I believe there is a higher power, call it in any name, may it be God or anything else. This power creates and recreates. There might be a heaven and it is one heaven for all religions. Religions are the pathway to divinity, they each have been misconstrued throughout the centuries based on history and social conditions. Ultimately there is only one truth which we will only find out when we take our last breath.
2007-04-11 22:25:14
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answered by sweet_sunshine 2
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I kinda believe in the macrocosmic/microcosmic version: on Earth as it is in Heaven.
Well, on Earth, people sorta move to the place/country where they want to live, and each country is ruled by a different person and a different set of beliefs, and the beliefs and cultures of that place are meant for the people who reside there.
So Jews go to heavenly Israel; Muslims go to heavenly Mecca, Atheists go to heavenly Australia (or some other island of non-believers, great beer actually) Buddhists go to heavenly Nirvana, etc etc etc.
And people who want to come to a place where anyone is welcomed come to heavenly USA. New York is just as crowded up there as down here, only it doesn't smell as bad.
2007-04-11 22:41:22
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answer #3
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answered by Khnopff71 7
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No I don't believe in heaven because we are just temporary constructions of atoms and molecules, so there is nothing of us that can 'go' anywhere once we're dead.
2007-04-11 22:15:54
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answer #5
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answered by Anonymous
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i believe there is a heaven for all..weather they believe the same religion as i or a different one. here is an insperational story i would like to share with everyone....if it touches you please pass it on :D
I do not mean this as a chain letter or as spam. its simply
a story that inspired me to believe and have more faith
in the Lord. I just pray that it may do the same for others
as it did for myself. It truly is a touching story and i
think anything is possible with God!
She jumped up as soon as she saw
the surgeon
come out of the operating room. She said: "How is
my little boy? Is he going to be all right? When can
I see him?"
The surgeon said, "I'm sorry. We did all we could,
but your boy didn't make it."
Sally said, "Why do little children get cancer?
Doesn't God care any more? Where were you,
God, when my son needed you?"
The surgeon asked, "Would you like some time
alone with your son? One of the nurses will be out
in a few minutes, before he's transported to the
university."
Sally asked the nurse to stay with her while she
said good-bye to son. She ran her fingers lovingly
through his thick red curly hair.
"Would you like a lock of his hair?" the nurse
asked.
Sally nodded yes. The nurse cut a lock of the
boy's hair, put it in a plastic bag and handed it to
Sally. The mother said, "It was Jimmy's idea to
donate his body to the University for Study. He
said it might help somebody else. "I said no at
first, but Jimmy said, 'Mom, I won't be using it after
I die. Maybe it will help some other little boy spend
one more day with his Mom." She went on, "My
Jimmy had a heart of gold. Always thinking of
someone else. Always wanting to help others if he
could."
Sally walked out of Children's mercy Hospital for
the last time, after spending most of the last six
months there. She put the bag with Jimmy's
belongings on the seat beside her in the car. The
drive home was difficult. It was even harder to
enter
the empty house. She carried Jimmy's belongings,
and the plastic bag with the lock of his hair to her
son's room. She started placing the model cars
and other personal things back in his room exactly
where he had always kept them. She laid down
across his bed and, hugging his pillow, cried
herself to sleep.
It was around midnight when Sally awoke. Laying
beside her on the bed was a folded letter. The
letter said:
"Dear Mom, I know you're going to miss me; but
don't think that I will ever forget you, or stop
loving you, just 'cause I'm not around to say I LOVE
YOU. I will always love you, Mom, even more with
each day. Someday we will see each other again.
Until then, if you want to adopt a little boy so you
won't be so lonely, that's okay with me. He can
have my room and old stuff to play with. But, if you
decide to get a girl instead, she probably wouldn't
like the same things us boys do. You'll have to buy
her dolls and stuff girls like, you know. Don't be
sad thinking about me. This really is a neat place.
Grandma and Grandpa met me as soon as I got
here and showed me around some, but it will take
a long time to see everything. The angels are so
cool. I love to watch them fly. And, you know
what? Jesus doesn't look like any of his pictures.
Yet, when I saw Him, I knew it was Him. And guess what,
Mom? I got to sit on God's knee and talk to Him,
like I was somebody important. That's when I told
Him that I wanted to write you a letter, to tell you
good-bye and everything. But I already knew that
wasn't allowed. Well, you know what Mom? God
handed me some paper and His own personal pen
to write you this letter. I think Gabriel is the name
of the angel who is going to drop this letter off to
you. God said for me to give you the answer to
one of the questions you asked Him 'Where was He
when I needed him?' "God said He was in the
same place with me, as when His son Jesus was
on the cross. He was right there, as He always is
with all His children.
Oh, by the way, Mom, no one else can see what
I've written except you. To everyone else this is
just a blank piece of paper. Isn't that cool? I have
to give God His pen back now. He needs it to write
some more names in the Book of Life. Tonight I
get to sit at the table with Jesus for supper. I'm,
sure the food will be great.
Oh, I almost forgot to tell you. I don't hurt anymore.
The cancer is all gone. I'm glad because I couldn't
stand that pain anymore and God couldn't stand to
see me hurt so much, either. That's when He sent
The Angel of Mercy to come get me. The Angel
said I was a Special Delivery! How about that?
Signed: with Love from God & ME
(Let's see Satan stop this one.) Take 60-seconds
to pass this on, within the hour, you will have
caused a multitude of believers to pray to God for
each other. Then sit back and feel the Holy Spirit
work in your life for doing what you know God
loves
"When you're down to nothing, God is up to
something."
2007-04-11 22:17:55
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answer #6
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answered by Anonymous
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