybmh

ויהי מבדיל בין מים למים
Viker said:
But speculation gives us look at the speculator.
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May I take it one step further?

The contents of the vault can be deduced by the manner in which it's being guarded if the treasure is desirable.
 
Jimmy

Jimmy

King Phenomenon
dybmh said:
May I take it one step further?

The contents of the vault can be deduced by the manner in which it's being guarded if the treasure is desirable.
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dybmh said:
May I take it one step further?

The contents of the vault can be deduced by the manner in which it's being guarded if the treasure is desirab
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Christians guard the idea of heaven strongly.
 
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