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Heaven is a Police State

Spirit of Light

Be who ever you want
God is in charge
the angels carry swords

and you will show up at the gate.....

expecting freedom?
In my understanding only those who reach enlightenment or salvation will be able to enter in to heaven :) and in my current understanding heaven is a peaceful dimension
 

Thief

Rogue Theologian
but in fair play.....let's say they do

and the manner of life....the scheme of things
is enforced
 

Vouthon

Dominus Deus tuus ignis consumens est
Staff member
Premium Member
In Catholic doctrine, heaven is a state of supreme beatitude ("bliss") in which souls are 'liberated' from even the very memory of sin, inordinate cravings and attachments, suffering, ignorance and restless unfulfilment.

The 'beatified' in heaven are considered to have direct, unmediated apprehension and enjoyment of the Essence of God, which is conveyed through a range of allusive 'images' and 'metaphors' that are intended to give people some limited sense of a superessential reality which is ultimately beyond human cognition and sense-perceptions altogether:

"Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, what God has prepared for them that love him" (1 Corinthians 2:9)

If you look beyond the 'form' in which the dogma of heaven is often presented to the 'substance' - as understood by Christian theologians and in the church's catechetical tradition - I imagine one would likely cease viewing it in corporeal, temporal terms as a theocratic 'penal system' / 'police state' watched over by a big old fella in a grey beard surrounded by little cherub angels dancing on clouds and wielding fiery swords (that isn't what we believe).
 
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Spirit of Light

Be who ever you want
but in fair play.....let's say they do

and the manner of life....the scheme of things
is enforced
If immoral man or woman was to get in to heaven just from wanting it, they would destroy heaven just like Earth is about to be destroyed, so i really understand that only those who realize truth the way heaven describe it can enter.
 
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`mud

Just old
Premium Member
Angels riding on `lil clouds, rounding up the sinners to head them all straight to hell !
 

Thief

Rogue Theologian
Angels riding on `lil clouds, rounding up the sinners to head them all straight to hell !
what if the line drawn is not what we hold in common?

in common we say......heaven vs hell

what if it's the same place?
some are able to conform and love doing so

others hate the disciplines
and see the life of heaven as hell
 
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