Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: lshaw@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (logan shaw) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: To Die is Gain... Message-ID: Date: 19 Feb 91 04:43:09 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: The University of Texas at Austin Lines: 25 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article batzel@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (John B. Batzel) writes: >Question presented for theological debate: > >Is it wrong to pray for one's own death? While I understand the longing to be with God, there is work to be done here on Earth. I tend to think that all Christians have a part in this work, and that's what we're still here on Earth. When did Jesus die? Right after he said 'It is finished.' [ lots of scriptures deleted for brevity... ] None of these scriptures seem to indicate that you're better of dead than alive, just that you're better off Christian if you're dead. > Eagerly awaiting Him, > > John B. Batzel -Logan -- =----------------Logan-Shaw---(lshaw@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu)----------------= "A moderately bad man knows he is not very good: a thoroughly bad man thinks he is all right...You understand sleep when you are awake, not while you are sleeping" - C. S. Lewis, _Mere_Christianity_