Is Heaven bigger than a grain of sand?

Answer 1

It certainly doesn't have to be, since in my view it would simply contain the usual all-emcompassing spirit, a presence that 'is' all the time.

EDIT: Andres...have also read about quantum theory and it certainly does get on in there and expand the mind. Fun, huh?
Oh, quantum THEOlogy. Hmm. Sounds almost like a knock-off. What is it?

Answer 2

A grain of sand, no matter how small, can be held in my hand... touched by my finger... seen by my eyes. Heaven, all encompassing and great, but I can't see it, touch it, let alone compare it to the size of a grain of sand. So as for something that I can physically compare... then the grain of sand is bigger. The idea of Heaven, the belief, is beyond comparison to a grain of sand, much bigger. Its not like comparing apples to oranges,(both physical objects) one is a physical object that factually exists, the other is a belief, that only exists for those that believe.

Answer 3

Designed according to what, human inventions? If you haven't noticed, humans COPY nature when they build things. They also use 'trial and error". If intelligence was all that's needed we would have started out building 747's (or rockets), not a crude flying contraption that crashed. Trial and error is what leads to our advancing technology and that is exactly how nature works. The difference being that nature works on a MUCH larger scale and over a MUCH longer time frame. Sure we have the ability to remember from our mistakes and avoid wasting time repeating them, but many things in nature have indelible memory, like the fundamental laws and DNA. DNA keeps a record of what works, just like we do in our brains. The 4 fundamental laws are immutable and universal. We know that gravity will always draw matter together to form stars and planets. We know that exploding stars make all the heavier elements from hydrogen via thermal nuclear fusion. We know that chemical reactions will cause greater complexity all on it's own. None of these things need any "intelligent" direction, yet this is all that is needed to get from the Big Bang to all the matter around us including the organic building blocks of life. Evolution takes care of the rest and it is anything but blind chance. Natural selection is a foolproof system that keeps what works and discards what doesn't. A computer program was made using the same principle and it typed the entire play "Hamlet" in a matter of a few days. It's purely human arrogance to thing we are greater than nature. Once you realize that nature is much greater than you, then maybe you can accept that it obviously created you. Until then you are going to believe in a PERSONIFIED God that created you with (human like)"intelligence". Edit: There is beauty in nature, but why do you need to insist that beauty needs a conscious designer. Is it really that much of a stretch to conclude that those tiny grains were formed by natural processes? Would a randomly tumbling pebble in a stream not get just as nice and polished as one that was hand polished by an "intelligent" human?

Answer 4

Absolutely for heaven is the eternal universe. A grain of sand is just a minute part of the earth that wouldn't encompass heaven at all. Heaven for me is the biggest horizon ever to be conceived and perceived by the mind.

Answer 5

That depends. A person may or may not believe in heaven.
A person who believes in heaven may either believe that heaven is huge with many large rooms to fill the many souls that reside and will reside there.
A person may not believe that heaven exists, and therefore does not take up any space, even enough to fill a grain of sand.
I, personally, believe that heaven exists in a state of being that requires no space or time. It just... is.

Answer 6

Heaven does not have any comparison to the physical world. It is both larger than a grain of sand, and smaller than a grain of sand. It is something that we can never fully understand or quantify. Why do you believe that heaven exists? Start there. Also I am reading a great book. Quantum Theology, very interesting.
http://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Theology-Diarmuid-OMurchu/dp/0824516303

Answer 7

Of corse it is! ... but then again there's no way it could be- right?! If faith of a mustard seed can move mountains... and there will be millions of faithful believer in heaven... and a mustard seed is larger than a grain of sand then heven is undoubted bigger than a grain of sand since it must be large enough to hold all the believers, angels, mansions, streets of gold.... But then again how many believers does it take to ammount to enough faith to move a mountain? That is the true question!

Answer 8

When dealing with things of the spiritual, most people have a hard time comprehending them. Giving references to things as close as can be translated is often used.

"With God all things are possible."

It could be that God could have everyone and everything in the universe fit inside a grain of sand if God so chose.

Answer 9

I think that Heaven, for now at least, is a spiritual reality and can be compared in size to a physical thing only as an allegory for the purpose of illustration. With that caveat, yes it is.

Answer 10

Are you bigger than a black hole? Maybe, maybe not. Maybe one atom in your body is a universe of galaxies. Maybe our galaxy is a marble that aliens play with in some other dimension.

Heaven has no size. It is infinitely big and small at the same time. It is whatever you want it to be once you are there, but everything you could ever want or desire if you don't ever get there.