Does "perfect" mean what most Christians on Earth consider to be perfect based on their culture and codes? What God considers to be perfect? What those who enter heaven will come to realize is perfect once they are (ideally) relieved of their stupidity and deceptions? What each person individually believes to be their personal heaven?
If the last is true, then can a person really find solace in a reality that is only their own (thus an illusion?) and no real communion with others?
Maybe "perfect" lies in the enjoyment of being progressively better than others and improving towards being those who we deem more perfect, thus we should never collectively reach a state of perfection?
Does "perfect" factor in boredom?
2007-09-10 09:48:12 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In response to Bri, yes my question hints at my current opinion, in which case I am asking you to validate it or defy it. This isn't an shout out embedded with hate and obstinacy.
2007-09-10 14:47:33 · update #1
maybe perfect is somthing that cant be understood until it is achieved ...
2007-09-10 09:55:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, according to my experiences, if I go up to Heaven...which means that Atheists are right...I wouldn't want the Christians that I care about burning or whatever, therefore not making it perfect...also, something being perfect, and with nothing to improve upon, will get boring pretty quickly, an example? Well, let us say that you are...playing a video game, and you can only get around 75% of the game complete...now, when you get that 100%, you feel good about yourself, but what happens once you realize you hav no reason to play anymore? You get bored...now, if I have to be in church or something, singing and listening to people who CAN'T sing for all eternity (a.k.a. "worshipping" God) I'd take Hell...'cause without nerves (being we are dead and our bodies which have the nerves are either rotting or are ashes) I wouldn't feel the fire and brimstone now will I? So....my opinion...hope I helped some...^_^
2007-09-10 10:01:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Q. -- "What does "perfect" mean when Christians say that heaven is perfect?"
A. -- Among other things, it means that if you cross paths with a lion, he won't have you for lunch. Beyond that, there's 'WAY more than we can even comprehend.
For openers, try to imagine what your job will be 17 octillion years from now (that's 17 with 27 zeros after it)... which is still within only the first split second of eternity. How about a googleplex years from now. (That's 1, with 100 zeros after it.)
Maybe at that point, God will remind you that after a googleplex OF those same time spans later, you STILL will be within the first split-second of an eternity that will **never**, ever end! What work will you be doing THEN?
And... did you know that in the next life, you will never again sleep? NO naps! NO comfortably sleeping in a nice soft bed. For all eternity! It's mind-boggling!
And -- there's no guarantee that there will even be two genders for us, there. We all may be unisex!
To "ZIMBROH," a.k.a. "zimmyslady" -- "***Wings***?!?"
2007-09-10 10:01:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Perfect" can mean two things: good, pure, holy, ideal etc; OR whole, complete. Christians believe the former. I prefer the latter. It's more real. The other way doesn't make any sense.
Life and Death energies not only depend on each other, they create each other. Get too much Life in one place and it will create Death (which in turn nourishes new life). It is how things work. All of one and none of the other is out of cosmic harmony. Not sustainable.
2007-09-10 09:58:10 · answer #4 · answered by KC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heaven is perfect cause God created perfect things but also the earth is perfect the only problem is that Satan is ruling mankind (1 John 5:19) but when Jesus rules the earth (Revelation 5:10) then everything will be perfect.
Demons came from heaven that was a perfect place, but they were kicked out the same will happen in earth sooner, evil will be removed according to Psalms 37:9-10.
2007-09-10 09:53:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Maybe it is all these things you have mentioned. Since no one has ever been able to come back and tell us what Heaven is like, we can only imagine. It is a secret, I guess in some ways, but maybe we are not ready to know about how perfect it will be. He says, I go before you to a place where there are many mansions, In my fathers house are many mansions....so it is a PLACE...there are many MANSIONS...people live in mansions, they have communion with one another, they could find solace in a mansion with many rooms, many PLACES of comfort. I think there will be no war, no sickness, no discomforts. I think there will be a lot more people there than most people think there will be.....GOD IS MERCIFUL and LOVING and KIND and ALL-KNOWING, ALL POWERFULL, full of COMPASSION and UNDERSTANDING...and LOVE and MERCY. No one will ever be bored, we will have WINGS!
2007-09-10 10:02:45 · answer #6 · answered by zimmyslady 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Perfect in the Bible means....without sin. Heaven has no sin in it.
Truth is truth, whether you believe the truth or not. The truth is, no one can enter heaven without believing on Jesus Christ and his work on the Cross. His blood was shed, a sacrific for many.
If i believe there is no such thing as gravity and i jump off a building because i believe i can fly....whose truth wins?
Same goes for those who put their faith totally in Christ. He alone, and nothing we can do EXCEPT BELIEVE...will get us to heaven. So Matthew 5:48 says....Be perfect (without sin) therefore, as your heavenly father is perfect.
We become perfect, or without sin, when we accept Jesus as the ultimate sacrifice for our sin. This trust in Jesus Christ cleans us up and makes us perfect in the eyes of His Father.
2007-09-10 10:34:12 · answer #7 · answered by bandaidgirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without flaw. I can't imagine perfection existing in anything, at any time. With what would we have to compare perfection against? Everything will have a quality of sameness, and there will be nothing to judge pleasure from pain.
2007-09-10 09:55:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Perfect, means nothing of the 'flesh'. So yeah, drinking, fornicating etc is right out the window. Not a place for humans, and God knew this, that is why he created EARTH as a home for them.
2007-09-10 09:54:49 · answer #9 · answered by Starjumper the R&S Cow 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are not asking a question. You are giving out an opinion. Why? Is it because you want to start an argument, debate, feud, or the something similiar? It is a waste of your time (and points if you are concerned with that) to ask this kind of idiotic "question."
Yes, I do realize I just posted an "answer" to this "question", but it is in hope that it will be a warning to other intelligent people out there to not answer this "question."
2007-09-10 09:57:29 · answer #10 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Christianity" doesn't say anything about heaven, or heaven being perfect. Some denominations believe in heaven, some don't. Some believe that heaven is perfect, some don't.
2007-09-10 09:54:44 · answer #11 · answered by NONAME 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋