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If heaven is so wonderful, why do people pray to stop someone going there

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Franbern Sun 18-Oct-26 16:13:21

I really do not understand, am totally bewildered by all the prayers being said for the current Pope.

Surely, if the afterlife is such a wonderful place, prayers should be said for him to get there as soon as possible

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nanna8 Tue 27-Oct-26 00:33:40

Yes

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Luckygirl3 Tue 27-Oct-26 08:15:59

Our brains are our minds.

I worked for a brain injury service and when bits of brain die off our thoughts, morals, behaviours and attitudes can change. I saw this daily.

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Shel1951 Tue 27-Oct-26 08:35:07

Why pray?
As the song goes,
Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.

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Skye17 Fri 30-Oct-26 14:26:04

Luckygirl3

Our brains are our minds.

I worked for a brain injury service and when bits of brain die off our thoughts, morals, behaviours and attitudes can change. I saw this daily.

That doesn’t necessarily mean that the brain and the mind are the same. It could mean that the non-physical mind works through the physical brain, and without the brain the mind can’t work.

Also that without a properly functioning brain the mind can’t work properly.

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Luckygirl3 Fri 30-Oct-26 19:35:55

I would be interested to know how you define brain and mind.

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dante656 Fri 30-Oct-26 22:11:30

Because love makes us selfish in that sense. We want the people we love to stay, regardless of what comes after.

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