If you were God, would there be a Heaven and a Hell?
955143
Nope, everything would be awesome if I was a goddess who was all powerful. There would be no death, people would just evolve into a higher lifeform, like a butterfly once they reached a state of enlightenment and chose to transform. No sickness, or cruelty would be allowed, only peaceful harmoniuos life with eachother and our animal friends, and we would be able to communicate with the animals too. I would be respected, but not feared. The weather would run on a schedule that would provide for my creation, but harm them. And when someone needed to talk to me, I would either listen to them myself, or send one of the transformed and enlightened people to them for me, if I was busy for some reason. No one would be ignored. My people would know that they are loved. I would not have to send a child of mine to die because the people broke some stupid rules and needed to be saved from my wrath. I would not be a vengeful or insecure god that insisted on being worshiped. Men and women would be treated as true equals. And people could have sex as much as they wanted to without fear of disease or unwanted pregnancy. Then if they wanted a child, they would just request one from me, and I would make them the exact child they were dreaming of, with his eyes, her hair color boy or girl, whatever they wanted. Yes, my people would be spoiled rotten by me. It should be obvious by now that this is not the first time I've thought about how things should be and would be if I was in charge, and all powerful. Yep, I've got it all figured out, except how to make it happen.LOL
317958
I would still try to do good.  It is not really about heaven or hell.  It is about loving God and people.  If that sends me to hell, then I am there!!!!
1101881
Maybe.\n\nIf there is a heaven or hell.  which way are you going?\nYou KNOW this, or just wish it?\n\nNo I have not had visions. Jesus & Devil. You can't believe in one and not the other.\n\nHave a good week.
688130
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?
63591
actually Heaven always existed, that's where God lived, and he has always existed.  Hell was created when Lucifer (The Devil) was not content with his position (it went God - Jesus - Lucifer).  Lucifer wanted more, God said no, Lucifer got mad, God created Hell and said "You wan't to rule?  Rule that" or something to that effect ('that' being Hell, a pit of fire and damnation).
186414
Heaven, hell or purgatory.
1080392
Hell is not a place, but a state of Godless existence without truth, reason, logic, or continuity.\n\nThis is where humanity exists without enlightenment. In a godless, truthless, amoral, irrational existence without meaning, people become depressed, manic, anxious, afraid, angry, irritated, and in pain both spiritual, physical, and emotional.\n\nHell is a place where there is no reason, no truth, no morality, no law, no compassion, no justice.\n\nHell is what we are born into, and Heaven is what we can create if we can overcome ignorance and fear and selfishness and subjectivism.\n\nI do not see an almighty and forgiving God creating a place such as a burning lake of fire for all eternity. What would happen? Would we feel pain and irritation of the physical senses? It would seem incredibly unfeeling of God to do such a thing to his loved Creation.\n\nHell is a place humanity chooses to go, by rejecting morality, truth, compassion, selflessness, and logic. It is a state of despair and ignorance and insanity where the only return is enlightenment, but such a thing cannot be achieved unless the correct path is chosen.\n\nYou choose your destiny because of free will. God allows you to choose Him, or to go against him. Since we have all sinned, we have all gone against Him. You had better believe we are already in Hell if this is true, because our only way to heaven is through admission of guilt and asking forgiveness. We must seek to bring God back to this world ourselves.\n\nIf God wished to conquer this world and turn it into heaven on his own, he could. He has not done so.\n\nHe wants us to create heaven here, and ask him to return. He wants us to choose correctly.\n\nThere is no hell but what we create for ourselves.
881500
...And would heaven be redundant without hell?  Same meat, different gravy.  But while it's obvious that there are different levels of good, bad, the ugly and unadulterated evil (often found in the vestry), there is apparently only one heaven and one hell - nothing inbetween.  So what happens to the atheist who goes through life devoting every spare minute to charity, but insults god by not accepting his existence?  Or the loving christian, but who has been nicking money from the church fund all his life?  Christians make one particular claim which gets right up my true grit.  'Our god is good and is responsible for everything wonderful in the world - if anything bad happens it's nothing to do with our god.'  So I guess, yeah - if it wasn't for evil, their god wouldn't have much to be smug about, would he?
555072
Well, I don't believe in Heaven *or* Hell, so I'd have to say no - but it raises a good point.\nWhat if I'm wrong and when I die I meet God - I'd have to believe and then, because I believed I'd get into Heaven. Because non-believers go to Hell.....\nHmmm, I'm confused.
1041810
If god really exists he would be everywhere simultaneously.
140854
Hell is neither burning flames or absence of love. Hell is the absence of God and the Hope he brings. You can have the absolute most beautiful and serene setting in the known universe, but without God's Hope, all is lost.
1137637
There is only one hell. The bible tells us that God wishes that none of us would perish.
303212
I just thought when I read your question, would a masochist consider Heaven to be his hell.
1009822
There is no such thing as hell except for the hell you create for yourself through your beliefs.  You can make hell for yourself right here on earth, but it does not exist as a physical place.  \n\nChange your beliefs and you will change your experience.
159748
Hell does not exist. Gorilla would go to heaven even if not saved a life.
859929
If there is a heaven I sure hope so.  Beliefs tell us many different things but all you have to believe is what is inside of you.
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