Is heaven or hell a place or simply a state of being??
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They are dimensional places. Heaven is in the eternal realm where God dwells. Hell is referred to as "outer darkness" which is a dimensional space where God's light and love are not.\n\nJesus warned to cut out of your life ANYTHING that would keep you from Heaven.
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Heaven and Hell do exist, here on terra firma itself.\nThe concept of Heaven and Hell are tied with joys and sorrows.\n\nYou pay for your crimes in this very life. Your good deeds negate the bad things. Since even the worst criminal has performed more good deeds than bad, life is good even for him/her/it, and happy 80% of the time, even for the poorest beggar, it's the 20% that we pay for our errors that hurts us, and are a painful memory to prevent us from repeating the same mistakes/sins again. (The 20% figure could be exaggerated and on the higher side)\n\nWhatever happens happens for good. Boy am I preaching or what?\n\nI am an Indian, and for a true Hindu, Heaven is not the ultimate, it is just one of the places, that one gets to visit depending upon his deed. The ultimate aim would be to be one with God, to be absorbed as a part of him - what we call as 'moksha'\nPeople gotta have better understanding of Hindu religion and knowledge to comprehend this they of philosophy. Even many Hindus don't understand the concept.\n\nBored you long enough, have I?\n\nst
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My belief?  To be honest, I'm uncertain.  I would like to think that there is a God and there is a Heaven, but I can't say that I believe 100% that there is.\n\nMy feeling is that I will live the best life I can, serving others, and generally being a good person.  If there is a God and a Heaven, then I hope that the way I lived my life will be the deciding factor in where I spend my afterlife, rather than whether or not I believed 100%.
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in my religion death is  just the beginning of your REAL life. because while you were living you were being tested on which of your good actions outweigh the bad . that determines whether you go to hell or heaven . heaven or hell is the real deal . i worship the religion of ISLAM!
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In almost every religion, both antiquated and modern, there is a conceptualization of some sort of 'heaven' 'nirvana' and hell.  \n\nI don't think any one person or religion can claim it.  However, what is interesting is the human need for this sort of metaphysical understanding.\n\nIf we create a hell, why?  What purpose does it serve? How does it help us organize our spirituality and our morals?\n\nDo we need a hell to scare us into morality?  If we need to be scared into a sense of morality... is it really morality?
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One of the many things that Christians become very vague about is when they describe heaven.\n\nThe Christian concept of heaven sounds more like hell than anything else. Who wants to sit around all day singing the praises of anyone, including "God?"
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What is so great about heaven? Think about it...streets paved with gold. angels. mansions. Jesus. no darkness. no violence. no crying... that sounds beautiful!\n\nNow, what if you went to heaven and were enjoying the peacefulness, and someone tried to steal your coat! Heaven would not be a beautiful place. It would be just like it is on earth! \nSo think about your question again...Is there a heaven for a thug. Not if he's still a thug. But God can change a thug so that he is living right and even helping people; then he can go to heaven!
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Yes---I am good\n\nI dont THINK that I will go to Heaven---I KNOW that I will go to Heaven\n\nHeaven is a state where you are under the protection of God. Heaven is when you get easy success and have a happy disposition. Heaven is when you experience abundance. Heaven is when you feel a guiding hand in all you do. heaven is when you enjoy good health\n\nHell is a state where you are not protected by God and are suffering for your sins. Hell is when you face failure and frustration. Hell is when you frustrated and have to pass sleepless nights. Hell is when you have an inner sense of loneliness. Hell is when you do not feel the presence of any guiding hand. Hell is when you are not sussessful in enjoying even good human relationships. Hell is when whatever you do meets with failure or struggle. hell is when you are sick. Hell is when you are poor or very rich.\n\nWhen you do not sin, you are sure to go to heaven. I always keep God as my eyewitness in all my actions. I have moral character and never tell lies nor cheat people. I try to help people and I am quick to forgive everyone. I have strong Brakes and do not skid due to temptations. I do not give undue importance to materialistic progress---money is important as it buys comforts but cannot give you happiness.\n\nMoreover I always feel the presence of God and a lovely sense of peace and joy. \n\nWhile I am alive---to me Heaven is a state of well being and tranquility and the presence of my best friend (God) to help me take the best steps for overcoming life's problems.\n\nAnd when I die, I know that I will merge into my God---is that not Heaven?
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"HELL" is a latin word that means \n"land of the dead", so it is up to your beliefs, i believe there is a hell, but it is not a firery pit, i believe it is a huge grave yard for the forsaken, and that the only the good will be left in the light with each other and the bad will be in the darkness to walk alone by their lonely selves.
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Eternal life is a synonym for heaven, which means a state of union with God.  Yes, I believe there is eternal death as well, known as hell or an eternal separation from God.
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God is anywhere and everywhere. The same God that resides within me also resides within you. Heaven and Hell are both right here, you experience one or the other depending upon how  you live your life.
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Heaven and Hell are supposed to be in the Spiritual realm unseen by the human eyes.  I am Atheist so its up to you what you believe and dont believe.\n\nThere was this one guy who by a an active Volcano who said he heard screams coming from the crevice with lava flowing under him. He had recorded it, Ill try to find the website. I believe its rubbush but meh.
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Heaven is beyond the galaxy, but not in the physical sense that you could travel to the edges of the universe and reach it, it's more like...an alternate dimension or something I guess. I think that's the idea. Then again different religions have different ideas of religion, I'm sure some could be situated in areas where life is perfect, and therefore consider their current situation heaven. Who know.
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How about running your question through spell check?\nAs to the part I understand.\nWhy don't you read your bible about what Heaven and Hell really are?
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Hell is not a place, but a state of Godless existence without truth, reason, logic, or continuity.\n\nThis is where humanity exists without enlightenment. In a godless, truthless, amoral, irrational existence without meaning, people become depressed, manic, anxious, afraid, angry, irritated, and in pain both spiritual, physical, and emotional.\n\nHell is a place where there is no reason, no truth, no morality, no law, no compassion, no justice.\n\nHell is what we are born into, and Heaven is what we can create if we can overcome ignorance and fear and selfishness and subjectivism.\n\nI do not see an almighty and forgiving God creating a place such as a burning lake of fire for all eternity. What would happen? Would we feel pain and irritation of the physical senses? It would seem incredibly unfeeling of God to do such a thing to his loved Creation.\n\nHell is a place humanity chooses to go, by rejecting morality, truth, compassion, selflessness, and logic. It is a state of despair and ignorance and insanity where the only return is enlightenment, but such a thing cannot be achieved unless the correct path is chosen.\n\nYou choose your destiny because of free will. God allows you to choose Him, or to go against him. Since we have all sinned, we have all gone against Him. You had better believe we are already in Hell if this is true, because our only way to heaven is through admission of guilt and asking forgiveness. We must seek to bring God back to this world ourselves.\n\nIf God wished to conquer this world and turn it into heaven on his own, he could. He has not done so.\n\nHe wants us to create heaven here, and ask him to return. He wants us to choose correctly.\n\nThere is no hell but what we create for ourselves.
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Heaven isn't a place. It's a state of mind. It's what you imagine it to be and I guess you could speak whatever language you want.
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Heaven is interdimensional, so it can be right next to you, but your physical body will not allow you access until after you shed it. There is a Hell too, and it is called the "outer darkness", how "out" that is, is another question.