Who knows?
NOBODY!!
The supernatural -- including God, heaven, hell, Satan and tooth fairies -- is an invention of the human imagination.
Faith and logic are antithetical. If religious adherents would admit that they believe for PERSONAL, rather than logical, reasons, THEN they would be honest about their "faith". But claiming faith on a logical, rational, basis is dishonest -- faith is a personal position . . . not a logical conclusion or rational choice.
Faith and doubt always go hand in hand. Faith without doubt is BLIND faith. It takes a closed mind to sublimate doubt to the point of blind faith. Normal people leaven their faith with a little common sense. Doubt always nibbles at the edges of faith. After all, without doubt, faith would have no context, no purpose, no meaning, no point. Would it?
Because there is no evidence for anything supernatural (including God), NOBODY can claim ANY knowledge of it. Anybody who does is lying or delusional. It takes suspension of disbelief to believe in the supernatural: one must convince oneself that the impossible is possible. This is the opposite of curiosity. You have one life, one quest . . . and you choose to surrender it to something you can’t know anything about.
When people talk about faith, they're usually talking about the supernatural: God, angels, miracles, etc. There is, of course, lots of doubt involved because the supernatural is entirely outside the human (natural) realm. It's not so much that God, or angels can't exist . . . the real point is that NOBODY has access to the supernatural and thus NOBODY knows ANYTHING about it. Anybody who claims to have faith in something he knows absolutely nothing about is actually confessing to placing his imagination before, and above, his intellect.
Imagination has its place . . . but not where life decisions are involved. Placing imagination above intellect is surrendering your quest for meaning. You are surrendering the meaning of your life to your religion . . . to your version of God.
And that's fine. Just be honest about it. You gave up and made a leap of faith. Your faith is a personal position . . . not a valid logical conclusion.
2007-12-09 23:27:33
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answered by Seeker 6
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ok.. before my answer. see, Great holy books like Bible, Querran, Bhagavath Geetha are written by men. The Men wrote those scriptures are great scholers. Scriptures are indispensable to all religions. They save religions from mutation and from extinction. The faith which has no gospel for its guidance gets lost in a series of transformations. Finally, it disintegrates and loses its individuality. But, a faith that draws sanction and inspiration from a sacred book is able to hold its own. accordinly, the Bible that the Bible is the scripture of the christians is well known even to those beyound the pale of the christendom. i explain you more. A visitor to a palace can see only some portions of it. But, the prince apparent can have free access to all parts of the palace. similarly, we afterall humans having a handful of knowledge and doing things, but we forget that there is mountain level knowledge yet to learn. you say about some matters of gambling, alcohol, abortion etc., we are humans and we act without applying our mind and to see the pros and cons. ok..that is not the matter now. you say about heaven and hell. i explain you. my answer... to your question that heaven is a boaring place. Our elders are very clever. To make proper guidance, they created the hell and heaven. it is nothing. Actually, there is hell or heaven. Those who do good things, and earning a good name from the people dies, what we say ? A good man, why God not allowed him to be alive for some more years etc., and the good man will be always with the people's mind and heart. This is called heaven. Take another angle.. a man always doing atrocities, cruel things, giving trouble to people and if he dies. what will be the reaction of the people...oh God, why you allowed him alive in this world ? this is hell. He will not be in the heart and mind of the people. According to the religion, the heaven is a place of joy, happiness and hell is a place where one will be punished with all kind of tortures. why this is created by the elders? To set right the people to a good path and not to be cruel. if we say ''please don't do'' , no one hear us, but if we say ''don't do it, it is against the will of God and God will punish'', then he will hear. so, it is a kind of threatening nature for good. Don't worry, there is no such heaven and no boaring there.
2016-05-21 23:57:03
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answered by karol 3
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In contrast to the fires of hell, heaven is the only place to desire. When we understand that the glory of this world is passing away, heaven becomes a reality. We realize that we are strangers and pilgrims on this earth. The call for every man and woman is heaven ward. Wherefore holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling consider the apostle and high priest of your profession Christ Jesus. Just as the Lamb of God died on the cross, was resurrected and then ascended to the right hand of the majesty on high, so too our calling is to follow Jesus to heaven. I hope some would find this encouraging.
2007-12-07 00:44:49
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answered by Anonymous
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What makes you think you will spend eternity in heaven?
My personal belief is that once the Great Tribulation is through and Christ returns to earth to start His millennial Kingdom, who will be in heaven? I believe all the people that were in heaven will be back on earth, working (doing what I am not sure of) and praising & living for God. After this time, a new earth & new heavens will be created, my belief is that we will live on earth here also.
Boring? no, busy? yes Praising God? ABSOLUTELY
2007-12-07 01:12:53
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answered by dwn04142003 2
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What would be boring about walking and talking with Jesus? Read your Bible. It says that we will have a new heaven and a new earth. We will grow our own food, worship God, sing, etc. What is boring about that? We will even be able to play with animals there that we definitly can't play with here. How awesome would it be to be able to pet a lion or a bear without the fear of being torn up? I can't wait to go there because I will be able to see family members that I haven't seen in a long, long time and be able to talk to them once again.Wouldn't you want to be able to do that?
2007-12-07 01:43:28
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answered by Karen K 4
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I can't imagine that heaven would be boring.
If God is infinite - infinite in knowledge, in wisdom, in love, etc. - then there is an infinite amount that you could learn about Him. Its hard to imagine because we live in a finite world - there's a lot to see, and it would be hard to see in one lifetime, but its still finite.
2007-12-07 02:07:43
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answered by Anonymous
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Will tell you precisely once I'm back from mah tour of heaven...lolz...(Kiddin)
I dnt think so...aftr spendin an entire life of hardships its goin to be great there!
2007-12-07 00:36:35
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answered by Madhumita H 2
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Imagine it!
You sit on your *** and praise jesus all day.
You are happy, ALL THE TIME.
You smile, ALL THE TIME.
Everybody is wearing the same clothes.
Everybody feels the same way.
Everybody thinks the same thoughts.
Everybody lives the same afterlife.
Christ, it sounds like hell to me. I'd get bored real quick.
2007-12-07 00:30:55
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answered by Anonymous
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U R right.
No criminals, no sinners, no call girls, no lawyers ,then what remains?
They must arrange for a weekly excursion to Hell, for those ( like us ) who get indigestion of pure conduct.
2007-12-08 18:44:46
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answered by Anonymous
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If it does exist then I imagine those that go there won't think that way
2007-12-07 00:32:34
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answered by Medea 2
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