Heaven?

[pasithea]

You know. Just thinking about the whole religion thing some more and it occurred to me... All these people who are trying to get into heaven... What are they going to do when they get there? I've never heard a single religious person mention their post-heaven-arrival plans. You're going to be happy for all eternity? How, exactly? Eating from the tree of knowledge is a sin, so you probably won't get to catch up on your reading. Likewise, adultery, sloth, gluttony, etc... So.. How exactly are you going to be 'happy'?

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[prickvixen.livejournal.com]

To go from what I've heard, Heaven is sitting around in your muumuu eating Mallomars for eternity, and Hell is being on fire. That's about the intellectual level I've been exposed to. But I don't think most people, religious or otherwise, truly grasp the concept of ascension, because such a process basically annihilates the self, and if they could cease to consider the primacy of their consciousness, it's possible they would also lack desires and longing and wouldn't need religion anyway. We are our needs and desires and aspirations and fears, and if you're in utter, constant bliss at the proximity of God, you have none of this; you are essentially destroyed as an individual.

[prickvixen.livejournal.com]

But now that I think about it, if we were totally selfless beings-- if we had no sense of self whatsoever --we wouldn't seek God. We would want for nothing, because we would not be anyone. So the question is, if your self is annihilated by God's overwhelming presence, how would you even know you enjoyed God's proximity? Wouldn't you be indifferent, like a polyp growing on a rock, or someone riding out the world's biggest shot of heroin?

[dv-girl.livejournal.com]

Top o tha mornin' to ya!