We can't prove anything definitely beyond our own thoughts, even our own bodies. With this in mind, if our "thoughts" are strong enough to "make up" this world, could we not also picture and live in a spiritual world also?
2006-08-13 17:32:22 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I personally don't believe in the Christian view of heaven but I think a form of afterlife is definitely possible.
As for the Christian heaven...
Is there unlimited space in heaven?
I hope so because there are a lot of people dying these days.
Are animals allowed in heaven?
If heaven is supposed to be near perfect and people like pets/animals then animals should be allowed in heaven.
Can someone have sex once they're in heaven? Can they have a baby?
Because I would like to have children in heaven and share moments of intimacy with people in heaven but how would this work?
If we live forever in heaven then won't we become bored? Do we need to eat food in heaven?
I'm sorry but so many unanswered questions and trivialities (is that even a word?) that haven't been explained, etc.
2006-08-13 17:39:02 · answer #1 · answered by d.anconia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're thinking too hard and you are hung up on the concept, "I think, therefore I am."
Heaven does not exist in the form we are taught by organized religion. It is a state of mind, a concept useful in that the possibility of such a location keeps many people from crossing all kinds of lines. They still sin in a multitude of ways but they are the "little" sins that don't scream, "You're going to hell, dude."
This is the key to going to "heaven," if we must make a distinction: Do good deeds, be generous with your time and worldly goods and come to the defense of those you know to be innocent of charges. (Note to D.A.'s all over this country: Check your ambition and understand that if you can't make it on honest talent, don't tempt Mr. Creator by convicting the innocent just to get the "points.") Do not equivocate your values, ethics or morals to please a boss or to even keep a job or career. And all those "little sins" we all collect along the way, if no one else has been harmed, chalk it up to experience. If you have harmed others, you must do all that you can to make it right again. And then stop worrying about it, get on with your life. It is the here and now that we are responsible for. Anything beyond this is wat it is. Not to worry.
2006-08-14 00:48:05 · answer #2 · answered by ALWAYS GOTTA KNOW 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the word "exist". Literally, or imaginably? I personally feel heaven isn't a place but a state of mind. I think people suffer in their own personal hell while still on this earth. I think people live in 'heaven', or at perfect peace today, because of their state of mind. As for heaven of clouds and 'seeing' dead loved ones, I personally don't believe in that. I personally believe ALL life is radiant from God, not just humans. As after death, would this be returned to a heaven? No. I believe in karma, or cause and effect, and believe life neither begins nor ends with this physical realm.
Be good.
2006-08-14 00:39:24 · answer #3 · answered by molon_labe_rkba 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For heaven to exist, there must be an afterlife. For there to be an afterlife, and for us to know about it, someone must have been there and come back. Jesus is one of the people who went there and came back, (and since what he said was consistent with what others have said), and he said that heaven does exist, therefore heaven does exist.
I would agree more with Berkeley, rather than Locke or Hume on this issue from a philosophical standpoint.
2006-08-14 00:57:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why ask such a question?
I would rather picture the Home I am promised in Heaven than not to believe because it can't be proved....
Well, to start with, it is in the Bible, so that is all the proof I need.
2006-08-14 00:42:31 · answer #5 · answered by Mary D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I will answer you that it does, then you will be expecting me to describe it in its physical form. If I say it does not, then you will also ask me to prove it also. How about telling you that it is heaven when you are enjoying the moments of your life with bliss whether you are alive or dead. Hell is when all bill collectors found you in your hiding place. Or you are like those innocent caught in a cross fires between warring groups of terrorists and anti-terrorists.
2006-08-14 00:43:50 · answer #6 · answered by Rallie Florencio C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is heaven, This life here is only a temporary assignment. As we have a lot of choices here on the earth...there is only two choices what comes to the eternal life: Heaven or hell.
AND YOU GET TO CHOSE!! The offer comes with special instructions.
2006-08-14 00:37:34 · answer #7 · answered by SeeTheLight 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is a big difference between imagining something and bringing it into reality. Presumably, you could imagine some sort of spiritual world, but that will not give it any sort of existence.
2006-08-14 00:36:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
yes heaven exists
2006-08-14 00:35:03 · answer #9 · answered by L M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think your putting to much thought into this! YES HEAVEN DOES EXIST!!
2006-08-14 00:38:48 · answer #10 · answered by 123weed 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋