Let's face it, the bible has some disturbing images in it, some cruel forms of punishment for nothing more than being human. Could a moral person, not just a moral person on the outside, because many people deceive those and live two lives, but could a moral person really accept a God who operates in such a way as the Christian God does? Sending those who choose the wrong religion to hell, while planting as much scientific and historic evidence to disprove any religion fully. What if your "God" sent the Bible as a test to see who could truly accept these cruel structures? Or what if it was from the devil, as is easily seen, the book does not present itself in a very lightly divine mannor.
2006-12-02 13:04:25 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I <3 your way of thinking.
2006-12-02 13:06:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Understanding the whole concept of heaven...
Heaven that is also called as Swarga in Hinduism is the stage when our Atman the soul within waits for a suitable body for it to manifest again. This Atman the soul within has a balance of positive merits due to which it remains in heaven (Swarga).
Any Atman the soul within that has a negative balance of merits is awarded hell, also known as Naraka in Hinduism. Naraka (hell) is also the stage when our Atman the soul within is in waiting for the next manifestation to occur.
Briefly, it can be stated, that if we have the balance of positive merits from zero to plus hundred we shall be awarded the stage of Heaven (Swarga) after our "Atman, The soul Within" has left the mortal frame. However if the balance of merits is between zero and minus hundred our Atman the soul within shall be given a place in hell (Naraka).
Heaven (Swarga) and hell (Naraka) are interim stages in the cosmic Life cycle of our Atman the soul within. The moment this Atman the soul within gets matching parents on Mother Earth... it shall again manifest a body... the body can be that of a Human Being and also of an animal depending upon the balance of merits or demerits possessed by the Atman.
As stated clearly in the Bhagavad Gita... the foremost of all sacred scriptures (the doctrine dictated by Lord Krishna to King Arjuna in the battlefield of Mahabharata between the Pandavas and the Kauravas... no Atman the soul within can directly gain immortality from Heaven.
Lord Krishna is considered as an Avatar (a direct incarnation of God) in Hinduism. He descended on Mother Earth roughly 1000 years before Bhagwan Mahavira, 1077 years before Gautama Buddha, about 1500 years before Jesus Christ and about 1700 years before the advent of Prophet Mohammed. More on heaven here- http://www.godrealized.org/understanding_the_whole_concept_of_heaven.html and http://www.godrealized.org/heaven/way_to_heaven.html
2006-12-04 06:45:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is NO hell to go to. The so called hell you speak of is right here right now.
2006-12-02 21:12:43 · answer #3 · answered by Xfile 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Excellent question.
2006-12-02 21:09:50 · answer #4 · answered by Brooke 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're gonna get a headache!
2006-12-02 21:14:23 · answer #5 · answered by Skeff 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well then i'd really like that...
aand heaven probably is hell, nobody really knows it.
i guess.
2006-12-02 21:08:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
My, my, thinking too much--way overkill!!!
2006-12-02 21:08:57 · answer #7 · answered by avaddohn-Apollyon 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Then where buggered!
2006-12-02 21:07:43 · answer #8 · answered by Mr Hex Vision 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋