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11 Oct 2024 07:14:57 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Question of the day...  
From: Darren New
Date: 25 Jan 2008 23:43:44
Message: <479aba80$1@news.povray.org>
Patrick Elliott wrote:
> The assumption that such a place exists at all,

Then the answer would be "no", not "yes". :-) If the place doesn't 
exist, then asking whether there's something at that place would be 
answered "no". Do the taxi drivers on the moon accept tips? No.

Even taking as an assumption that heaven exists, the question raises 
what I think are obvious problems.

What if you go to (Christian) Heaven, meet Mohammed, and he convinces 
you that Jesus isn't your Savior after all?  (OK, well, that's assuming 
Mohammed went to heaven, which according to christians he wouldn't, but 
just say...)

1) God kicks you out. So heaven isn't eternal after all.

2) God lets you stay. So God's just yanking your chain on Earth, 
intentionally putting you into a situation where he can punish you for 
something that doesn't bother him enough to kick you out once you're there.

3) You can't make that choice. Then again, free will is given to humans 
only to trap them into going to Hell anyway.

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     It's not feature creep if you put it
     at the end and adjust the release date.


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