Recently, a friend asked me if her beloved pet was in Heaven. I quickly answered, “Yes!” This was something I had researched after inheriting my daughter’s beloved pets: Max, Molly, and Liberty. I wanted to know if they would return to her when they left. The evidence I discovered was overwhelming that they would be together again. Whatever is important to us here, is important to us over there. We are never separated from the things we love. Everything has…
It seems I am attending more funerals lately: A friend's child, a husband, or one of my friends. I feel such pain for the family and wish I could put them inside of my head, so they can see what I see. We are eternal beings that cannot cease to exist. Those words offer hope, but without knowing what I know, they bring little comfort. An atheist has no hope of life after death, an agnostic has a sliver of…
Science and religion ask the same question, ”Where did we come from?” Had religion not discerned science to be a threat to their platform, they could have worked in unison, and we would have more answers today. When people are steadfast in what they believe, they cannot accept any evidence to the contrary and oftentimes won’t even acknowledge it. This applies to more than science and religion, but I'll use that analogy here. Science cannot disprove God, and religion cannot…
The oldest cave paintings date back some 64,000 years and were thought to be done by Neanderthals. Obviously, cave paintings leave a lot to the imagination. Early hieroglyphics came along 5,300 years ago which gave a little more clarity. By the eighth century BCE, approximately 2,800 years ago, the Greek alphabet was finally established and incorporated both vowels and consonants. For thousands of years, ancient stories passed down via oral traditions since they couldn't be written down. Elaborations, additions, and…
One of the first things I learned on this journey was the symbol used for the creator could not be translated with their limited vocabulary. Gods and pharaohs held all of the power, so the symbol became a powerful king on high. A pharaoh was considered a god who required complete allegiance. Describing the creator as a “god-like” pharaoh, was the only logical translation. With the knowledge we have today, we wouldn’t give the creator the characteristics of a pharaoh.…
Problems occur when we accept the things we are told without question. Prejudices run amuck, wars break out, and gossip destroys lives. Even our health is compromised, as well as our environment, when we don’t ask more questions. Where did that information come from, and what harm can that drug or chemical cause? We live in a time of search engines where we can find information on both sides of the coin. (By the way, when searching for the truth,…
The day my daughter died, my life stopped and started over. The things I thought were important weren't important anymore. The goals I had set throughout my life, I had accomplished. But now, everything about my life felt insignificant and temporary. My daughter should have been with me throughout my life, but she was gone. I knew I would spend the rest of my life trying to find proof that we would be together again. In my youth, I was…
