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10 reasons popular versions of Christian heaven would actually be hell (Valerie Tarico)
Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies ^ | 1/31/15 | Valerie Tarico

Posted on 02/01/2015 12:43:34 PM PST by Faith Presses On

Maybe descriptions of Hell are so horrific to keep people from thinking about how hellish popular versions of the Christian Heaven would be—even without Pat Robertson in the mix.

Most Westerners are at least vaguely familiar with the popular Christian version of Heaven: pearly gates, streets of gold, winged angels and the Righteous, with their bodies made perfect and immortal, singing the praises of God forever. What’s surprising is how few people have actually thought about what a nightmare this kind of existence would be.

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To: VerySadAmerican

And yet it is said that God is not a deceiver. Would forced, selective amnesia be a form of deception?


41 posted on 02/01/2015 1:26:27 PM PST by sparklite2
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To: Faith Presses On

I am guessing that a god able to create this world, which is pretty amazing, would be more than capable of creating a pretty terrific heaven. Just a guess.


42 posted on 02/01/2015 1:27:35 PM PST by D Rider
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To: Faith Presses On

“In heaven no drooping nor pining,
No wishing for elsewhere to be;
God’s light is forever there shining,
How beautiful heaven must be.

Pure waters of life there are flowing,
And all who will drink may be free;
Rare jewels of splendor are glowing,
How beautiful heaven must be.

The angels so sweetly are singing,
Up there by the beautiful sea;
Sweet chords from their gold harps are ringing,
How beautiful heaven must be.”


43 posted on 02/01/2015 1:28:40 PM PST by Junk Silver
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To: Faith Presses On

Those are all things I wonder about.

But, hope God knows better than me.


44 posted on 02/01/2015 1:32:25 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Faith Presses On
"Heaven for climate, Hell for society." —Mark Twain
45 posted on 02/01/2015 1:36:28 PM PST by philoginist
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To: HapaxLegamenon

“Ignorance of religion is the greatest evil.”

Not sure it is the, “greatest,” but all ignorance is evil, and knowing religion is one sure way of avoiding that folley.


46 posted on 02/01/2015 1:36:28 PM PST by philoginist
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To: Junk Silver

Think for a minutes of all the amazing people you will get to meet and converse with in Heaven. THAT will be amazing in itself. ... And the whole place lit with the glory of The Lord, well, that is just beyond wonderful.


47 posted on 02/01/2015 1:39:36 PM PST by MHGinTN (Is it really all relative, Mister Einstein?)
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To: sparklite2

Kept ignorant of it?
Hardly.

Luke 16:19

The Rich Man and Lazarus

19“There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. 20And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, 21who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. 22The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side.f The rich man also died and was buried, 23and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. 24And he called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.’ 25But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. 26And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.’ 27And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father’s house— 28for I have five brothersg—so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.’ 29But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’ 30And he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ 31He said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.’”


48 posted on 02/01/2015 1:39:57 PM PST by ImaGraftedBranch (...By reading this, you've collapsed my wave function. Thanks.)
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To: MHGinTN

“Think for a minutes of all the amazing people you will get to meet and converse with in Heaven.”

What’s even better is that Valerie Tarico won’t be one of them!


49 posted on 02/01/2015 1:42:57 PM PST by Junk Silver
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To: Junk Silver

You won’t even be able to remember there was such a despicable person!


50 posted on 02/01/2015 1:44:08 PM PST by MHGinTN (Is it really all relative, Mister Einstein?)
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To: Faith Presses On
Sure. We are bathed in the love of our Creator. The one who loved us, and rescued us, though we were enemies, from a deserved eternity in Hell. We can be with Him because His Son gave us His Righteousness. We are in the presence of the Thrice Holy God - who IS Love.

To someone whose definition of heaven is feeding their lusts - sure, this must be hell to them. It is Heaven to the rest of us.

51 posted on 02/01/2015 1:45:43 PM PST by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: jocon307
I'd trade my worldly possessions to have my Uncle's pancakes, one more time. And, the opportunity to listen to his stories all morning along with them. :-)

I have his recipe. I do OK, but mine are not as good as his. I am, however, teaching WBill Jr how to make pancakes according the recipe - his are pretty good, already. About the time my son is teaching his grandkids, they'll likely be about right.

52 posted on 02/01/2015 1:51:53 PM PST by wbill
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To: Faith Presses On

If you think Earth is a great place and you believe God created Earth then Heaven must be better not worse.

After the wonder of 75 or so years on Earth I doubt that God is going to want you to float around up in outer space (Heaven) playing a harp all day everyday or skipping down the streets of gold.

Heaven will be existing in the presence of God in his fullness and I expect Heaven is likely a parallel universe about 3 ft from where you are sitting right now. Its probably as real as Earth and just a lot better. You will know and be known by all that have gone before and you will rejoice in the presence of God. You probably will have a celestial body that does not die. You only die once. You probably will have a job to do of some kind.

Who knows? We will know when we get there. I’m just trying to make sure I get there. :-)


53 posted on 02/01/2015 1:52:04 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: sparklite2

Perhaps the fact that they were loved by you would be enough for their salvation...


54 posted on 02/01/2015 1:53:09 PM PST by longfellowsmuse (last of the living nomads)
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To: MNDude

Most Libtards would rather pontificate on eating poop and having sex with spiders. Just the way they roll!


55 posted on 02/01/2015 2:11:06 PM PST by lostboy61 (Lock and Load and stand your ground!.)
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To: elcid1970

See my post 19 upthread

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/3253000/posts?page=19#19


56 posted on 02/01/2015 2:13:25 PM PST by freedumb2003 (AGW: Settled Science? If so, there would only be one model and it would agree with measurements)
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To: longfellowsmuse

That’s a nice thought.


57 posted on 02/01/2015 2:15:11 PM PST by sparklite2
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To: freedumb2003

Glad I am not the only one who thought of that episode. It sounded an awful lot like heaven in Islam.


58 posted on 02/01/2015 2:15:27 PM PST by LukeL
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Everybody wants to go to heaven,
but nobody wants to die.


59 posted on 02/01/2015 2:16:43 PM PST by sparklite2
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To: Faith Presses On

Don’t know much about Heaven, but I’ve been to Hell once or twice.
It’s a lousy place to visit.
I most certainly wouldn’t want to live there.
I’ll take Heaven, and whatever that entails, thank you very much!


60 posted on 02/01/2015 2:17:32 PM PST by moonhawk (What if they gave a crisis and nobody came?)
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