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| Astennu | Feb 2 2009, 03:10 PM Post #1 |
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I have a lot of Christian friends, and most of them are worried about salvation. Usually it isn't their own salvation they worry about, but whether everyone else will be "Saved." So what about Atenism and Salvation? It is important to remember that each person is on their own path and they must be allowed to make their own decisions. It is wrong to try to force someone to change the path they are on simply because we may not like it. It is also important to remember that we are not here to judge our fellow human beings. We must all remember that our actions have consequences, to the greater world and to ourselves. Only Aten is fit to judge us, but his judgment is not wrathful. Judgment is part of the path to salvation when it is a fire that purifies and refines, but it is not a fire that destroys. Aten tries to encourage us to stop and look at what we are doing, and then to realize our mistakes. Salvation is simply the path to Aten, and being united with him in the afterlife. It is a personal path that others can help us with, but it is not a path where we rack up points by how many others we lead along our particular path. Edited by Astennu, Feb 27 2009, 12:52 AM.
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| Astennu | Feb 3 2009, 11:27 AM Post #2 |
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This does lead to the question of the Atenist afterlife. In this area I cannot say I know anything (100%) about the afterlife, although I can tell you what I believe. I can say that I know Aten and that knowledge leads to my beliefs about the afterlife. In my experience Aten is a loving and supporting Deity, which does tell us something of what the afterlife could be. To me it says that everyone has the chance to join Aten, even if we do not realize we have that chance. I do not think everyone will automatically be able to enter into the presence of Aten, and instead there may be something akin to purgatory where we can learn the lessons that we did not learn in this life. It is possible that reincarnation does happen, and that could well be part of the process. I must admit I am a Universalist in that I believe that everyone can and will enter into the afterlife and experience the presence of Aten. When it comes to the afterlife questions are more plentiful than answers. We haven't been there, unless you believe those who claim near-death experiences. I would dearly love to know about the afterlife, but I think that the only way to gain that knowledge would be to die and I'm not in any hurry to do that. |
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| Maaritaten | May 3 2013, 04:41 PM Post #3 |
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This post deserves re-reading! I certainly agree that the afterlife is unknowable (until we get there that is), and I also believe, and pray!, that all will be saved. I wouldn't speak of salvation per se, since there isn't anything for us to be saved from - but we will be judged and for some poor souls the road to life everafter in the living Aten's horizon will be longer than others! |
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'Let me be satisfied seeing You, Oh Living Aten!' - adapted from the Hymn of Tutu, Chamberlain of the Two Lands | |
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