are there any religions that believe?

Question

in levels of spirit world.. levels of heaven so to speak
i know this is one of my own beliefs but wondered if others shared it ( even if different wording )
any help would be greatly appreciated

Answer 1

well here are a couple of links i hope this helps out at all



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh_Heaven


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven

Answer 2

I do. In Islam we believe that heaven has levels (From first to seventh), where better people are placed in higher levels. And even hell as well (Worse people at lower levels). An interesting piece of info that, we also believe that only ONE person would got o the seventh heaven. And most Muslims, as me, would almost agree that this person will be Prophet Mohammad.

Answer 3

Latter Day Saints do... there are three levels. Some Christian religions do as well... I had a Lutheran pastor that said there were, but I don't know if that was actually part of their doctrine. I don't think there are.... you are either saved or you aren't. Of course I think that there will be certain people who will be honored... Paul, Mother Theresa, etc.... but I think it will all be in the one heaven.

Answer 4

I believe there are levels of the spirit world; to me these are different aspects of the astral plane where truly different creatures reside. Buddhism is similar to that belief, in their belief in different stages you need to pass to pass into Nirvana, but there aren't any established popular religions which believe in levels of the spirit world that I know of, but it is a common belief among parapsychologists.

Answer 5

Yes, there are levels in both heaven and hell, according to Catholic teaching.

Everyone in heaven will be totally happy but there are still different degrees of hapiness or love or glory, depending on your capacity for glory it comes from your degree of charity on earth.

Answer 6

Mormons believe in different "levels" of heaven

Answer 7

Jehovah's Witnesses

Answer 8

Only most of them.

The Crispians have various levels of Heaven as well as Hell.
The Hindus have levels of Holiness.
Buddhist have reincarnation which puts you a level closer to their god and Nirvana


and so on and so on.

Answer 9

Timothean religion, a pagan religion of Cao Dai in VN, and Islam

Answer 10

If there ARE many levels of the spirit world (and that is my belief) then one would expect to see many religions sharing that belief. And that is the case. In the beginning, God told the truth about reality to the first men and women, and they passed those truths down to their children, and so on....The more one studies the biggest (and the most obscure) religions of the world, the more evident it is that they started from a common root.

Christianity and Judaism believe in One Supreme God (although Christians see this One Supreme God as a Trinity united in Love and Purpose.) Many, many folk religions, even the ones that include many gods, retain the idea of One Supreme Sky God. In fact, the idea that monotheism derived FROM polytheism (rather than the other way around) has some pretty well-informed (and interesting) challengers amongst students of comparative religion.

In the JudeoChristian system, all other sentient beings are created, God himself is self-sustaining. These other created beings include Archangels (example, Michael, Gabriel), and other orders of "powers, thrones, and principalities" in the spirit world. Many religions, including Christianity, recognize the existence of these different classes of holy angels and demons. The Bible says man and woman are "made in the image of God", and though the angels are mightier in power, this remark was never made about an angel. God asks that we worship him alone, even though angels are in many ways "on a higher plane" than we are.

The JudeoChristian idea of One Supreme God differs from the gods and goddesses--of Hinduism and the Greek pantheon, for example---who compete with one another for power and the devotion of men and women. These "systems of gods" might actually be based on the ancient concept (retained by the Judeo/Christian model) of angels and demons.

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After men and women die, there are basically 2 options---Heaven, a state in which one is continually in the presence of God, enjoying him and being enjoyed by him forever, or Hell, a state in which one is continually separated from the God he rejected, by his actions and/or by a conscious decision to reject Him, on earth.

No one is pure enough to get into heaven on his own. Everyone has let God or his fellow man down in SOME way. The Bible says that God WILL NOT TURN AWAY people with humble and contrite hearts--he points them, sometimes in very mysterious ways--to Jesus Christ. The "Son" in the Father-Son-Holy Ghost Trinity, Jesus Christ lived a perfect life among men, was made a perfect sacrifice and covering for the evil all other people commit, and has shown us the way to God, and He is our way to God.

God has put "eternity in men's hearts." Even those who have never heard of the Bible, if they are psychologically healthy, are born with a conscience. If they don't sear their conscience by continually turning away from what they know is right, they have a sense of wanting to "get back to the Garden," and they look for God. They don't want to manipulate God to get the things on earth that they want--they want God himself, for this type of person knows he was made by God, for God.

For people who don't let go of this "eternity in the heart," there will be many different rewards given according to good deeds done in life, and some will have earned more rewards than others, but there is only one level in Heaven that really matters, one they will share with all the angels and all the highest holy archangels who appreciate how beautiful God is---that level is all about loving and worshipping God together with other beings, who retain their individuality throughout eternity, who love and worship God. It's not just singing and playing harps--it's living a life on a plane that's higher than our human imaginations can comprehend.

Answer 11

I think most Pagan religions do. Hinduism has differing "lokas" or levels of heavens (and hells).