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selah
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Date Joined Oct 2001
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Posted 10/14/2004 4:18 PM (GMT -6)

My eleven year old son told me he's worried about going to Heaven "because it seems like it would be really boring." (After all, we're just going to be praising and worshiping forever!) He said "Mom, I think about this a lot..." (awww)

Good news. Today he had a sudden breakthrough. He said, "MOM, God is the one who created sense of humor!!!" "Now that I think about it, He's gonna have the BEST jokes." "I'm not worried about being bored anymore -- I'm just going to think about that from now on." Big Smile

Alright son. Carry on.

love
mom

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JEE
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Posted 10/14/2004 4:32 PM (GMT -6)

quote:
Originally posted by Selah

My eleven year old son told me he's worried about going to Heaven "because it seems like it would be really boring." (After all, we're just going to be praising and worshiping forever!) He said "Mom, I think about this a lot..." (awww)

Good news. Today he had a sudden breakthrough. He said, "MOM, God is the one who created sense of humor!!!" "Now that I think about it, He's gonna have the BEST jokes." "I'm not worried about being bored anymore -- I'm just going to think about that from now on."

Alright son. Carry on.

love
mom

Tooo funny! (You might want to let him know that heaven is not going to be our eternal home, too). Bandit

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selah
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Posted 10/14/2004 5:05 PM (GMT -6)

quote:
Originally posted by JEE

[quote]Originally posted by Selah
Tooo funny! You might want to tell him that heaven is not our eternal home, anyway.

I can't. I don't want to get him started. Next thing ya know we won't be talking about "eternal." It will be "ages and ages" or he'll ask what an "eon" is or something... and that talk could go on forever Wink

He recently let me know he's not an Open Theist (for now mom, that's where I am). He proudly holds to simple foreknowledge (At least until the next time he asks me to explain the difference - again!)

No wonder his teacher says, "You guys must have interesting conversations at home." Poor kid.

JEE
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Posted 10/14/2004 7:37 PM (GMT -6)

With such a keen interest in theological questions, your son sounds eerily like I was at that age. When I was only SEVEN, I asked my dad what it meant in Genesis 6 when it says God "repented that He had made mankind." (Incipient open theism, even at that age). I'm scared to death about what my nearly two-year-old daughter is going to be like in the all-too-near future. Bandit2

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