Heaven a CONCEPT?

Question

(Please read throughly!)

Lets look at the concept of Heaven...

-In Heaven, you get to live forever.
-In Heaven, you never get diseases or sickness.
-You can meet and still see your loved family and friends.
-Your fond pets (dogs and cats) will be there.
-No war, suffering, hatred, racism, starvation, etc.

So lets say that when you die, the concept of Heaven is the BEST possible thing to happen to you, because you want everything in the concept of Heaven to happen. If you believe in Heaven, you take life for granted, correct? I believe humanity created the concept of Heaven for their benefit. Here's an example:

It's World War II, and your brother is forced to go to war. You love him so much, and you worry about him all the time. One day, you recieve a letter that he died shortly after a bombing. Would the concept of Heaven help ease the suffering of you? You can think to yourself everyday that he'll be in Heaven, waiting for you to return to him.

You can think to yourself "There's nothing to worry about! I'll see him again one day!". Without the concept of Heaven or any afterlife, you'd know you'd never ever get to see him again. You'd cry often knowing he's not there anymore. You know that wishing for something doesn't make it true.

That's why I believe Heaven is a manmade idea, because it has everything you'd possibly want to happen when you die. Opinions?

(Please, I don't want ANY answers RELATING TO GOD.)

Jiraiya™: Agreed!

Need more answers..I don't want this to go to waste. :(

pinkstealth: My god, I bet you didn't even READ the question.

Idiots can't even read the question. This question is about the concept of heaven easing people's sufferings. If it would make you feel better, and if so, if mankind created that concept to help the suffering of the future generations (false hope).

sortega: Thank you for your great answer. : )

Answer 1

It's all about the fear of the unknown. Of course people don't want to believe they cease to exist after death. They want to be with loved ones. They want to feel as though they have a "purpose." That they are "special".
They also want to think bad people get some sort of punishment. We don't like to think of the person who killed a child as going to this "Heaven." People want punishment for these deeds, in this life and the next.
Fairytales and wishful thinking.

Answer 2

YOU ARE MISSING MY POINT: by creating the concept of heaven, the possibility of there being one becomes a viable option. Contrary to religious fervory, the collective unconciousness, or what Shamans call "non-ordinary space" is essentially neutrual and adheres to our will for our will is it's own. Jesus said "As a man thinketh, so is he."- remember?

And there is no need to call us idiots.

Is there a difference between something being real and imaginery? Not...so much. Everything is a concept, my dear. What the Sufis called the 'imaginal', Carl Jung termed a contagion, and Sheldrake wrote about miasms...where everything in our collective conciousness can be contagious to another individual, but no less real than what we would experience on our own.

So is heaven man-made idea? You be the judge. But then what is mean to be man-made?...the world cringes to hear the absolute: WE DO NOT KNOW WHO WE ARE. Boddisatvas and other mystics alike claim that no one exists all. In the words of Raman Maharyshi...there are no other people...it just appears that way. The Boddiharma, when asked who he was, answered: I do not know.

Answer 3

1 Corinthians 13:12

For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face.

When the world thinks of Heaven it thinks of beautiful scenery, or
various perks, or something vaguely called "happiness." To be sure, Heaven
will be the most beautiful place imaginable and it will indeed involve
a New Earth, not simply vaporous spooks floating in the Vast Nowhere.
But that's not what captures the biblical imagination. Rather, the
supreme joy of Heaven is that we shall see God Himself "face to face." That
is the essence of beatitude. Jesus, in the Beatitudes is, so to speak,
training our eyes to see the face of God in the poor, the mourning, the
meek, the persecuted, and all the others whom He names "blessed." If
you want to see God's face, that is where you must look.

Answer 4

How I see it is you have two choices

1) you can be hopeless and believe in no heaven... thus to take no comfort in your loss

OR

2) You could have hope in something bigger and better and take comfort in this.

I really don't understand why one would choose to have no hope.....what do we have to lose for having hope? " if " there happens to be nothing in the end anyways what have you lost?

Answer 5

I agree. This is a concept that helps one of mans most harshest realities, WE ARE MORTAL. And of course man creates something like this for what he is/or is afraid to understand.

Answer 6

The concept of heaven is just that. A panacea.

Answer 7

ok Heaven doesn't exist. There is only either eternal life or death. once the time comes, you will be judged and will either die (lights out the end) or have a new better life on a new better earth in a new better body

Answer 8

i don't think i can pass your screening process for acceptable answers. i can't mention g*d in my answer and this has everything to do with the concept of heavan .to live in eternal enlightenment with him,and as well to have all those who had passed before you with you in bliss and eternal peace. so idon't know what else to say.

Answer 9

I'm sorry, I'm confused. First you bring up Heaven, then you tell me not to include God in my answer. Without God there is no Heaven. But that is your goal, isn't it? Subtract God so Heaven seems like a man-made 'concept'. If you don't want me to bring up God, then don't bring up any of His creations.

Answer 10

How can you approach this this subject WITHOUT talking about God...That is ridiculous !

HE has the answers.

He is the reason for us being alive.

Without GOD, there is no Heaven.

Why would there be?

GOD is LIFE, He is EVERYTHING.

WHO do YOU think created HEAVEN?

HOW DO YOU GET TO HEAVEN????????

not thru evolution...
re-think this my friend !!!

Jesus Christ is the Bridge to God.

He is your ticket.

You can NOT leave out God in the equation.


I READ the question/////////
ARE you the devils's advocate, because I don't know what you are asking anymore.