do you believe in a heaven/hell?
925407
Heaven and hell exist... the whole story!\n\n\nEvery Atman soul manifests a body ... On its journey towards Emancipation! If it were a plant it would do all within its means to become an animal (in next Life) ... the next higher of the species but would it swoop low (owing to bad Karma), it could regain the body of an insect or even an Amoebae in its next manifested Life. Who knows when ... the sword may fall! We pray and do Punya Karma (pious deeds not only in the physical frame but mentally also) ... We elevate ourselves to the higher planes of cosmic consciousness ... we inherit Paap Karma ... We are doomed to go to Hell ...\n\nYou are born a Human Being. You live a Life of content. One day hell breaks loose ... You fail to control your emotions and cause hurt to your fellow beings ... Earn Paap Karma. Ultimately hurtled into the dungeons of Hell in your next birth ... You are born a crawling insect to be trampled by one and all. What apathy .. nothing within your control you shall again have to take the cast of a Human body before you can atone for your sins and ask god for his Forgiveness!!\n\nEvery ‘Atman’ manifests initially on a Life supporting planet and then goes on Spiritually elevating itself to higher and higher planes. You go to ‘Swarg’ owing to your Punya Karma and ‘Narak’ owing to your Paap Karma. God never differentiates ... For him all are equal.\n\n\nBefore an Atman is allotted another body, it has merely to wait ... Where? Where else other than Swarga or Naraka depending upon the balance sheet of your previous Life! There is no waiting in Hell! So many species of insects plants and animals!\n\nWaiting for a proper birth is essential ... For the family in which you have to take birth may not yet exist. The complex theory of genes and chromosomes is to be understood well. The balance sheet of you and your would be parents must match ... Then only you inherit the womb of that Mother. Your Mother may be a she animal or a woman ... Is solely dependent on the balance Karma of your previous Life.\n\n‘Swarg’ is no where else but it is a X-dimension where only Atmans operate. We do not see an Atman or God but still we feel their presence ... Where? The travel of Atman is not limited by time or space. They travel on frequencies above the speed of light i.e. above 1,86,000 miles per sec. All thought waves without exception travel on frequencies above the speed of light. Traveling on different waves lengths in the X-dimension (i.e. speeds above 1,86,000 miles per sec) can one Atman meet another.\n\n\nEvery Human Being who has learnt to control his senses, can elevate his mental status to levels that he can seek blessings of one and all whom we consider as dead and liberated i.e. God realized! All purified Atmans are practically known as Human Gods like Mahavira, Jesus, Buddha and Mohammed of the earlier Ages and Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Ramanna Mahirshi of the recent ages reside in the X-dimension known to us as ‘Baikunth (abode of God). These purified Atmans are ever ready to bless us if we sincerely and with full devotion (i.e. through mantras) invoke their presence and blessings. Proper use of Mantras is essential for their invocation.\n\nIn ‘Hell’ which is nowhere else but exists on this planet itself can be found those poor Souls whose misdeeds landed them in Hell. You slowly through the evolutionary process elevated yourself to the level of a Human Being. Your works as a Human Being did not conform to the standards laid down by the scriptures! You failed yourself at all levels of Morality and Ethics. On the Earthly plane, the society may not spurn your advances, neither you may be ridiculed and pitied upon for you are the lord of great wealth and riches and none wants to face your wrath! More on god here- http://www.godrealized.org/swarga_naraka_and_dharti.html
1105750
I don't think you have to believe in God to believe in some kind of afterlife, there are many relgions in the world each one with it's own beliefs and viewpoints.  I personally believe in a soul, but that does not automatically mean I believe in Heaven.  I do believe something wonderful will happen when I die, I am just not sure what that is yet, and I hope it is along time before I find out.  Maybe he was there, because evryone was thinking about him.  It's hard to say.
117835
Some believe in heaven or hell, some it's reincarnation, some stick around on earth for various reasons.  My opinion is when you die you are gone.
1095690
Yes I believe in God, there's definitely a god he is Jesus. And if your wondering how I know, its because I can feel him, I know he's there I can see the affects he has on every one around me. Just like the wind you cant see it, but you can see the affects of the wind, the same thing with electricity we don't see it every day but we enjoy the affects of it.\n\nEven if you live your life the right way, it still doesn't determine whether we go to heaven or to hell, in the bible it says: "No one can come to the father, except through me." And that right there tells you that you cant earn your way to heaven, all you have to do is believe that God sent his son Jesus to die on the cross for our sins, if you believe that then you have a guarantee that your safe from hell.
259275
I really do believe it is just a state of mind. If there is a hell, I can't imagine that there are really red devils with horns and pointy little sticks. If there is a heaven, I don't think it is some "golden city" in the sky...I have a feeling (note it is just my instinct, no biblical or other religious portrayal) that when we die, we are connected to a new form of life that will possibly be more vivid and advanced than our present form. I believe it will be our "higher self" and we will have more capabilities than we can possibly imagine here on Earth. But, who really knows....
241017
I don't know a lot about Bible, especially the Catholic one, but I agree believe it feels better to believe that heaven exists than not to believe. It doesn't have to be true, the important thing is that it makes you feel better. You believe God exists (or some people believe), you believe love exists, friendship, compassion, hate, anger, all these things are here only psychologically, you don't see them, you can't prove their existence, still you probably believe in them. It's nice to believe in good things.
186414
Heaven, hell or purgatory.
782098
Most people think that living on earth is a form of hell.  It depends on the individual who believes in heaven or hell because they must exist in order to create a balance in the universe.
498493
How do I know there is a heaven? You believe in God. But not sure why?\n\nhmmmmmmmmmmmmm...............\n\nLike several million people sara. You will lose out hun. "Believing in God, in not a requirement to salvation.\n\n"Believing Jesus Christ is the Son of God", is. Now, how much do you believe that?  Just merely believe it could be real?\n\n Or believe it enough to LIVE it. A Christian is not a name or Title. It's a "way" of living.\n\nBelieving.....has got several million people misled.  That too bad.\n\n\nGod Bless You.\n\nGood Luck.
7876
To not believe in Heaven and Hell is to be truly ignorrant.\n\nEspecially when they are placed right in front of you, here on Earth. How blind can you be? Ofcourse there is a Heaven and a Hell. People just choose to ignore it so they can continue living their sinful ways. They can deny it and argue it all they want, for in the end, they will have to face it eventually.
339539
What makes you think you are going to hell?  In fact, I don't think you do believe that; my guess is you don't believe there is a heaven or hell, or a God, either.  You may or may not be right, but using these ironic questions just confuses most Christians; they try to answer something with a built-in paradox.  That's not playing fair, linguistically.
837403
I don't believe in heaven, I'm an atheist.\n\nBut if there is a heaven I am definitely going.  I'm a great guy and do nice things, I let spiders out instead of crushing them and hold doors open for old people.  I'm nice, and I don't believe God requires a particular religion or belief to get in.  It's all about your actions, not what you profess to believe.\n\nBut I'll probably accept Jesus into my heart right before I die, just to be sure.
528370
Heaven and Hell do exist, here on terra firma itself.\nThe concept of Heaven and Hell are tied with joys and sorrows.\n\nYou pay for your crimes in this very life. Your good deeds negate the bad things. Since even the worst criminal has performed more good deeds than bad, life is good even for him/her/it, and happy 80% of the time, even for the poorest beggar, it's the 20% that we pay for our errors that hurts us, and are a painful memory to prevent us from repeating the same mistakes/sins again. (The 20% figure could be exaggerated and on the higher side)\n\nWhatever happens happens for good. Boy am I preaching or what?\n\nI am an Indian, and for a true Hindu, Heaven is not the ultimate, it is just one of the places, that one gets to visit depending upon his deed. The ultimate aim would be to be one with God, to be absorbed as a part of him - what we call as 'moksha'\nPeople gotta have better understanding of Hindu religion and knowledge to comprehend this they of philosophy. Even many Hindus don't understand the concept.\n\nBored you long enough, have I?\n\nst
892617
I believe in Heaven and in hell.  I believe that every person has the opportunity to get to either of those places.
973194
I do!  Do you believe in God?
61836
You can go to heaven if you die.  Yes I believe in ghosts.
1118230
Heron,\n\nThere are many of us Christians who believe that there are different levels of Heaven and Hell. Certainly God sees gradations. I get a little fed up with those who have the "one straight Heaven and one straight Hell" attitude.  God sees the different opportunities, circumstances, etc. that people have. He knows exactly where each individual fits.