by AllanS » July 26th, 2006, 11:05 pm
To become an eternal being is to have always existed. Perhaps God is truly our Father. Perhaps our immortal souls came from God, are embodied in this temporal world for a time (to learn through suffering?) and then return to God like a spark returns to the Fire, like a breath returns to the air, like the prodigal returns to his father's house. Perhaps we are all incarnations.
Origen taught something along those lines.
Hmmm. If we are also infinite and eternal, it means we can know God.
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