What would be your favorite heaven?
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 5:10 pm
I love people...but am terrified by their capacity for irrationality. The world I seemingly have only recently woken up in is beyond fascinating. It truly is a wonderful life. It is a shame that it must come to an end all too soon. I understand fully the desire to believe in a life beyond this one. It is, however, lost on me why one would hope for anything other than the existence we currently enjoy.
It has been explained to me that the LDS church teaches that even non-Mormons who live good lives will find themselves in the lowest level of heaven (the telestial) which is essentially the same as here only God doesn't speak to us any longer. Well he never had much to say to me...and frankly...this sounds like a rather fine eternity. I hope they are right. The irony is that those who accept the restored gospel go to the celestial level (the upper tier of heaven) which is a more traditional heaven where all your questions are answered, you are in communion with God himself, and can become a god yourself at some point if you wish.
In light of the minute possibility that this is actually true, I wouldn't become a Mormon for all the tea in china! No sir ree bob...I'm aimin' for the good ol' telestial. I cannot imagine a greater heaven. Then of course there are the Baptist...and they think god is...well..that god is an asshole. Whatever the case though, I think it is best we not believe in an afterlife. It would seem that we are less easily manipulated without living immersed in mythology of that which is beyond the knowledge of any living person. Our desire to live on is just too easily used against us. It is an emotional weakness that can be exploited by the wicked to subvert our intellect and drive us into unjust action.
It has been explained to me that the LDS church teaches that even non-Mormons who live good lives will find themselves in the lowest level of heaven (the telestial) which is essentially the same as here only God doesn't speak to us any longer. Well he never had much to say to me...and frankly...this sounds like a rather fine eternity. I hope they are right. The irony is that those who accept the restored gospel go to the celestial level (the upper tier of heaven) which is a more traditional heaven where all your questions are answered, you are in communion with God himself, and can become a god yourself at some point if you wish.
In light of the minute possibility that this is actually true, I wouldn't become a Mormon for all the tea in china! No sir ree bob...I'm aimin' for the good ol' telestial. I cannot imagine a greater heaven. Then of course there are the Baptist...and they think god is...well..that god is an asshole. Whatever the case though, I think it is best we not believe in an afterlife. It would seem that we are less easily manipulated without living immersed in mythology of that which is beyond the knowledge of any living person. Our desire to live on is just too easily used against us. It is an emotional weakness that can be exploited by the wicked to subvert our intellect and drive us into unjust action.