heaven

After much to and fro, I am ready to start a discussion of Heaven and Hell by Bible scholar Bart Ehrman. It is a fascinating look at how views of the afterlife in Greek and Jewish cultures contributed to the development of the Christian ideas around Heaven and Hell. I currently plan to open...

As mentioned in some threads already, I have been reading Heaven & Hell : A History of the Afterlife by Bart Ehrman. Short version is that he looks at the idea of an afterlife divided between a paradise and a place of torment and looks at the views of the afterlife in Western culture and...

Oh, what the hell. We have a thread going on heaven right now, so maybe it's time for a poll on the subject. It's public (you can see who answered what), open-ended (no end date), and you can change your answer if you have a conversion experience. I hope I've hit all the common options but...