{"id":272,"date":"2016-05-01T01:57:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-01T05:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/godweb.org\/wordpress\/?p=272"},"modified":"2016-05-01T18:13:39","modified_gmt":"2016-05-01T22:13:39","slug":"272","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.godweb.org\/?p=272","title":{"rendered":"Some thoughts about immortality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.godweb.org%2F%3Fp%3D272&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.godweb.org\/immortality.htm\">The Bird of Paradise: A Meditation on Immortality<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>&#8220;<\/strong>In my Father&#8217;s house there are many mansions,&#8221; said Jesus. &#8216;If it were not so, I would not have told you that I go to prepare a place for you.&#8221; Unfortunately today, with our distrust of all leaders, and particularly religious leaders, it occurs to many that Jesus was flat out wrong about the possibility of eternal life. 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