Saturday, May 3, 2008

Religious Debate

When I was in seminary, I took a class on millennialism. There are three basic philosophies. One is called "pre-millennialism", which means that you will be raised from your grave and go to heaven before the 1000-year war. The second is called "post-millennialism", which says that you will be raised from your grave and go to heaven after the 1000-year war. The third is "a-millennialism", which means that you will be raised from your grave and go to heaven at an appointed time. I fall into the third category. Most evangelicals go for the first category. Not too many folks believe in the second one. So, at the end of the class, the professor said he would tell us what he believed. But, on that day, he said that it really didn't matter what you believe, as long as the end result was the same--going to heaven. There are a lot of things out there that people fight over. But, in the end, it really doesn't matter, as long as the end result is where you want to be.

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