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SIN, DEATH AND BEYOND<br />

M. M. NINAN<br />

PREFACE<br />

What are the tree of Life <strong>and</strong> the tree of the Knowledge of good <strong>and</strong> evil? Why did God refuse<br />

the tree of Good <strong>and</strong> Evil to Adam <strong>and</strong> Eve? What was the Original <strong>Sin</strong>? Was there <strong>death</strong><br />

before the fall? How do you explain the presence of the Serpent in the Garden of Eden. Was<br />

the fall part of God’s plan for humanity? Are we all born with the sin within us?<br />

What is <strong>death</strong>? How do we explain the presence of <strong>death</strong> long before the arrival of man on<br />

earth? What happens to us after <strong>death</strong>? Are heaven <strong>and</strong> hell eternal places of pleasures <strong>and</strong><br />

torment?<br />

What are the religious thoughts on resurrection <strong>and</strong> reincarnation in various religions? Will the<br />

law of cause <strong>and</strong> effect require reincarnation? Or does the <strong>death</strong> form recyling of various<br />

elements of body, mind <strong>and</strong> spirit?<br />

Is the loving God comfortable with eternal torture of his wayward children? Is God able to<br />

redeem all creation <strong>and</strong> make all things new given the uncertainity region of free will given to<br />

his children? “In Christ all shall be made alive”?<br />

These are some of the problems I have tried to deal with in this book. Instead of giving<br />

specific answers, I have examined <strong>and</strong> presented all different sides of the issues <strong>and</strong> from<br />

different religious perspectives.<br />

Hope this will at least start us thinking <strong>and</strong> discussing the real issues in doctrines <strong>and</strong> what the<br />

scripture is presenting.<br />

Prof. M. M. Ninan<br />

San Jose, CA<br />

March., 2014

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