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Why do you want to go to heaven?

Discussion in 'Religion & Spirituality Forum' started by hasbeen99, Aug 8, 2007.

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  1. Aug 8, 2007 at 1:08 PM #1
    hasbeen99

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    I'm not looking for a generic/textbook answer, I'm just curious to know people's personal reasons for wanting to spend forever in heaven -- your motivations and expectations.
     
  2. Aug 8, 2007 at 2:20 PM #2
    HollyB

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    I don't really think there's a heaven place, so I don't know how to answer.
     
  3. Aug 8, 2007 at 11:19 PM #3
    sds70

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    The weather is a little bit better vs. the other place :) . . . .
     
  4. Aug 8, 2007 at 11:37 PM #4
    Big Mark

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    i believe in heaven and hell, but i try not to put too much thought into it. I'm sure heaven is more wonderful than anything i can comprehend and hell is more anguish than anything.

    however, I think being a Christian to gain entrance in heaven or to avoid hell is missing the point. We should love and obey God because He loves us - to honor what he has already given us. Heaven shouldn't be a "bribe" from God, nor should hell be a "threat".

    That's just my own 2 cents... I guess i shouldn't question anyone's motive to be a "good christian", but I try and find other motivation for myself.
     
  5. Aug 9, 2007 at 7:06 AM #5
    articulatekitten

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    Most of you know that I'm pagan, so my goal is not to go to heaven. My goal is to continually learn & grow in character in this life & whatever is beyond it--to grow wiser, more loving, more patient, more compassionate, stronger, & so on. I believe that's the whole point of life--become all you can become, to paraphrase the army ads.
     
  6. Aug 9, 2007 at 11:07 AM #6
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    Without getting deep into my personal beliefs etc.............the first thing I thought when I read your thread title was "to see my grandma again and to feel her hugging me".
     
  7. Aug 9, 2007 at 3:08 PM #7
    Black&Blue

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    I've always been more of a warm weather guy.
     
  8. Aug 9, 2007 at 10:11 PM #8
    sds70

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    Ohhhhhhhhhhhh, I want to meet the born-again strippers also (see previous post in this forum :) :) !!!!!!)
     
  9. Aug 9, 2007 at 11:01 PM #9
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    i'll see my mom, and eventually, my dad, again.
     
  10. Aug 11, 2007 at 4:22 AM #10
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    I don't know that I actually believe in `heaven' as such - I believe that every soul exists beyond life as we know it, though the level of love and growth experienced will be based on how one was in this life.

    I'm excited about spirit life - in that I will be reunited with the people that have gone on before me. That, and I suppose in dying, I have completed my business here and done what I needed to do :hurray:.
     
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