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Heaven: What Will It Be for You?

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What Is Your Personal Heaven?

I have to say that I don't know. Although I am a follower of the words of Jesus, and do believe in some afterlife, i doubt that the full transfer of our personalities, still looking like our bodies at their best, to a Heaven is what it will be. But I don't know.

I do know that we are made of matter, which is made of energy. Matter cannot be destroyed, it only changes form and content. Thus when our bodies die, they become ashes or dust. Our essence is not of matter, but it is made of energy and like wise, cannot be destroyed, only change form.

When I was a kid I thought about my grandparents and other ancestors and tried to decide if they were happy for me, but decided that they

The Great Divorce

C.S. Lewis' Discussion of Heaven

C,S Lewis is famous for his fantasy world of Narnia which borrows heavily from the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. A scholar and professor, he has also written non fiction Christian apologetics about thorny issues such as pain and temptation.

The Great Divorce is actually a fictionalize depiction of how he sees Heaven, or at least what has to happen to get there. We see the story of three people who just died, are a little confused, but are at the gates of Heaven.

The first, a factory foreman is greeted by a former worker, a man who was executed for murder. The foreman cannot accept that the murder is not only in Heaven, but his guide. Without even thinking about what he is doing, he clings to his prejudices as refuses to enter the "Kingdom of God" the very place he had looked forward to his whole life.

Thus we get some insight into what C.S. Lewis thought Heaven was or what we really needed to do to get there. What interested me is that
C. S. Lewis Signature Classics: Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, A Grief Observed, The Problem of Pain, Miracles, and The Great Divorce (Boxed Set)

C. S. Lewis Signature Classics: Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, A Grief Observed, The Problem of Pain, Miracles, and The Great Divorce (Boxed Set)

by: C. S. Lewis

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The Great Divorce is a very thought provoking book. It will challenge your ideas about Heaven, just as the guides tried to do for those who were not ready to enter.

I have chosen this volume as it also contains several of Lewis' books of apologetics.

C.S. Lewis: Atheism to Theism to Christianity

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Please Share Your Views of Heaven (or No Heaven)

Do You Believe? Do You Not Believe?

  • Rafick May 12, 2011 @ 12:37 pm | delete
    Well, my beliefs are a bit complicated, but I definitely believe that life doesn't end after the death of our bodies.
  • akumar46 May 9, 2011 @ 5:34 am | delete
    As being a Christian,I strongly believe in the existence of heaven.
  • ChrisDay May 8, 2011 @ 4:59 am | delete
    I can't hold with rigid doctrine - I do believe we have a definite energy. It's not inconceivable that it may keep going and may even reincarnate.
  • Momsbusy247 Feb 17, 2011 @ 10:49 pm | delete
    Heaven is coming home to some great puppy kisses!!
  • OhMe Dec 16, 2010 @ 7:42 am | delete
    Oh, I definitely believe that there is a Heaven. Lensrolled to my lens about the book 90 Minutes In Heaven.
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They Took a Picture of God!

In 1999 the International Special Olympics were in Raleigh. I volunteered to pick incoming athletes up at the airport. The planes were all late and one of our group was an air traffic controller. To kill some time he invited us up into the control tower. The first impression is just how dark it is in there. And it is totally dark, except for the screens.

On the screens were blips and lights tracking planes all over the country and the world. It looked as if they were being held up by the hands of God. And the thought crossed my mind:

THEY HAVE TAKEN A PICTURE OF GOD!

Is Jesus the Only Way To Heaven?

Budhist and Hindu Philosophy

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Views of Heaven

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Hollywood in Heaven

What Dream May Come Would Make an intersting Discussion Group With The Great Divorce!

Hollywood has many examples of Heaven and the afterlife some lovely, some creepy. I have given you a small sample here.

I would really recommend What Dream May Come. It is an extremely interesting portrayal, and coincides, I believe, with the vision that the Christian apologist C.S. Lewis presented in The Great Divorce. In fact, I would recommend the two of them for a discussion group on Heaven!
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The Gift from God

Stephan King tells the story of a simple giant who is a gift from God. The guards want to give him something before they have to kill him, and he chooses this glimpse of the angels and Heaven.
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Table of Contents

  1. The Great Divorce
  2. C.S. Lewis: Atheism to Theism to Christianity
  3. Please Share Your Views of Heaven (or No Heaven)
  4. They Took a Picture of God!
  5. Is Jesus the Only Way To Heaven?
  6. Views of Heaven
  7. Hollywood in Heaven
  8. You and the After Life
  9. The Gift from God
  10. Its Your Health Central
  11. Follow Margo Arrowsmith
  12. Changing the Guard Blog
  13. Get Your Free Report: "What You Must Know to Hire a Home Health Aid"
  14. About Margo Arrowsmith

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