If there were no heaven....

[Timmy]

Originally Posted by Michlow

I think I'd be mad! I'd feel seriously gyped! Not now, but once upon a time. Everything I did back then was to keep out of hell and try to be good enough to make it to heaven. It would be irritating to think that I tortured myself for no purpose!

Of course, now I don't think of myself as "following" him per se. I try to do what's right, I try to love those around me, and if God tries to talk to me, I try to listen.

Not sure, but I think you are answering a different question from the one he asked, which was what if the Bible didn't promise a heaven or a hell (and they didn't exist). No reason to feel gypped. (Unless, of course, there were people who told you about them! People other than the writers of the Bible, I mean. )

[Michlow]

Originally Posted by Timmy

Not sure, but I think you are answering a different question from the one he asked, which was what if the Bible didn't promise a heaven or a hell (and they didn't exist). No reason to feel gypped. (Unless, of course, there were people who told you about them! People other than the writers of the Bible, I mean. )

Ahhh...I guess in that case I would probably have never gotten interested. I mean that's what drew me in, in the first place. The hope that there would some day be something better than this life. (mine was pretty awful at the time). Of course, in my case, after 7 or 8 years of trying to be perfect enough to attain it and failing, I figured it would be much better to work on this life instead.