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Author Topic:   What is God’s Heaven or plan at the end? Would you like it?
Grizz
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Message 14 of 242 (415664)
08-11-2007 12:32 PM


Christians tend to have a very abstract view of heaven, something along the lines of 'experiencing the presence of God'. There is also a strange dichotomy that exists between body and flesh - on the one hand the body will exist(at least for a while), but many of the bodily pleasure such as sex, food, drink. ect will not. What people will be doing to keep them occupied for eternity is not explicitly stated. Maybe there are game nights planned, hay rides, karaoke ? Who knows.
Other religions such as Islam have a much more steamy view of eternal bliss, and the afterlife revolves around pleasures of the flesh. Wild sex appears to be on the menu, and is obviously one of the activities that are planned to keep people occupied and content. What the men do when they are not banging their 100 virgins is not really spelled out either, nor is it mentioned what the women get to do, or if they too will have access to a stable of men.
Not only do Muslims get to experience the presence of God, but they get to engage in all sorts of illicit pleasures. So in answer to your question, if this is what heaven is, then yes I would like it !
Seriously though, if our consciousness somehow did continue to survive after the death of our body, I see no reason why our existence would not be filled with many of the same mundane and boring aspects of our present existence.
Edited by Grizz, : No reason given.

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