Which would it be for you, heaven with Lucifer or hell with Jesus?  Which is more important to you, eternal life in pleasure or punishment with Jesus?\n\nChristian only if the outcome is heaven?
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No, this is not a stupid question ... I wrestled with it for years.\n\nGod is love ... God gave Jesus ... Jesus is God ... Jesus forgives ...  God is the Holy Spirit ... Together they work for PURE LOVE.  Heaven is love ... Love is God ...\n\nLucifer is the absence of God ... Lucifer is the absence of love ... Lucifer is the absence of forgivness ... Lucifer is in hell ... hell simply is away from God.\n\nI would choose love and forgivness above all else!!!
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A good question! \n\nI expect you'll get a lot of the "free will" answers, but what about in Heaven, after death? Will we still have free will there, or will be be "robots"? If we have free will in Heaven, does that mean that we can sin while we're in Heaven? If we don't have free will in Heaven, does that mean that we will then be "robots" for eternity? And if we can be "robots" there, then, why not here, now?
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StarGate SG 1 hit the nail on the head, and I think it would be a good idea to pray the prayer that zqx357 has written if you want free from your sins. This is just my take on it, but, wouldn't you rather die believing in something that does not exist than to die not believing and finding out there really is heaven and hell?
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Look at these two Scriptures:\nRev. 1:18 \n    I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. \nLuke 23:43 \n    And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise. \n\nHow did Jesus get the keys of hell and death?  What happened to him during the three days between His death and resurrection?\nI believe He went to Hell and took the keys of death and hell away from the devil.  Then He went to paradise and preached to all there, giving them them the opportunity to accept Him as Lord and Savior.  Those that accepted (Probably all of them) were then escorted to heave to be with God for eternity.  When this was done, He was then resurrected, as fulfillment of Scripture.\nHell in those two Scriptures is haides (greek)
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As with every hypothetical situation I will answer with what I would hope my response would be (whether I would or not can't be answered without actually experiencing the situation). Having said that, my answer would unequivocally be yes - I will eventually have eternity to spend in Heaven with God and all His glory, so I would welcome the opportunity to return to earth on a mission to save others. Christ was willing to do it - how could I be any less willing?
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If I understand you correctly, you want to know why Satan would choose to blow his citizenship in heaven?\n\nI think pride blinded him.  He didn't know about hell.  Hell wasn't a reality until the first betrayal so far as I know.
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The old paradigm of Christianity (hell = inflicted punishment) might allow this question, but I know that mine (hell = self-inflicted decision to abandon God) sees it as non-sensical.\n\nFrom what it seems to me, heaven and hell are not physical locations to which you are given access or damned to. \n\nHeaven is being in (and enjoying) the presence of God (just as you would enjoy being with your spouse, only moreso). \n\nHell, on the other hand, is not being in God's presence.\n\nRejection of God implies a lot about how someone deals with their relationships. When you experience deep intimate relationships, and you perceive that God offers the same thing (but even deeper), he becomes more desirable to you, and you want to be with him, and you love others more. \n\nWhen you fear others, or you're more interested in self-gratification or taking care of yourself, you tend to put distance in your relationships and treat other people and God more as objects. Eventually you have no real relationships with others; you are the only "person" in your little world of objects; and this is the painful, agonizing alienation of hell.\n\nHeaven and hell are, really, states of "being" and not physical locations.\n\nSo the question is sort of non-sensical to me, as much as is the old standby of, "Can God make a stone He couldn't lift?":\n\n* Hell (alienation from God and others) exists as long as we have been given the gift to choose God or reject him... and he is fair and just enough to honor our decision. \n\n* There are always negative ramifications for choosing to protect and/or gratify oneself ahead of others (including God). That's simply how people work -- even according to secular psychology.
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I am sure that God created the universe in only 6 "days". The question is, how long were these days? One day at that point in time could actually have spanned millions of our years. This would explain dinosaurs and evolution and a few other questions. I don't think Lucifer was banned to Hell until after Humans were made and I think he was a human who died and went to Heaven and then was bannished to Hell. He could of even walked with some of your ancestors. (Creepy, huh!)
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"Hell isn’t a place. This life is hell." \n\nSkeptics who say this are trying to dismiss the reality of hell. They might like to think that life as we know it couldn’t get any worse, but the sufferings in this life will be heaven compared to the suffering in the next life—for those who die in their sins. This life is the closest thing to hell that Christians will ever know, and the closest thing to heaven that sinners will ever know.
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Eternal life is a synonym for heaven, which means a state of union with God.  Yes, I believe there is eternal death as well, known as hell or an eternal separation from God.
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I believe in re carnation . The soul comes back in new body and a brand new life .If the previous life was spent with good deeds, next life is accordingly blessed else vice-verse.  Heaven is when the life is spent happily and hell is when it is wasted and is meaningless, both are a part of present life .
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Jesus ascendend into heaven 40 days after his resurection.\n\nNot tomb to roll over in.
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If you were standing in front of a door, one leading to heaven and one leading to hell, neither of which are labeled, and guarding that door is a guard, one who always lies and one who always tells the truth, but you don't know who's who, what question would you ask to definitively know which one is the door to heaven versus hell.\nanswer: "what would the other guard say that you would say is the door to heaven (hell)?" then you know the opposite door is the door to heaven (hell)
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You don't deserve to go to heaven. Since we all sinned, we deserve to go to hell, but by God's AMAZING GRACE and LOVE for us, He sent His only Son to die for our sins and offered us everlasting life because He loved us so much He wanted us to spend eternity with Him. Email me if you have questions or are a fellow believer in Christ at questinchrist@yahoo.com. God bless
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Great question.\n\nI personally believe in heaven and hell.\n\nI think heaven is a state of complete awareness of God, with a heart at peace and a full realization that we are all small parts of something really important.  \n\nI think hell is a reality we'll inherit, if we soundly reject God and his offer to have life and have it more abundantly.  Hell to me, is existing without God...not fire, etc.\n\nI also believe that the only good in this world (charity, thoughfulness, peace, understanding, etc.) is possible because people accept God's influence in us.  Since we're naturally selfish, doesn't this make sense?\n\nWhat do you think?  Reasonalble, no?\n\nBest to you.
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Heaven exist. In truth, its our "real home" and we're just foreigners here on Earth. Hell also exist, and all of Satan's forces do their best for us to be their "prisoners" in Hell by deceiving us to commit sin. But if we persist and endure our sufferings here on Earth, and if we believe in our only Saviour Jesus Christ, we will have eternal life in Heaven. Otherwise, we will perish forever in Hell. That is the only truth. Everything here on Earth, mostly what is seen, are all temporary. Our soul only belongs in Heaven so please don't let yourself be deceived with temptations. I'll pray for your "enlightment" and salvation everyday. God bless.
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Definitely, Hell is very real. Why do you think there is hate and sin in the world now. Satan is trying to gain as many followers as he can before Jesus comes again. Satan (AKA Lucifer) was "booted" out of heaven when God realized that Lucifer (his favorite angel at that time) wanted to be God because Lucifer was jealous of God.