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serious crayons:

--- Quote ---I will be sitting on a cloud in a white smock for all eternity, strumming a harp.
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This sounds more like hell, to me!  :laugh:


I picked "other." My suspicion is that when you're dead, you're dead. But I don't know that for sure, obviously. If there is some kind of continued existence post death, I think it is far beyond our ability to imagine. But I highly doubt it comes in the form of heaven and/or hell -- that is, places where the good are rewarded with a blissful existence and the bad are punished with a torturous one. IMO, that's wishful (i.e., human) thinking.

David In Indy:
Hey Kerry! I saw your poll a couple of days ago, but I held off answering because I had to think about it carefully. Also, I tried to find a picture on the Internet of what I imagine Heaven to look like but I couldn't find anything.

God knows our hearts even better than we do, so I think Heaven will be different for each of us. God will create a Heaven for each of us that is perfect and it will have everything that makes us completely happy. And even though it will look different to each of us, we will all be there together enjoying each others' company.

Also, I don't think Heaven is located up in the sky, or on some distant planet on the other side of the universe. I think it is right here. I believe our world consists of many different dimentions and many different planes of thought and consciousness. I believe, when we die, we simply exist on a different plane. We can see things, touch things, hear things and interact with things we couldn't see or detect during our mortal lives inside our bodies.

Years ago there was this store in town called "World of Wisdom" and they sold these greeting cards with beautiful pictures on the front. Very new age looking. They had pictures of crystal castles and crystal fountains, glowing illuminated streets with purple-blue skies. That is kind of how I picture Heaven, at least for me. I wish I could find some pictures of those greeting cards but so far I haven't been able to locate any of them. Did you ever see the movie "Contact" with Jodie Foster? If so, do you remember the scene where she meets her deceased father on a tropical beach? The sky was purple - almost dark - with beautiful twinkling stars and an occassional comet shooting across the sky. The beach was glowing in a purple-blue light and so was the ocean. I always thought I would be very pleased if Heaven looked something like that. :)

And yes, I believe we will spend eternity not only with each other, but in the company of the Holy Trinity and the angels. :)

Eternalsoul:
I'm glad to meet people with similar beliefs to mind that doesn't belong to organized religion but your own perception. I used to be Catholic but I am agnostic now I guess. I'd like to think there's something more.

Anyways, I think heaven is a state of mind like a dream almost and here is why. I don't believe most cases of NDE (Near Death Experiences) but a documented case of Pam Reynolds has her doctors confused. Youtube "The Day I Died" and also watch "Through the Worm Hole Near Death". Pam Reynolds was clinically dead, eyes covered, blood drained, skull cut open, and brain worked on. She was able to recall conversations and also explain in detail what the tool they used on her head looked like when she never saw it. Scientists try to debunk this case and have theories and explanations but truth is, the doctors were there and the scientists weren't lol. In Through The Worm Hole, scientists try to explain that perhaps consciousness does survive death and that there is tiny "information" in the brain of our micro tubules that are smallest that disperse when we die which is why she might've been able to see. If this is true, then this information/mind/consicousness is basically our "soul" or "spirit" if you will. Our minds are so powerful we can create our own realities, perceptions, see what we see, dream, imagine, etc. That is why I say heaven is a state of mind and why heaven might be perceived as how we want it. That might explain why everyone has similar NDE (Near Death Experience) but DIFFERENT altogether.

I think in heaven it'll be peaceful, time won't exist so we can't get bored, and we can do probably whatever we want. To atheists, maybe you can go unconscious and sleep if you don't want to exist but I think you might change your mind if you see how great this place is.  We don't really have earthly needs. I can observe the past, I can explore the universe, see what's out there. I can be a creature if I want to but I want my memories. More importantly I can be with my loved ones forever. Christian "heaven" is not my liking because worshiping God for eternity, having chores, not remembering earth memories or loved ones sounds depressing to me. As well as reincarnating with not remembering.

I really don't like the idea of reincarnation and it confuses me. I don't see why you want to go back to earth if you could be happy and do whatever you want in heaven. If you want a "struggle" then you yourself can have one. I don't know why someone would want to forget themselves or loved ones. I don't like the idea of having 1000 different partners in the past life, parents, or children. I don't think it'd be "special" with that many.
I'm sad at the thought I don't know what my heaven would be like if my partner or parents decide to reincarnate and forget who I am... Doesn't that scare anyone else...thought of not remembering and losing your identity of what makes you special???

I just wanna be with loved ones forever and be happy. Not return to this crap place. If reincarnation to a cool alien like Avatar is possible i'd take it with only one exception..my memories and my identity...as well for my family and friends

Eternalsoul:
I don't think "Nothing" after death is scary either. As long as I live a long fufilling life.

P.S. What happens to the babies that die young? Do they stay babies in heaven?

delalluvia:
I'm not a Christian so I don't believe in a 'heaven'.  I believe in an underworld and an afterlife.

I believe that if you're a great person and did great things your afterlife will be very vibrant and pleasant, very much like a living world.  The average person will have an average afterlife, less vibrant - after all, you're dead - less alive, but still nice enough.  Those who've done evil will be punished according to their crimes.  No punishment is forever though.

I don't know about the details, whether my pets will be there or loved ones, my path tells me that we're encouraged to forget because it won't matter anymore.

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