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Matt · 08-05-2002, 08:51 AM

<a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/789252.asp?pne=msn&cp1=1" target="_blank">Why We Need Heaven</a>

<a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/789254.asp" target="_blank">Why We Need Hell, Too</a>

Starspun · 08-05-2002, 09:37 AM

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IN HER LITTLE HOUSE in the Jewish settlement of Itamar, with the Biblical landscape stretching all around her, Zar says she doesn�t know exactly what the next world looks like, but she knows that it�s good, and that her husband has a special place there �at the feet of the throne of the Almighty� because he died for God.
There is nothing at all unusual about Hagar Zar�s religious beliefs, except for the theological puzzle they present: can her enemy be in heaven, too? Just months before Gilad Zar was killed, Akram Nabiti blew himself up near a bus stop in a tony residential Jerusalem neighborhood, injuring at least 20 people. And though his grieving Muslim father, Ishaq, says he would have locked up his son in a cage had he known about Akram�s plans, �I have no doubt whatsoever that he is in paradise.�

Wouldn't it be nice if Newsweek would have come right out and said,'Don't you see how acenine(sp) these belief's are. They may offer solace for the grief, but, it is illogical to say both could be in heaven.

Abacus · 08-05-2002, 09:41 AM

Ah, yes. Belief in an afterlife. It's almost barbaric, isn't it?

Grumpy · 08-05-2002, 09:41 AM

"Asinine." And it would not be Newsweek's place to make such a statement, except in the editorial column.

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08-05-2002, 09:41 AM	#3
Abacus Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: South Dakota Posts: 2,214	Ah, yes. Belief in an afterlife. It's almost barbaric, isn't it?

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Grumpy Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Alaska, USA Posts: 1,535	"Asinine." And it would not be Newsweek's place to make such a statement, except in the editorial column.

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