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Post by mrsyoungie on Jul 24, 2010 8:39:55 GMT -5
I have hated the idea of a bodily resurrection for some time now. The Xians promising me a new body in the afterlife sounds like a terrible idea. Our bodies are what get us into trouble. And if they can't feel pain or pleasure - what's the point anyway?
If there is anything after death (and I suspect there isn't) I could at least tolerate it if I were to be transformed into pure energy. No streets paved with gold (which would be pretty, but pointless) no never-ending church services. Just pure energy as part of a larger energy source. Sounds kind of nice actually. No consciousness as such, so no boredom.
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Post by Old Viking on Jul 24, 2010 14:10:39 GMT -5
There's always Ambrose Bierce's definition.
Heaven, n. A place where the wicked cease from troubling you with talk of their personal affairs, and the good listen while you expound your own.
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Post by aboveathletics on Jul 25, 2010 0:24:30 GMT -5
Come to think of it there's also an old Portugese saying that roughly translates to, "Heaven is the only place where the politicians are not sons of bitches." I always liked that saying.
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Post by Neutral Guy on Jul 25, 2010 12:07:02 GMT -5
Some Christian fundies honestly think that they will get paradise after their death and after the final fireworks of the universe. But when they get there, what do they plan to do? In many of the fundy rants they keep yacking about what humanity must do to get to heaven, but they never really touch on what to do in heaven. In Hell you always have something to do, because it is a prison with all guards on vacation. So you always have to contend yourself with a riot there. Oh holy crap! This is the one question that eventually drove me out of religion. I came close to losing my mind with it. It hurt my brain so bad. If only I could have that time back starting at the age of 24. |
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Post by cogitoergobum on Jul 26, 2010 13:42:20 GMT -5
Friendly Atheist has an interesting post on this one. Hemant (guy who runs the blog) apparently has been receiving Xtian magazines in his mail for a while, and apparently one of the recent ones is all about Heaven and Hell. The mag has a Q&A about what happens in Heaven. It's pretty funny, I'd go check it out if you haven't seen it already. friendlyatheist.com/2010/07/12/what-do-we-know-about-heaven/ |
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Post by ironbite on Jul 26, 2010 14:13:47 GMT -5
that told me...nothing.
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Post by kristine on Jul 26, 2010 15:03:50 GMT -5
Ping-pong and bowling...lots of it...don't know wheather that would be heaven or hell though...  |
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Post by cogitoergobum on Jul 26, 2010 15:09:53 GMT -5
Haha, exactly. Most of the answers are "Well, we don't really know, but..." No shit, guys! |
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Post by Ian1732 on Jul 26, 2010 17:26:42 GMT -5
Hey, if you want several things to wear on your head, don't wait to go to heaven, Play your ass some TF2.
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Post by Meshakhad on Jul 26, 2010 20:32:46 GMT -5
I hear in heaven, the TF2 servers never lag.
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Post by Doctor Fishcake on Jul 31, 2010 15:52:06 GMT -5
I also imagined that you'd get your own galactic playgrounds. A place you could go where you could play with reality. For example, creating planets that you could direct the evolution of and make your own little civilisations. In this sense I pictured heaven as the best video game in all of existence. Actually, that would be awesome. |
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Post by priestling on Aug 1, 2010 16:02:09 GMT -5
@ Mira and Dr. Fishcake: So it'd be Spore? a non-sucky Spore? SIGN ME UP!
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Post by Sleepy on Aug 1, 2010 18:46:10 GMT -5
I hear in heaven, the TF2 servers never lag. I thought I read laser tag in your post. I propose laser tag in Heaven. |
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Post by spaniel on Aug 12, 2010 21:33:33 GMT -5
I'm an atheist, but I like the idea of a heaven where you can read every book ever written and never written, get answers to unanswered questions, learn everything about Earth, Heaven, Hell, and beyond. You could interact with every creature ever conceived, real and imaginary, extinct and alive. You could experience all art of every kind, and all the art that could never be. You could fill your mind to the brim and over, and when you had learned everything there was to learn, you could sleep for a period of time and wake up to more, as the universe keeps giving us more and more, and God keeps giving us more and more.
Meanwhile, Hell is about constant guilt. In Hell, you are always seeing the people you hurt, the pain you caused. In Hell, you're always in a dark room, with no need for food or water or sleep. You're just alone with your guilt.
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Post by Mira on Aug 12, 2010 21:49:23 GMT -5
Yeah, Spaniel, that's basically how I saw it when I was Christian.
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