Friday essay: what might heaven be like? - The Conversation.
Yes, heaven and hell really exist. Both are distinct locations in this universe, but even on this planet it is an observable fact that some people live in a heavenly situation and some people live under hellish circumstances. So it could be said that both heaven and hell are on this planet.
So what if heaven doesn’t exist? It doesn’t mean that you should be a immoral, unethical jerk. It just means that this life is the only one you have, live it. Treating people as you would want them to treat you is a pretty good philosophy to live by (and it was around long before the authors of the Bible stole it).
The concepts of heaven and hell recognised moral gradations between individuals and promised the righting of wrongs in a future life. In other words, while some today think of hell as a morally unsophisticated, pre-modern doctrine that has survived long past its prime, the emergence of hell could be seen as offering, rather than obstructing, ethical nuance.
The paper argues on the basis of the non-existence of God from a philosophical point of view. Theories such as the problem of evil, principle of nature, and the parsimony arguments demonstrate that God does not exist and religion is a just a mere belief created in human minds.
In Christianity, heaven is traditionally the location of the throne of God and the angels of God, and in most forms of Christianity it is the abode of the righteous dead in the afterlife.In some Christian denominations it is understood as a temporary stage before the resurrection of the dead and the saints' return to the New Earth. In the Book of Acts, the resurrected Jesus ascends to heaven.
Heaven is the ultimate aim for all Christians in order for their soul to be reunited with God and united with Christ. In the Gospels, Christ often describes and teaches about Heaven using parables.
I mean I'm kind of reasonable in the way that I do my homework and go to bed at 10 pm, but I'm totally not emotionally reasonable. Let me give you an example: I once loved a person. It doesn't matter who he is. But if I were emotionally reasonable I would have told myself from the very beginning: Forget about him.