tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post112505367928613199..comments2023-10-24T05:49:04.269-04:00Comments on The Chaliceblog: The Afterlife.Chalicechickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781469958573869914noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1125203503239536762005-08-28T00:31:00.000-04:002005-08-28T00:31:00.000-04:00Thank you for the link -- it's been a long time si...Thank you for the link -- it's been a long time since i read <I>Letters from the Earth</I><BR/>--KimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1125089715785374352005-08-26T16:55:00.000-04:002005-08-26T16:55:00.000-04:00If you haven't read it before, you'll enjoy Satan'...If you haven't read it before, you'll enjoy <A HREF="http://www.classicreader.com/read.php/sid.1/bookid.1930/sec.3/" REL="nofollow">Satan's take</A> on the popular human apprehension of Heaven, as reported by Mark Twain in <I>Letters from the Earth</I>.faustohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08858053354116695746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1125075668174368262005-08-26T13:01:00.000-04:002005-08-26T13:01:00.000-04:00I don't think the personality survives death by mu...I don't think the personality survives death by much. Long enough to "get perspective" on your life, then you dissolve into the Oneness. <BR/>any heaven we can imagine must be boring: if it doesn't have anything we on Earth consider stressfull, and not being stressed is boring, then it has to be boring. What would happen if you put some challenges back into heaven? It would still be boring if there was no possibility of failure at those challenges, wouldn't it? but can you fail in heaven?<BR/>So, we either need to change our definition of heaven or get rid of our earthly personalities to have a heaven. Or, heaven is just a vacation spot, then you come back here again for some challenges. <BR/>Or, heaven is like it's pictured in <I>Stranger in a Strange Land</I>, where you are focused on interfering in earthly lives. (not likely!)<BR/>So, logically there can be no "heaven" if it's a perfect place. We need imperfection to live. Interestingly, the latest(?) version of the Big Bang theory says, though not in so many words, that Imperfection is the creator of the Universe -- if there hadn't been a perturbation (an imperfection) in the original ball of energy, we would still be just energy with no matter. so, to regain perfection, we would need to go back to pure energy.<BR/>--KimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com