Alright, so the question is how can heaven be great?
"It's a perfect world with no problems!"
Really? So there's no goals to achieve? No one to help? Nothing to create since there wouldn't be a need, it's perfect! Besides the fact that your individual existence contributes absolutely nothing to it. Whether or not you're there, doesn't really affect much of anything does it? Also, how can heaven be great if even just ONE person you love is stuck in hell? I'd rather burn forever with my loved ones, than pull a lawn chair out in the endless white by myself.
"Heaven is the best thing unimaginable"
So, Christians live a life of denying simple pleasures (seven deadly sins) in order to gain the biggest indulgence of all?
"Only those who believe in Jesus get there."
So all my possible friends and the family's in third world countries who grow up with a different religion deserve to be thrown away and forgotten?
Please, present your argument with some REASONS.
2007-06-23 18:50:43 · 15 answers · asked by Raziel 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Wow! You sure have made a LOT of presumptions...
What makes you think there will be no problems?
No one to help? Nothing to create?...
What makes you think that Children of God make no difference in their existence?
What makes you think anyone will be stuck in hell that does not choose to stay there? (or that we will not understand the reason for them being there?)...
simple pleasures? like what? the ones that you KNOW in your heart and soul that they are wrong?...
I believe that EVERYONE on this Earth followed Jesus prior to the creation of Earth.. and we will follow Him again...
I don't know what Heaven will be like.. I believe there are many levels of Heaven and that even the lowest of these is so joyous that if people really knew what it was like they would be doing things to die quicker than they are now.
2007-06-23 19:02:27 · answer #1 · answered by ♥Tom♥ 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There is no such thing like only Christians will get into heaven. I cannot understand how come they can claim that? If they are "believers" they should leave it to God's decision. They are walking around and selling the tickets to the hell and the heaven! BS!
Only God knows who enters the heaven.
And from my point of view, why wouldn't heaven be great? If you have no worldy problems, you wouldn't have a reason to help, create new things etc. And in our belief if you love someone so much, you will be together in heaven no matter what. That's why we say God(not Jesus) is Allmighty and the Most Merciful.
Peace and blessings, have a nice day.
2007-06-24 02:05:33 · answer #2 · answered by Zifikos 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God will restore the earth to it's former glory. It will be perfect but there will be much to do. Our minds will be quite advanced and we will have tasks and jobs. The picture of endless white or sitting on clouds is a myth. We will be able to talk to our relatives and friends, do projects even travel anywhere we want. We will have a home custom built for us by the savior himself. There will be a party in heaven and Jesus will be the host. I read a book once that described the feelings of those in heaven regarding those in hell as "never having been born"
Hell, on the other hand is isolation. you will not be with your loved ones together in hell. You will be alone. There are no parties and no happiness at all. Even if your parents or spouse go there too. you will not see them again anyway. It is a place of torment. where the desire is never quenched.
As for people who never heard about Jesus, the bible says if they knew about a creator and had faith in him, they would be saved. The reason that Jesus has not come back yet is that there are still people that have not been told about Him. But as soon as that last person hears the gospel, he will come back. Hope this helps.
2007-06-24 02:06:34 · answer #3 · answered by Yo C 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Great question.
Okay - first you have to separate the mind, body, and spirit. Our relationships and emotional attachments to family are part of our mind and body. Our spirit was created well before we had any knowledge of these people we love. Our spirit was already in existence (IMO) at conception - and everything else is secondary, and environmental. God created man because He was lonely. He had spiritual offspring, and eventually created man in His image (with a spirit)...
If you follow - you will realize that the place God created for Lucifer is Hell - and those who FREELY CHOOSE to be apart from God will join Lucifer. Those who FREELY CHOOSE to live a life with God, in daily communion, will be welcomed with open arms to Heaven (would you let someone in who was a jerk to you?).
Christ was a means to an end. God had to demonstrate that a man made in His image could and would live a clean, righteous existence. He had to take away the physical body once his prophecies were fulfilled. So yes, when Christ said "I am the way, the truth and the life" and that no man gets to the Father but through him, he meant we must believe that God desired to prove His power and His existence by giving us a man/His son.
Heaven will be amazing - we will shed our bodies/flesh/mind and anything we ever knew. We will be reunited with the Creator. No one will have any recollection of the human interactions that happened on Earth.
Hope to see you there (in spirit, ha ha).
2007-06-24 01:56:23 · answer #4 · answered by jane 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How do you know what happens in Heaven? Jesus said " In my Fathers house (Heaven) there are many mansions. I go now to prepare one for you." Would you like to live in a mansion? I think God knows about those that have not had a chance to know of Him. I'm sure He will take that into consideration and deal with it properly. He's not an unjust God. Loved ones in hell? Then help them so they don't go there. When a person is sick, how much fun do they have? How much love can they show--give and get? Little? None? I think a person will be more than just sick in hell. We all have people to help right now here on earth. Are we doing it? What have you (me too for the matter) done today to actually help others? There is something called "jewels in your crown" in heaven. I interpret that to mean various kinds of rewards. What does a person get rewarded for? A job well done. A job in Heaven well done. I'm sure God has something good in mind for all of us to do in Heaven. We do know that there will be no war, sickness, death, hardship in Heaven. No such thing as being over weight, being "too old", needing glasses, no need to go to a doctor, lawyer, policeman. Sounds pretty good to me.
2007-06-24 02:13:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
First of all some people do know what heaven is like. God has given us a "down payment" a taste of what it is. Then He writes about it in Rev.
Second-where do you get an idea that there are no goals to achieve or any thing to do? Willful ignorance.
Third, we don't just deny ourselves. That would just be religion. I will not settle for anything less than reality. Whether you believe me or not I have a very good idea of what some small aspect of life eternal will be like. Truly the supernatural world is more real than this tangible one you see. It is like tasting an apple. If you never have tasted one I can only describe it to you. You can choose to believe the apple tastes, looks, feels like I say or you can choose not to believe in the apple. In your world apples don't exist. I have tasted an "apple" of heaven and I can only testify to what I have experienced-eternal life: knowing Jesus. I recommend you "taste and see that the Lord is good" for yourself.
2007-06-24 02:10:40 · answer #6 · answered by B00G1 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's a pie in the sky that xians and some others use as a carrot or security blanket but IF heaven existed it would be
a) Boring as ...
b) Totalitarian with NO freedoms other than doing The Invisible Sky Critter's will - ie: Be my b*tch or go to hell.
2007-06-24 02:00:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. We will continue to learn and grow (we are not all-knowing, so how could we come to an end of knowledge?). This is exciting.
2. We will have a perfect "playground" to explore and have a blast in.
3. We will grow in our love and understanding of others. We will gain immensely from our then-unselfish ability to love others.
4. There is no sorrow in Heaven, so I'm convinced you won't be thinking of those that are in Hell. It's hard to imagine now, but I think they simply won't exist in your perspective any more.
2007-06-24 02:10:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No human being knows what heaven is really like...or for that matter if it is a place, a dimension...a time...or whatever. To me, heaven simply means continuing being in the presence of God after I die..perhaps even more so than I am today.
2007-06-24 01:56:16 · answer #9 · answered by Poohcat1 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I wouldn't want to live in the domain of some entity that makes people endure suffering for an eternity just because they don't believe in it. What kind of parent would want anything like that for their children?
2007-06-24 01:57:42 · answer #10 · answered by gryphen 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋