Does anyone know which star or planet was once believed to be heaven?

Question

I went to NASA when I was a kid and they had a picture of a star or planet that some astrologers believed to be heaven in space.... Anyone????

Ok, this is not a religious question! So please stop quoting the bible or other crap! If it was a religious question it would be under religion!

Answer 1

Is it possible you saw a picture of HD 44179? It's a nebula the Hubble took some incredible photos of in 1999. We've known about it since the '70s, but are only recently understanding what it really is. It's most often referred to as The Red Rectangle, but the new photos reveal it's more of an X shape.

Answer 2

None.

The ancients had no understanding of planets. They were called wandering stars. And stars were thought to be small things- not other suns.

The concept of nature was little understood by the ancients of biblical times. The Earth was thought to be circular but not spherical. They did not know how the Sun went from the west after sunset back to the east to rise again the next day. To them the ground was resting upon firmaments and the sky also. The sky was referred to as a tent or canopy. They had no idea what it was made of. They used phrases such as 'waters below, waters above' because the sky appeared like water to them. God or Yahweh sat in a throne which rested on this canopy.

Answer 3

That would be .... NONE. Girl, you REALLY need to read your Catechism:

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07170a.htm

I quote:

"Theologians, therefore, generally hold that the heaven of the blessed is a special place with definite limits. Naturally, this place is held to exist, not within the earth, but, in accordance with the expressions of Scripture, without and beyond its limits. All further details regarding its locality are quite uncertain. The Church has decided nothing on this subject."

And if the Church has decided NOTHING on this subject, who are you to question that non-judgment?

:-)

Answer 4

I have never heard anybody try to claim the a certain real planet or star was heaven. Just like I have not heard of anybody trying to claim that a certain place under ground on Earth was hell.