Fr. James Martin, S.J.

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He talks about I've come to bring you life.

But then I think about it from a ps sort of a practical point of view.

That's kind of a theological point of view.

The practical point of view or the spiritual point of view is this that

So God has this relationship with Anne.

Uh, that's very beautiful and that has, you know, been there your whole life since your conception or maybe even before.

And then I often think that

For me, it makes no sense that the same loving God who loves you and who woos you and who is with you

would in some way end that relationship.

That's how I understand.

The afterlife and that gives me a lot of confidence that it it in a sense it makes no sense.

That God would end that.

that, you know, once your body dies that that relationship would die.

It doesn't seem to make sense with what we know about God.

So that's kinda

Just curious how you think about that as someone who's been thinking about the afterlife, you know, a lot.

No, I agree.

And I mean if God can do that, why wouldn't God do all the rest?

Right.

And why would God end all those beautiful relationships?

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