2006-08-31 14:57:26 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
The idea of Heaven as a physical place has existed since the dawn of religion and human civilization. In some early religions (such as the Ancient Egyptian faith), Heaven was a physical place far above the Earth in a "dark area" of space where there were no stars, basically beyond the Universe. Departed souls would undergo a literal journey to reach Heaven, along the way to which there could exist hazards and other entities attempting to deny the reaching of Heaven.
One popular medieval view of Heaven was that it existed as a physical place above the clouds and that God and the Angels were physically above, watching over man. With the dawn of the Age of Reason, science began to challenge this notion; however Heaven as a physical place survived in the concept that it was located far out into space, and that the stars were "lights shining through from heaven".
Several works of written and filmed science fiction have plots in which Heaven can be reached by the living through technological means. An example is Disney film The Black Hole, in which a manned spacecraft found both Heaven and Hell located at the bottom of a Black Hole.
In the modern age of science and space flight the idea that Heaven is a physical place in the observable universe has largely been abandoned. Religious views, however, still hold Heaven as having a dual status as a concept of mind or heart, but also possibly still physically existing in some way on another "plane of existence", or perhaps at a future time. According to science there are unobservable areas of the universe (everywhere beyond earth's Particle horizon), although by their very nature it is not possible to observe them.
2006-09-01 01:34:30 · answer #1 · answered by Mye 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Heaven and hell is not a physical place. It is just an experience which you can feel. It depends on yourself whether you want to live in heaven or hell. If you live a useful, happy and contented live you are already in heaven, however, if you chose to live a life complete with greed, hatred and jealousy and unhappiness you are actually in hell.
2006-09-03 20:00:59 · answer #2 · answered by kongchai 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Athens GA, from 1999-2002
My heart is still there, my memories tantalize me towards a place I cant return to, but my eyes are fixed on the future and the potential for things to be as good as they once were...I may have to wait years, I may have to wait until death...but I hope Ill see it again one day
2006-08-31 16:15:40 · answer #3 · answered by hazmatbulldog 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"The kingdom of heaven is within", but I think its physical location is wherever Michelle Pfeiffer lived 10 years ago.
2006-09-01 09:32:58 · answer #4 · answered by true_searcher 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Arizona USA
2006-09-02 07:43:24 · answer #5 · answered by Amanda K 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think it not real but people belive that it is real but you can make peoples felling are can't runie there feelings but if they did it to you you would not like it lol .Sad to make people unhappy but you make them real happy lol i'm sad
2016-07-05 06:07:18 · answer #6 · answered by sarmo77 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
heaven exists in the ether of eternity...which is to say, everywhere but here and now.
2006-08-31 21:28:07 · answer #7 · answered by rataman nanitan 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Deep inside human soul and it sometimes appears or at least you grasp it in your kid's smiling face when trying to make peace with you after she/he was being naughty. Or in your lover's touch and kiss when he hugs you after whispering in your ears, gently, kindly, slowly "I love you".
2006-09-02 08:03:45 · answer #8 · answered by queen 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In an astral plane somewhere else in time and dimension.
2006-09-01 10:51:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think that it is here, only on another dimension, if that makes any sense to you, something like 3 feet from the ground
2006-08-31 15:24:49 · answer #10 · answered by Cherie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋