If you believe in Heaven, do you wonder if you'll get bored doing the same old thing, millenia after millenia?

Question

I know it is hard for us in our human minds to fathom what life must be like in Heaven. We have a few scant descriptions from prophets and leaders who supposedly knew. Jesus said, "In my Father's house are many mansions." And I just wonder, "Well what if hanging out in some big austere mansion gets boring after a few thousand years, huh? What then?" I almost seem to empathize with Lucifer who upped and decided to try to challenge "The MAN" and started a rumble on his own. It's called boredom. Leads to ambition --sometimes when you're going stir crazy.

Then there are the Mormons who supposedly believe we all become Gods after death, if we've been good Mormons on Earth, and then we get to rule our own planet. If that's true, there must be a gazillion planets out there with life on it. Who wants to rule forever over a big ball of boiling gas or frozen cosmic crud for eternity?

Then there's Muslims and their 77 virgins thing. Wo! What a deal for the virgins! Your ideas?

Answer 1

yeah man i know what you are saying.. when i was in jr. high i wondered the same exact thing.. wouldn't it get boring being in heaven forever always being happy?
but then in 9th grade i started going to this awesome youth group (i'm Roman Catholic btw); and i just fell in love with God.. i used to say i loved Him.. but now i love Him, the Holy Spirit, Jesus, Mary all the Saints.. EVERYONE.. when i'm in Eucharistic Adoration i just never want to leave.. especially when i rest in the Spirit.. that stuff Paul writes about in 1 Corinthians about the gifts of the spirit isn't bull.. it's all real.. i never want to leave Adoration.. so now i know that i would never be able to leave God.. i want to be with Him forever!

seriously man Catholicism is the way to go.. no joke.. people give us a bad rep... but when you experience it for yourself.. wow words cannot describe.. if you have any questions feel free to ask

i have fallen in love wit hGod so much i am discerning the Priesthood and i'm only a junior in High School..

Answer 2

The teaching received by JWs is the same the world over. All talks from the platform must conform to Society teaching. All public talks must be given from a Society outline (that is so exhaustive it leaves little room for anything else). Even answers given by JWs to questions from the platform must agree with what the Society has printed. No deviation from Society teaching is tolerated. The control exercised from headquarters is so strict that anyone holding to a differing belief on any point would either have to shut up and put up, or leave the organization. This uniformity, which JWs boast about publicly, is not biblical, as even a cursory reading of the New Testament shows. Paul said there were many 'disputable matters' that should not be argued over. The Watchtower Society tolerates no dispute about anything. Christian denominations agree solidly on the foundational, important doctrines of the faith, but they respect others distinctives. Cultural differences are also absorbed in healthy Christian circles. But if any JW disagrees about anything, he dare not voice it publicly, so the real answer to your Q is, 'Yes, but only publicly.'

Answer 3

You haven't correctly described Mormon beliefs. Like many other Christian denominations (specifically the Orthodox and Eastern Catholic branches of Christianity), Mormons do believe in "theosis," the idea that man can progress to become more like God. Historically, this concept was had among the earliest Christians.

Mormons believe in the Bible, which teaches: "To him that overcometh will I [Christ] grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne." So we believe that we can become like God through the power of Christ, but not that we will ever be greater than God. We will always worship God the Father and Christ the Son. To use traditional Christian terminology (and not terminology that only Mormons understand), it would probably be more accurate to say that Mormons believe they can become angels in the next life (although that phrasing doesn't exactly capture Mormon belief either, and is explicitly inaccurate if one uses the Mormon definition of "angel"). It is not true that Mormons believe men and women can progress to become equal to God. We will always worship God.

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Answer 4

the best description i've heard of the afterlife is this:


Instead of thinking of it is "paradise" think of it as contentment. In life we are constantly ruled by our desires. Our desire for food, for love, for sex, for companionship, for enjoyment, for entertainment, for happiness... etc. Heaven is the release from these desires. Heaven is when you reach the point where simple existence is enough to give you contentment.

That being said, I'm an agnostic and I don't necessarily agree with anything I just said... But if I had to choose an afterlife, that one seems pretty nice to me... You can't get bored if you are pure contentment...

Answer 5

When we get to Heaven we will see Jesus. Won't that be enough? I doubt we will be bored at all when we see Him for the first time. Besides, what we do down here will greatly determine our outlook up there. Who would want to disappoint the Lord Jesus Christ?

Answer 6

No,because when we receive our glorified bodies,we'll also have the mind of Christ.
The answer is a resounding no.
there are angels who cry Holy,Holy Holy. With every Holy they see a different facet of God they've never seen before. WOW !

Answer 7

just like you said, heaven cannot be fathomed.
therefore, the "boredom" is also made up. who knows, maybe we just wont get bored?

Answer 8

relax...

Do you think that the God of all things can't relieve your bordem?

you will no longer be like you are now in heaven...so your not
gonna have the same earthly problems you had...

Answer 9

Don't worry,
You won't have that problem.
Seeing that heaven doesn't exsist.

Answer 10

no...even heaven is only temp.....it only lasts until God creates the new heaven and new earth....but i will keep the virgins in mind (LOL)