If it is that God created everything including us, we obviously have to had come from Him right. So then at the end of it all, everything including us have to go back to Him. Therefore, hell and heaven, if there are such places, can only be temporary. Please do not qoute bible, let your common sense and logic prevail on this one.
2006-09-07 02:21:19 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
this is a point i always make .... we are from God ... we are part of him in the same way we are part of our mother and father here in this life ... we share part of his energy like DNA
we will return home to spirit and progress through spirit until one day joining back with the God energy , where we came from in the first place
2006-09-07 02:29:49 · answer #1 · answered by Peace 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I disagree with "heaven and hell can only be temporary". This implies a definate that the givens do not support. If you change can to may it is more fitting. But if, as you said, God created everything, and did so in a certain state of existance, then when that state of existance is over, could He not put us in another state of existance, rather than us just returning to Him? Thus could He not create a paradisial place that will never cease to exist, and a place of punishment which will never cease to exist? Thus, while these two places may be temporary, there is not enough evidence that was given to conclude that is the case.
2006-09-07 10:40:41 · answer #2 · answered by Guvo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's pretty much what the Jews think - that there is a "holding place" if you've been a bad person.
Then again - since God gives you unconditional love - why is it that people say you need to be saved in order to get you into Heaven? Getting saved is a condition....
You probably won't get much of a response from fundamentalist as common sense is a feature that is taken away from them when they "see the light"
My favorite Biblical story is when Jesus & Moses rode the stegasaurus's to the Bethlehem fair - what a doozy!
2006-09-07 09:33:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think I am seeing logic in the theory at all...
Would love to see you add details on your thoughts though, maybe I am missing something here. Heaven and Hell were not created here on earth, so I dont think the same logic rules can apply. Heaven and hell are places of resting for the dead...when you go there, that is when you return to him.
2006-09-07 09:29:44 · answer #4 · answered by my1215boo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Suppose you start from scratch and build a whole fleet of paper airplanes. Now, suppose that you decide you don't want some of your paper airplanes. So, you need to build something to hold the ones you don't want. So you build a paper airplane. Unfortunately, the ones you don't want accidentally got stuck to some of the ones you do want. You have to throw out the unwanted ones with the ones that you do want to keep.
This is obviously a very limited illustration, but here is the explanation. God created all things, including all the angels. 1 angel rebelled against God (Lucifer, aka Satan). God therefore had to create Hell to punish Satan. But, Satan hates God so much, that he convinced some of the other angels to follow Satan. All of those Angels (demons, now) will be in Hell with Satan. Satan did not stop at angels though. He is trying to take as many humans with him, because he knows that we are created in God's image. Thus, the people/angels/satan that will be in hell will be permanently in hell, similar to the way your paper airplanes are permanently in the trash can.
Again, obviously an imperfect illustration, but that is the easiest way for me to explain it. As for why God chooses to allow Satan to even try to get us to follow him into hell, I don't know.
2006-09-07 11:29:41 · answer #5 · answered by J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Logically, there will always be an eternity to exist in. If by logic, God created everything, then by the same logic, he can make them permanent, in eternity. If he wanted to make everything gone, he would done so an eternity ago. By logic again, if he was to make everything go back to zero, nothingness, and he is to do it in the future, it would have been done already. Because we exist in this stream of time that runs forever. Whatever time you think has passed, is negligible in the course of eternity is it not? At least that is by logic.
2006-09-07 09:38:44 · answer #6 · answered by lkraie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're right I guess. Energy cannot be created or destroyed only changed from one form to another. Thats quoted from my bible, LOL! Technically if heaven and hell existed they would have been created by god thus they can only be temporary. This is all highly hypothetical though.
2006-09-07 09:24:48 · answer #7 · answered by Lex 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From your argument, heaven and hell being temporary does not stem from the premesis that everything goes back to God. So your "common sense" and "logic" don't help you at all here.
2006-09-07 09:23:27 · answer #8 · answered by GLSigma3 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
without qouting Holy books its not possible to answer this. using this "common sense" misleaded so many people. God is not a joke to use our common sense !!
2006-09-07 09:29:25 · answer #9 · answered by Purple Rain 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's no logic or common sense in your "question." You start with a hypothetical premise, proceed to one unsupported conclusion, and then end with another unsupported conclusion.
JMB
2006-09-07 09:27:56 · answer #10 · answered by levyrat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋