Not everyone has a stringent view of their life, or the afterwards. I know that I may be considered a heathen, but that’s just how I perceive things.
A bucket list is fine, as long as it doesn’t become an obsession that takes over your life. The places on my list are there mostly as “would like to spend more time there” or “if I have a free vacation it acts as a reminder list.”
And the list evolves.
I’ve had too many relatives who spent ALL of their time focused on making it into heaven—to the exclusion of “living their lives.” In the end, they had more money than sense, and they really experienced nothing significant.
I cannot believe that any creator would like their “children” to live that way.
God actually does want us to have some fun here on planet Earth. After all, it is part of His creation.
He just doesn’t want us focused on that too much.
“I cannot believe that any creator would like their “children” to live that way.”
William L. Brown wrote, “The attempt to make God just in the eyes of sinful men will always lead to error.”
“they really experienced nothing significant.”
Maybe they experienced significant things in connection with their relationship to God.
Maybe their God-given vocation was to be a husband and father, to raise good kids, and then to be a grandfather. Maybe they did a very good job of that, and have already heard Our Lord’s voice saying, “Well done, good and faithful servant.”