play the harp ,of course!!
2007-01-17 11:31:20
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answer #1
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answered by oldtreeplanter 2
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Great question, because it brings to focus the main reason why the existence of heaven is so unlikely.
Assuming you accept the non-biblical theory of human origins, at some point in our pre-history, we (humans) began to mourn our dead. It was probably around this time that instinctual motivations for survival began to be superseded by emotions and reasoning.
For instinctual creatures (animals), physical pain is simply a sensation that compels them to avoid whatever thing is causing the pain. For emotional creatures (humans), pain (and it's accompanying friend fear) represented something altogether new - misery.
Misery could be caused by loneliness, fear, pain, despair or combinations of each. Because life was (and still is) harsh for most people, misery was (and still is) a prominent feature. Humans, however, have an uncanny ability which animals lack. We can COPE with misery if we believe it will result in a greater reward in the future.
Particularly in the days of slavery, life required the promise of an incredible reward if people were to endure the incredible misery that resulted from enslavement. Religion answered this problem nicely, for what could be more just to someone whose entire life was unjust, than an afterlife of eternal bliss?
Heaven is the perfect opposite of all things human beings dislike the most... pain, loneliness, fear, loss, sorrow, despair. Is this mere coincidence? It wouldn't be the first time we've "invented" the things we want.
But the invention is flawed. Why? Because the defining quality of life, the universe and everything is change. In humans, without growth, the spirit dies. We know that too much monotony (boredom) leads to insanity. Too much of anything, even bliss, will eventually become unpalatable.
According to religion, heaven is a perfect place. Whether it is eternally perfect or simply timeless, perfection can't be improved upon. If heaven can never change, what would we do indeed? The eternal unchanging bliss of heaven would soon become a prison. A pointless waste only resulting in madness (which is probably exactly what happened to god.)
2007-01-17 13:12:06
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answered by Anonymous
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Biblicly, there is no real answer to this question. The actual happenings which take place in Heaven are not answered within the Bible. There are merely references to what is a general depiction of what you may or may not actually do in heaven.
Most peoples depiction of heaven and what is done there is from stories and songs. No one actually has a definatitive answer.
2007-01-17 11:43:34
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answered by quickrider99 3
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U don't have to pray anymore. U 'll live forever and everything u wish u'll have. All the bad things that humans have will be taken. NO one will envy the other. And to who'll say it's boring, nowaaaaaaayyyyyyy
God will make it always exciting, he is god.
2007-01-17 11:36:33
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answered by ToukHi 3
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No, heaven is not like you think it is not like the world.
Its something that nobody can imagine it or nobody can dream how it looks like its something
cool.amazing.great,wonderful,perfect,fun,comfortyable,neat spectacular,and every nice thing in the world.
You can not imagine what is heaven like you better repent to God before that day comes when you can not find any body to stand with you .
If you keep being like this you will never see heaven .
Where you see anything you want.
2007-01-17 12:42:21
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answered by SOCCER GIRL! 5
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worship God
2007-01-17 11:34:11
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answered by Anonymous
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You actually do God's will and you don't have a problem understanding that either.
2007-01-17 11:34:42
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answered by ? 6
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