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What is Heaven?
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PolyHedral
Superabacus Mystic
Heaven is the land of Do-as-You-Please. It is pretty much impossible to achieve with finite resources, though.
Kilgore Trout
Misanthropic Humanist
A psychological tool and coping mechanism. Upon honest and detailed analysis, any descriptions I've heard fall far short of living up to the name.
Heaven is the place where God is. It can be found within.
sandandfoam
Veteran Member
Heaven is a windswept beach on a stormy morning. It is a high mountain climbed on a hardy day. It is the throb of a Harley and the smile of a child. The kiss of a love and the twinkle in an eye.
Heaven is a moment when things feel right. It is a state of mind and the longing of a dreamer.
Heaven is now if I could just find the key.
Heaven is a moment when things feel right. It is a state of mind and the longing of a dreamer.
Heaven is now if I could just find the key.
If heaven is basically propaganda, what explains the ubiquity of the concept -- for the concept is found in all known cultures and societies. Such widespread dispersion is highly unlikely to have been caused by cultural diffusion from an original source. It would be more likely that the concept of heaven is somehow genetically coded within us, and is inherent to humanity.
Wannabe Yogi
Well-Known Member
For my dogs heaven is two good long walks per day off leash. Lots of meat and being around there pack as much as possible.
Just_me_Mike
Well-Known Member
Heaven is the end of human experience on Earth, when God's plan is complete for his people on Earth.
Heaven is the end of our story, the last page turned when our experience becomes complete and time comes to an end. Heaven is when life is composed of only perfection, and no questions remain.
Midnight Pete
Well-Known Member
If hell is eternal separation from God, heaven is eternal union with God.
MW0082
Jesus 4 Profit.... =)~
I find it more so to be our own desires of what we want in an after-life. We fear death, we fear the unknown. Nothing more unknown then what happens after death. So we feel the need to believe in these higher powers, who after this life will give us the ultimate life.
We construct heaven out of fear, the fear is what we all share.
EverChanging
Well-Known Member
A state of mind. Heaven is here, now, within, and so is Hell. Perhaps they are even the same reality, perceived in different ways, two sides of the same coin.
Yeah, I've wondered about that ever since noticing that to someone who wants to hate, love itself is objectionable.
That's certainly plausible, although I think my own hunch that the concept of heaven is innate is even more plausible -- for there is in your theory no reason why every culture everywhere would invent the very same escape mechanism (i.e. the concept of heaven).
Like most words, it can have several meanings.
In eastern religions, it often describes a temporary state of bliss, achievable by good people, yet not particularly desirable because it is fleeting and impermanent.
In western religions,it often describes either a materialistic permanent paradise, or some sort of union with divine without a good description of what kind of union it is.
In secular usage, it describes a very good state of being. Basically, when physical needs are met, and something of value is experienced, and the user has adequate brain serotonin usage to enjoy it.
In eastern religions, it often describes a temporary state of bliss, achievable by good people, yet not particularly desirable because it is fleeting and impermanent.
In western religions,it often describes either a materialistic permanent paradise, or some sort of union with divine without a good description of what kind of union it is.
In secular usage, it describes a very good state of being. Basically, when physical needs are met, and something of value is experienced, and the user has adequate brain serotonin usage to enjoy it.
It's not very ubiquitous. Different cultures approach the concept in very different ways. Though I'd tend to agree that religion, in some ways, is inherent in humanity to a certain extent because it's often useful for survival.
