For believers who answer the Terrible Question in the affirmative — that there really is a life after death — it is marvelously transformed into the Wonderful Answer: that we may have eternal life. And, sooner than most of us are willing to admit, we will all make this remarkable transition — from life into Life. "All your losses will be made up to you in the resurrection," testified the Prophet Joseph Smith, "provided you continue faithful. By the vision of the Almighty I have seen it."
Daniel C. Peterson is a professor of Islamic studies and Arabic at Brigham Young University, where he also serves as editor in chief of the Middle Eastern Texts Initiative. He is the founder of MormonScholarsTestify.org, the general editor of "Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture" online at www.mormoninterpreter.com and he blogs daily at www.patheos.com/blogs/danpeterson.
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Just because one believes in something does not make it true.
But I do understand that it gives them comfort and helps them get through their life and I respect that.
A Scientist,
I think you over simplify the complex relationship between matter and energy and the conversions from one to the other.
You may extinguish the flame (the source) but the light and heat it generated did not simply More..
Comforting to know death is not the end?
Not to many people who consider the temporary nature of life to give it its most profound meaning, flavor, and preciousness!
And at the end of a life well-lived, to welcome that ultimate More..