Shouldn't there be another option but only heaven/paradise and hell?
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Go ask the Mormons they will hook you up with a great false teaching about degrees of heaven. You can't be a little sinful. Like you can't be a pregnant. You are  in sin or you aren't  No unclean thing can enter the Kingdom of God.. One little patch of filth makes you dirty..  Jim
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why isn't life an option?
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long time ago in a far away land someone decided that people were living freely, doing just what they wanted, when they wanted and the government had to find a way to put\nthese people in place, so they thought of a story....lets make two places people can go when they die - the place for the good ones (who follow all the rules al the time) and the place for the bad ones (who don't follow the rules), then we threaten them with the bad place and they'll start following the rules, cause they wouldn't want to go there...you see, heaven and hell does not really exist. Come on our loving God put his own children in burning flame for eternity? Does that sound like the God you want to serve? Sounds a bit freeky to me. Truth is God loves everybody, every single one of us and there is only one destination for all of us, which is heaven, but if we were to know that - we'll stop following the "rules". Do you honestly think any one of us "deserve" to go to heaven? Nope...but ALL of us will be there one day and ALL of us will be happy! That's the real truth if you were wondering ; )\nTake care!
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There are only 2 ways to live.
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Something is really wrong with the heaven and hell teaching.\nAccording to Psalm 115:16, has God provided earth, or heaven for mankind?\nAccording to Psalm 37:29, where are we suppose to spend our eternity?\nReasoning:\nGod said Adam would lose the gift of life if he ate of the forbidden fruit.\nHe ate, he died.\nIF he never ate of it, if he never touched it ....where would he be today?\nOur future is on a cleansed earth.\nThat is what God's original purpose is .....and nothing will change his mind.
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Everyone has a choice, God does not "make" Muslims, etc. He may know someone will make choices that turns them into a Muslim, but God values our choices. Look, if God wanted to just let everyone into heaven that loved him, and cast away the rest into hell, he can do so WITHOUT putting us on earth first. But why would he let us be on earth when he knows we wont serve him anyway? Well imagine if you were created straight in hell... You could easily argue, "God I never had a choice to follow you!", but since you were on earth you DID have choices, and so you get to understand why you go to heaven or hell. Remember though, no one goes to hell if they doesn't deserve to be there according to God's judgement. So why didn't God create just Christians? Well, firstly that would be a form of force since we'd all be destined to go to heaven. Secondly, God might use the life of a non-believer to somehow affect another person into believing. If no one was criticising the Bible, for instance, you probably wouln't have historians and archeologists who back up the Biblical claims with as much evidence as possible. If you didn't have those scholars defending the Bible from skeptics, you might not have as many people who believe in the Bible. At the last, remember that God's knowledge and foresight exceeds are own, and what we may not think is "woth it" he does. Plus think about it, do you think us mere humans are worth the sufferings Jesus undertook? I don't want anyone suffering for me, but it just goes to show how sometimes God might do something we think is wrong, but to him it is extreme mercy and love.
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Where else but on earth! Incidentally, for your information, there's no marriage in heaven. Sorry.
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In almost every religion, both antiquated and modern, there is a conceptualization of some sort of 'heaven' 'nirvana' and hell.  \n\nI don't think any one person or religion can claim it.  However, what is interesting is the human need for this sort of metaphysical understanding.\n\nIf we create a hell, why?  What purpose does it serve? How does it help us organize our spirituality and our morals?\n\nDo we need a hell to scare us into morality?  If we need to be scared into a sense of morality... is it really morality?
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I believe heaven is different for each of us.  We each get the heaven that is perfect for us.  since we are all different..we would each have our own heaven that we would deem perfect.  Your's might be non stop sports where you're the star player and your team never loses.  Mine would be beautiful fields full of tall grass and flowers and the place would be loaded with large happy dogs.
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It is unbalance and the people going to or in hell would agree with you.  I guess those in heaven would see it as being fair.
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yes there is.. as there is death after life.... life and death should be viewed as passing from one state to another....\n\nlike before you were born were you dead?? and if you came down frm heaven as an innocent child, did u die in heaven and take birth here??
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The world doesn't change when you put sugar on it.\n\nI agree that it isn't fair that a nice person and an A-hole's deeds on earth aren't given some final reward or punishment for their time on earth.\n \nHowever, this has no bearing on whether heaven and hell really exist.  This is a physical reality issue, and physical reality is not dictated by what would be nice or fair.  I am an athiest and believe strongly in the natural construction of the universe, not one designed and controlled consciously from above. \n\nI would rather live in a world knowing there is no god or afterlife than believing in a god that loves me and made the world as a testing ground for my loyalty (which isn't real but makes people feel better about themselves and gives them purpose).\n     This reward in the 'real world' is accepting that life isn't fair and that nature throws tremendous curveballs to us that are explained with much more complicated logic than the binary religious system (on/off, good/bad/ right/wrong, black/white).
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NO-Heaven is absolute perfection (paradise).  Why would someone who has gone to heaven be able to look back on this wicked world (imperfection)?  It would take away from what heaven is if we could.  Moreover, why would anyone from hell be able to look at earth (a place created to show God's glory)?\n\nI don't have Bible proof for you, but I am in a Sunday school class (Heaven - Will it be Boring?) and what I have learned in that class makes it so the answer just seems to be correct to me.\n\nI am sorry, but I don't believe he sees you.  I will ask my pastor though.
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I'm going to oblivion, because heaven and hell are already here. I guess if I were going to a beautiful meadow or a lovely beach that could be heaven. Hell would be going to a never-ending staff meeting.
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I get your point (I think).\nWhat you mean is, why must the whole thing be so complicated (life).\nWhy can't we just die and stay that way? Why must we go through all this heaven and hell drama, right?\n\nFrankly speaking, I don't know. But I believe if you want things that way, you will get it. Just live life a good person and always live life with compassion and love, and live life to be a better person every step of the way.\nAt least, when you die, you will know you don't regret anything, or having anyone's blood/sin/sorrow on your hands.\n\n\nJenova\n(d.yuffie@gmail.com)
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God has His reasons, and that is sufficient for me.Whether we go to heaven, or to hell is largely dependent on how we act in this life. If we go to hell, it is our own doing, no one elses.
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Because religion has something to do with the after life, heaven and hell and things of that sort!!! So you better be right about your believes or else there might be some serious eternal problems ,lol\nThere can't be different right faiths!! Only in this matter it is either right or wrong!!\nAnd if you are right others must be wrong!!!!!!!!!!!  or else it is you who will be wrong!!!and no one wants to be wrong .... cuz this will determine their final destination!! \nWe can't jeopardize  this matter!!\nWhat if your God is not the true God who owns the judgment day?!!! Who will judge you?? Some one you didn't believe in I guess!!!!! Here is where the problems come from ,lol\nbut this is only regarding the afterlife, but in our present life we must all co-exist in peace and respect the freedom of belief, believe me it is optional, if God wanted us all to follow one religion i bet he would have done it!!