Dobby, even though most of my beliefs were either shattered or skewed by WT teachings and the realization after leaving that most were false....and though these personal revelations even extended to my former belief in a lot of scriptures, there are a few things that seem to still ring true and they're what I hold onto....and am reassured by.....the collective theme of the scriptures that refer to an "afterlife" existence......the one where it is said that the spirit returns to the true God who gave it; the one where Jesus refers to the "re-generation" instead of resurrection, and the ones where the apostles refer to our bodies as "vessels" or something like that......this got me to thinking.....if our "spirit" returns to God and our bodies are "vessels" for that spirit...vessels that eventually and always wear out, then the re-generation that Jesus spoke of could very well imply, when taken with the other scriptures, that our spirit, once it has returned to God, can be re-planted or re-generated into a NEW vessel or body to continue on our life's path, being given a fresh start each time, a clean slate, another chance to do something with our lives....Now...I do realize that some people refer to this as a re-incarnation, and in some people's view it holds a negative connotation....that's just semantics to me and I prefer to think that the bible writers had a grip on a few mercurial truths....anyway...this is just my thinking on that subject....and it holds comforting thoughts for me....so I don't worry about death or the future in that respect, I just view it as a pending opportunity for new adventures....works for me...
Frannie B