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I saw this photo on facebook this morning, and it brought up an interesting question:

Perhaps the #1 appeal of Christianity is the promise that you get to be reunited with your family after you pass away, but it's not that simple:

My first wife died when she was only 36. I would love to be reunited with her and with the son from our marriage after we all passed away.

I've been trying to get divorced from my second wife for 4.5 years, and I would preferably never ever see her again during this life or any afterlife. However I would love to be reunited with my children from that marriage after we all pass away.

I've been dating my girlfriend for 3 years, and we will likely have no children, but I would love to see her again after we both pass away. We met when I was 51 and she was 48, however I'd like to be reunited with her when we are both in our 20's.

Are there any provisions in Heaven for how divorced families are reunited?
Stepchildren?
Girlfriends/Boyfriends?

It's a good question to ask your Christian friends.

BD66 8 Dec 3
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That would require thought. Much too strenuous.

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I also have to wonder if my aunt who was horrible in a lot of ways (but believed Jesus was her savior) is in heaven right now with the mother (with dementia) she abused (I witnessed it myself); and if the fetus she aborted is also there with her--and what stage of development would it be?

That is one of the reasons I do not believe in heaven, if it is for good people then why are there so many assholes there and why would I want to spend my time with them.

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I am truly sorry for your loss. I too lost my wife at a very young age, though perhaps fortunately from me, in some ways, because we had not been married long. So that, I was not burdened with a long history of life together, or the needs of children. Though yes I would dearly love to see her again, and for her to know the how far I have traveled and how much I have learned since then. For I think I am a better person now, and she will never share in that.

Sadly, I think that there is a great divide between the religious mind and the sceptical one, which can never be closed. And it relates to exactly this issue. Which is that it is in the nature of sceptics, never to think, that my desires for something and the truth of something are the same thing.

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Don't be silly. You all pissed god off for being born and living your life, so will all burn in hell.

1of5 Level 8 Dec 3, 2020
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George and Barbara lost a 4 year old daughter to leukemia in the early 50s. I'm sorry about your first wife. Remember her fondly because you won't reunite with her unless she appears in a dream. She's gone and so will you be. If you are religious and believe in the afterlife, that's your thing. I think when people die we never see them again. I believe when we die...fade to black.

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