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PAUL WAS TOOKEN UP INTO THE 3TH HEAVEN'S.ARE THERE ANY HIGTHER THEN THAT?

2007-02-28 08:46:00 · 6 answers · asked by godlovehischildren 1 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

6 answers

They are 7

2007-02-28 08:49:09 · answer #1 · answered by sarah5 3 · 0 0

Heaven doesn't have degrees, as some might think. In Paul's day the 1st heaven was the atmosphere, the 2nd heaven was space, and the 3rd Heaven is Heaven itself.

2007-02-28 08:50:51 · answer #2 · answered by Paulie D 5 · 1 0

The idea of seven heavens is chinese, (nine is Indian - as on cloud nine) Christianity only has one in its mythology.

Heaven is a plane of existence (sometimes held to exist in our own universe) in religions and spiritual philosophies, typically described as the holiest possible place, accessible by people according to various standards of divinity (goodness, piety, etc.) Christians who believe in heaven generally hold that it is the afterlife destination of those who have accepted Jesus Christ as their saviour.

While there are abundant and varied sources for conceptions of Heaven, the typical believer's view appears to depend largely on his religious tradition and particular sect. Generally religions agree on the concept of Heaven as pertaining to some type of peaceful life after death related to the immortality of the soul. Some believe it will be populated by angels, exemplary souls or even gods and goddesses, or heroes (especially in Persian Zoroastrianism and subsequently Greek mythology)

In ancient Judaism, the belief in Heaven and afterlife was connected with that of Sheol - In Eastern religions (and some Western traditions), with their emphasis on reincarnation, the concept of Heaven is not as prominent, but it still is present. Jewish mysticism recognizes seven heavens.

The Māori, have heavens divided into a number of realms. Different tribes number the heaven differently, with as few as two and as many as fourteen levels

I am an atheist, so like George Orwell, I do not belive in any Heaven. Orwell's use of Sugarcandy Mountain in his novel Animal Farm is a good literary expression of this view. In the book, the animals were told that after their miserable lives were over they would go to a place in which "it was Sunday seven days a week, clover was in season all the year round, and lump sugar and linseed cake grew on the hedges".

Don't you see - a belief in a reward after death is poor motivation for moral behavior while alive. I would argue that it is rather more noble to help people purely out of concern for their suffering than it is to help them because you think the creator of the universe wants you to do it, or will reward you for doing it, or will punish you for not doing it.

The inherientant problem with this linkage between religion and morality is that it gives people bad reasons to help other human beings when good reasons are available.

2007-02-28 08:50:38 · answer #3 · answered by DAVID C 6 · 0 0

There is the top of Mt. Sinai, the Clouds and Space....

God has lived in all 3.

Yes Jack, tooken... didn't you read the Lord of the Rings?
Oh, that was Tolkien....

2007-02-28 08:48:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

tooken?

2007-02-28 08:48:21 · answer #5 · answered by Samurai Jack 6 · 0 0

Tell me when you get there.

2007-02-28 08:48:58 · answer #6 · answered by Crazy Church Girl 2 · 0 0

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