Believing in heaven would be an epic bummer

[Dahhveed]

So, just so that I'm sure Torog, image reaper and to a certain extent, anun...my Buddhist, Islamic, Indian and Jewish friends aren't welcome in the "Christian" version of the afterlife... (unless as Anun says they accept Jesus)...

Considering those faiths outnumber Christians 5 to 1, your heaven seems a little threadbare.

You do understand that Islam, Judaism and Christianity all believe in the same God. Their differences come in the form of their "prophets" which are literally personified by human males (or in the case of Judaism, has yet to be personified). So basically, God's absoluteness is interpreted by man and therefore only those that believe what your man says will gain acceptance into (the perceived all loving) God's heaven?

May I suggest a certain level of tolerance, humility and acceptance that while you may not be wrong for yourself, you may not be right about others.

If nothing else, I hope this forum allows for your mind to be open.

David

[palerider7777]

I would much rather go to Hell then ever go to Heaven.

u just might get ur wish

[palerider7777]

exactly what i'm talking about, that racist, murderer, rapist, child molester finds and accepts jesus he's welcomed.

well 1 of the greatest things god ever gave us was a thing called forgiveness.

ps although i don't care for the priest's either, and the 1 thing i hate the most is a child moleste,r as i think they all should be hung up by there nutz till they almost die, then take them down nurse them back to health then do it all over again. over and over till they die but thats me.either that or just hand them over to michael jackson.:thumbsup:

[slipknotpsycho]

my only wish, is that if afterlife is real (which includes heaven/hell) i GET to walk the earth for eternity...

that is honestly what i'd want... to become a ghost and get to watch earth.... watch people, watch evolution, until the end....


but it brings a question to mind.... i mean, i really don't think spirits are tied to earth (as in when earth did die, it wouldn't mean spirits did as well) so... what would spirits do if a meteor just shattered earth? float around in space forever?

[beachguy in thongs]

Maybe, all the time you spend "not believing", or, committing sins, is spent in purgatory. At least, Heaven could still be the end result. How much havoc could one commit in seventy-plus years, when havoc has been created throughout history?

[anun]

theirs a test that tells you what level of the christian hell you'll be going to when you die, if your a sinner. i'm not comp. literate so the site is [dante's inferno test] google. i'll be tortured in the city of dis.

[silkyblue]

I have doubts we go anywhere after our body dies!

Why would God whatever he or she maybe formed as
why would you be smarter after you die?


heaven is here
Things from heaven are dropped right smack dab in front of us for the takin
then the government takes it all away and puts a price on it, jmho

why cant they find an end to the ocean floor, in some parts?

Why cant they find an end to the galaxy?

Do we just recycle ourself?

What blows my mind is the Sun and moon! imagine the stories they could tell! What keeps them going?

:jointsmile:

[Fallen_Icarus]

I dont know what christians are gonna be doing in their 'land of milk and honey' for eternity.

I mean can you imagine existing for 100,000.000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,00 0,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,00 0,000,000,000,000 years?

In mathematical terms, you havent even begun eternity.

Do we just recycle ourself?

I think Quantum physics can go to some extent to make sense of how karmic reincarnation could work.

Religion has done nothing but suppress the secret powers of consciousness for centuries.

[pass_the_dubbie]

It's a cool thing to think about since nobody can truly say what happens...I'd hate to think you just shut down...finito. I thought I was dead this morning...cause I had such a vivid dream, I was shot then woke up staring at this plain blue wall. I'd be drinking a bit and was staying at my friends...i'd never seen the room I slept in sober so I freaked out a bit. :hippy:

Ah...I hate thinking about "the afterlife"...it makes me too curious(if not a little excited) to see what happens. Give me a cool montage of my life and ill be happy.

Personally I dont want to start life again as somebody else...I like who I am...

[Fallen_Icarus]

The things that I would 'love to happen and be true' are the things that sadly make little sense, I would enjoy heaven for the first 100,000 years yet after what would be the point in going on?

100,000 years of experience is a lot of experience

If reality, experience and love is a meal... Then im full.

Remember.. 100,000 years compared to an eternity is like comparing an atomic nucleus to the size of every outer universe in existence and whatever these universes reside in.

Its impossible to comprehend.


And imagine how much other life is out there, we as humans have been on this planet for a very short amount of time compared to the existence of earth itself.

I think we've been here for something like 0.5% - 1% of the time since the earth was formed. (Dont quote me on this figure).