What proof do we have that heaven exists?

Question

What proof do we have that there is a heaven and how do we know our deceased loved ones are there? Sorry, deep...I know!

Answer 1

None, no hard facts or evidence. Just words from very old books and opinions of people. If someone says they have seen or had a near death experience where heaven or a "white light" has been seen it's just one persons opinion, it cant be proven. I mean drug addicts claim to have visions all the time. But are they real?

Answer 2

I can't say for certain that the literal Heaven and Hell referenced so often throughout the Christian religion are real; however, I once heard (I can't recall where) the theory that when you are happy with the world and your place in it, that that is Heaven; and when you are in a bad place and hurting, then that is Hell.

The only thing I can recommend in this matter is prayer and/or meditation, particularly about any of those deceased loved ones.

To interject a slice of logic to go with that recommendation - if there is a Heaven, and your loved ones are there, then there is little more you can do to make their situation better. If there is not a heaven, and all that awaits is oblivion, then there is still little to be done to make their situation better. Prayer and/or meditation may help the living that remain on this world to better cope and heal their own pains over their loss.

Answer 3

There is no proof that Heaven exists. However, you have to look at what ancient civilsations believed. They believed that the Blue Sky was Heaven and that the Volcanoe (Earth's Magma Core) was hell. Unfortunately this idea has spread through bullying and guilt (Christianity and Islam are the biggest bullies - Guilt for not believing, fear of eternal damnation - Prove it).

Anyway, why would I want to go to Heaven. I wouldn't know anyone there.

Answer 4

The proof is within Jesus Christ. The disciples watched Jesus ascend into Heaven. The Bible talks about Heaven.

The Bible has many historical facts including wars, kings, deaths, etc. The Bible talks about food being buried to preserve food. Archaeologists have discovered buried food.

Jesus was real. The Bible is real = Heaven is real.

Answer 5

If we had "proof", we wouldn't need faith.
The Bible doesn't say that people go directly to Heaven or Hell upon death. That is a belief taken from paganism and incorporated into popular Christian theology by the Catholic Church, which was passed down to Protestant churches.
The Bible tells us that everyone, saved and unsaved, wait in the grave in a form of dreamless "sleep" until Christ returns, at which time He will resurrect the saved into eternal, glorious physical bodies. The wicked dead will remain dead for another 1000 years, at which time they will be resurrected to judgment, and then Hellfire will rain down from Heaven and completely consume them. They will cease to exist, not be tortured forever.

Answer 6

What proof do we have that heaven does NOT exist? How do we know our deceased loved ones aren't there? It's a tough decision, I know. I choose to beleive.

Answer 7

No proof, nor can there be - as "heaven", is a mythological place. It is a concept dreamt up by those who wanted to create a spiritual explanation for the natural world. People who are deceased no longer exist. Therefore, they can't "be" anywhere, let alone in a mythological place.

Answer 8

What proof do we have that Heaven does not exist?

The only proof one can have is faith. Is that deep enough?

Answer 9

To put it simply: none.

People will try to use the Bible as proof, but that's very flawed logic. Does the book Peter Pan prove the existence of Neverland? Of course not. Anyone who tries to use the Bible as proof of the fictional locations it mentions is committing the special pleading fallacy. See my first source for details.

'Near-death experiences' are also not proof. They've been proven to simply be the brain producing powerful euphoric hallucinations, kind of a natural defense mechanism to 'buffer' death. In fact, under the right conditions, 'near-death experiences' can be elicited in a controlled environment where the subject is in no danger of dying but undergoes similar biological circumstances. Doing this we found that 18% of people will have 'NDE's (now you see I put it in single quotes because it's not something that really is exclusive to being "near death") under those circumstances), and their descriptions of their experiences parallel those of people who have 'real' NDEs. Check out my second source for more details on that--and feel free to link anyone who's claimed to "crossed over" to it, so that they can stop deceiving themselves.

Answer 10

There is as yet no scientific proof. We haven't gotten past the "destructive testing" phase, so no one can come back to provide evidence we can decipher! ;=)