In the Roman Catholic faith, I hear that Heaven is "eternal life." However, how is this a reward for a loyal and faithful earthly life? By the sound of it, it is basically life on earth except it lasts forever: all the suffering in life (the headache every other day, the fatigue from work, the despair when things go wrong) lasting forever. Is this what people mean when they say Heaven is "eternal life?" Or is Heaven, in the Roman Catholic faith, a place without suffering, where all earthly desires, both practical and impossible on earth, are fulfilled, with nothing but pure happiness and enjoyment, as others will say?
I get excited and ambitious to pursue the Catholic faith when I hear some people say the reward is Heaven, which they say is pure happiness and everything is perfect and there's no suffering: getting everything you wanted on earth, spending eternity with good friends and family, etc. but then I get confused when Heaven is "eternal life": daily earthly life, but forever.
2006-10-23
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