I recently started reading a book that was sent to me by a friend. It all started a few weeks ago when we got onto a talk about theology, as we usually do. This particular conversation was focused the idea of heaven. And after a while of discussion, he referred me to a book he read called, The Great Divorce, by C.S. Lewis. In his book he basically depicts his idea of heaven and hell, and uses these metaphors to explain what his idea of heaven means. This blog post isn't about C.S. Lewis' views, although there will be a post on that coming soon...
This post is focused on what different religions and people think of heaven. For instance, many Christians think heaven is the Kingdom of God we enter once pass away. Buddhists on the other hand believe in different heavens depending on the life one has lived, based on their career. In Hinduism, heaven is essentially a paradise of pleasure. There are so many different, fascinating views of the idea of afterlife. And the wikipedia page of heaven actually provides a really thorough and expansive collection of several different ideas of heaven. Check it out! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven
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