Christians of my parents’ variety tend to believe that when they die, their soul will instantly go to heaven. This causes a bunch of confusion: If your soul is in heaven, and your body is reanimated, what happens? Do you get sucked back out of heaven?
I had similar problems with a relative. I resolved(?) them by saying that while what actually happens may be a complete mystery to us right now, it is obvious that the omnipotent sovereign of reality could not have his will thwarted by my puny human freezing technologies. If I am revived it will be his will, and if it is his will that I not be revived then I won’t be, and either way he’ll figure it out and make sure everything works out ok.
Aren’t there a number of movies where god decides that someone’s work on Earth isn’t done yet, so he gives them another lease on life when they were at death’s door? Or in some cases literally sends them back to Earth after having a brief chat in heaven? How do your parents feel about those movies? Could that sort of scenario be called up and used for support?
I had similar problems with a relative. I resolved(?) them by saying that while what actually happens may be a complete mystery to us right now, it is obvious that the omnipotent sovereign of reality could not have his will thwarted by my puny human freezing technologies. If I am revived it will be his will, and if it is his will that I not be revived then I won’t be, and either way he’ll figure it out and make sure everything works out ok.
Aren’t there a number of movies where god decides that someone’s work on Earth isn’t done yet, so he gives them another lease on life when they were at death’s door? Or in some cases literally sends them back to Earth after having a brief chat in heaven? How do your parents feel about those movies? Could that sort of scenario be called up and used for support?