Is it true that 2000 years ago the chances are that people believed heaven was on top of the mountains?

Question

as they couldn't climb them in them days, then as time progressed we could climb the mountains so christians 'changed' the location of heaven to the skies, then it stayed there for a while until....we invented air travel....then the christians had to move it again to..er...erm above the sky...so we invented space travel.....My question is-Where is heaven these days??

Answer 1

I'm curious as to why it is that people couldn't climb mountains back in those days... I'm pretty sure that they would have traveled over mountains to get to various areas, wouldn't they?

I personally have never heard of anyone suggesting that heaven was at the top of a mountain.. or just in the sky.. etc etc.. but, I suppose that is possible, because I can't go back and ask them what they thought.

But again, why couldn't people climb mountains back then? Not all mountains require climbing gear, etc.. many are able to be climbed..

Answer 2

Wow. Um. No.
Christians didn't change the location of heaven.
In ancient Hebrew, ancient Greek and most other ancient religions, God's residence was on top of the highest mountain. But they could (and did) climb mountains. So your theory fails there.
And as far as the sky thing is concerned, part of the drama has always been that heavens=sk(ies), linguistically (as in, "God created the heavens and the earth") so the sky or a cloud as the location of heaven made sense. I've never heard that heaven was in outer space.

What's really at stake here, the issue you fail to see, is that heaven is perpetually located out of the reach of humanity. It's just like, for instance, when ships could only go so far - the earth had an end. More simply, the location of Heaven -- to be theologically precise, the Residence of God as the actually Christian notion of Heaven has never been posited as existing on a mountain, in the sky or in a particular Earthly location -- is a scientific determination and feat rather than the fault of "the Christians."

So, I'd say move this question to the Philosophy or Sciences section if you want a real answer.

Answer 3

I think a good many Christians recognize that heaven is not a physical space, but a spiritual space. That is, you can't give space/time coordinates to its location.

But you are right about mountains. When I lived in the Santa Cruz Mountains, I really did feel I was a little closer to heaven than down in Santa Cruz at the boardwalk. Maybe it was all that oxygen the redwood trees put out. Of course, the boardwalk has a pretty mean reputation. (Did you see "The Lost Boys?" It was filmed in Santa Cruz.)

Answer 4

I don't think belief in "heaven" was so linear. You've created a progression from Mt. Olympus (for example) to "Clouds" and so forth . . . But 2000 years ago, sophisticated and educated Greeks and Jews weren't nearly so crudely materialistic in their view of "heaven" as you imply.

The idea of a spiritual world that transcends the three-dimensional world (i.e. space) has been a part of religion for the past 2000 years, at least. Whether you are dealing with Plato or the Hebrew Prophets, they all state that "heaven" is not something that can be reached in the physical world.

Answer 5

No. They understood about space being separate from the atmosphere and the dwelling places of the deities separate from that. The believed in a concept called the "Cosmic Mountain," in which as one rises higher from the ground he becomes closer (spiritually) to his deity, not physically. In order to transcend the world and gain audience with the divine, one must rise from one's current situation. How this was done is as different as the cultures of the earth.

Answer 6

i could decide to verify the evidence you're relating, yet previous that, it extremely is tremendously frightening proposition. think of approximately it, if he ascended to heaven, then there's no such element as justice: Caesar Augustus replaced right into a guy who compelled absolutely everyone of his day to worship him because of the fact the "son of God." He usurped potential of the throne with the aid of intimidation and militia threat. He replaced into untrue to his spouse, he assassinated extra desirable than 3 hundred senators who antagonistic him, and had the city of Purusia pillaged and burned. His empire crumbled decrease than his potential proving that he replaced into no longer a deity, and he betrayed his maximum dependable customary (Anthony). My wager is that a tyrant like this could manage everybody to immortalize him after his dying.

Answer 7

Genesis 11 speaks of building a tower to heaven, this was well before the time of Christ (so before Christians).

I find your question ignorant.

Answer 8

Go back another 2000 years.

edit:

Way out in deep space, scientists have observed a perfect cube approaching earth.

Answer 9

worship in high places is satanism.....all ancient and present day mystery religions all look to the sky and worship on high mountain/hilltops....why?....because the devil is in the sky! The prince of the power of the air...the name zeus(Greek name for satan) means 'sky'.....Christ told us to look within to find God!

Answer 10

What? Never heard of that before.

I'm sure the Hubble telescope is searching.