What is “Heaven”?

There are many versions of a ‘blessed’ afterlife (i.e., you lived up to the standards of your faith):

  • Some say it is eternal conscious union God, gods, or whatever;
  • More traditional views posit an actual realm where the souls of the blessed experience eternal bliss for all eternity, either physically or spiritually, or both;
  • Some religions posit a rebirth progression to learn more, with the eventual goal of the other three options;
  • Still others suggest reassimilation of the ‘self’ back into the ultimate cosmos.

For those who believe in an afterlife:

  1. Which do you believe, and why?
  2. It is exegesis or eisegesis?
  3. Is there an option I’ve missed?
  4. Why should anyone believe your version of the afterlife over any other version?

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