(January 8, 2015 at 5:49 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote:(January 8, 2015 at 5:48 pm)Nope Wrote: Let me see if I understand. My grandmother was the most important person during my teenage years. She exerted a much greater influence over who I became as a human being then my mother. If I was a Christian and went to heaven, my grandmother would mean no more to me then any other human? She would not care more about me either? I also won't care more for my children or husband then I do for any other person? It sounds as if we will all have flattened personalities-if any personality, at all- in your version of heaven.
The more I talk with theists on this site, the more Satan looks like the good guy and hell might be a glorious paradise. GC, your version of heaven sounds like a horrible place.
Don't forget that any memory of your grandmother that isn't absolutely happy and joyful will be wiped away or completely altered.
All my memories of my grandmothers are happy, except for their deaths and when I see them in heaven their deaths will mean nothing and I'll have all those wonderful memories of them and most all my family.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.