Eternity in Heaven - Scary?

[Angrboda]

I see this happen from time to time. Atheists zero on on one aspect without considering the whole ball of wax. If God is infinite, powerful and intelligent enough to create the universe, created us in his image, don't you think he might have ideas how to provide fulfillment to our minds? For example, what if our minds now are limited by the vehicle they are in (our brains). What experiences could we have if some gate was opened to the richness of the universe of possible knowledge/experiences/emotions/etc.? You don't know what you don't know.

Yeah, I've heard similar pitches from advocates of expanding consciousness through shrooms, DMT, or ahayuasca. I'm sure if I weren't what I am, then things would be different. Well, of course they would. The question is not so much are there things we don't know which might make heaven desirable. Well, of course, but navigating life is based upon extrapolation from what we do know, not from things we don't. There just might be a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. There just might be a winning lottery ticket waiting for me to buy it. There just might be advanced aliens living underground on the dark side of the moon. If we made choices based on what might be rather than on what is, the number of choices to consider explodes exponentially and we become nothing more than examples of a cosmic Buridan's ass. You have faith, Steve, and well, good for you. As a matter of history, faith has proved a remarkably unreliable guide in steering our choices. But best of luck with that. You might consider the other edge of that sword that, despite all the promises and such, God really is a monster, those promises are lies, and even if there is a God, what's waiting for you in the afterlife isn't any kind of heaven. But hey, you don't know what you don't know, right?