But there are naysayers when it comes to the afterlife. The amount of people who believe in heaven is actually down from the 85 percent from a decade ago , according to Fox News. And some, like Stephen Hawking , have called heaven a fairy tale. Still, scientists have shown their support for an afterlife , too. And books have been written that look into how there is definitive proof of a heaven.
The late Robin Williams has his own ideas of heaven. In this video , Williams explained that he wanted heaven to have seating near the front, some Mozart and Elvis playing and just a bunch of laughter.
To each his own, right? Scott Fitzgerald. Lewis spent a good part of his life writing about and discussing religion.
And a part of that included thoughts of heaven, hell and the afterlife. Lewis also believed that heaven was a feeling and something to be sensed, and the closest thing we can get to true reality. Crystal McVea died for nine minutes on Dec. Rather, it was heaven, the Post reported. I remember being in the bed. My mother was at my feet, and I remember starting to drift off — and I remember opening my eyes and telling her that I loved her," McVea said, according to the Christian Post.
Don Piper died in a head-on car collision. Before reawakening, though, he said he was transported to heaven, which had many of his family members and other people he knew, according to Fox News. He also saw a gate — the gate of heaven. And at the pinnacle of a great hill beyond them is a bright light. I have the distinct feeling that that is where God — and I was headed in that direction when suddenly I was returned to Earth.
This is a common belief — that heaven is a cloudy, bright and angel-filled world. Well, a Harvard neurosurgeon agrees with this idea. According to The Huffington Post , Dr. Even Alexander saw heaven after he fell into a coma in During his time there, he saw big puffy clouds, came into contact with an angel and heard beautiful sounds, Huff Post reported.
Heaven has also been shown in the movies on a variety of occasions. Heavenly images for sure. So what does the Bible think heaven looks like? Well, as the Christian online resource "What Christians Want to Know" points out , there are actually three heavens — one in the sky that covers the Earth, another is in the stars and the last is one that must remain unseen.
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Biblical authors imagined the earth as a flat place with Sheol below the realm of the dead and a dome over the earth that separates it from the heavens or sky above. Of course, we know the earth is not flat, and this three-tiered universe makes no sense to a modern mind. Even so, the concept of heaven wherever it is located continues in Christian theology as the place where God dwells and a theological claim that this world is not all that there is.
References to paradise in the Bible are likely due to the influence of Persian culture and particularly Persian Royal gardens paridaida. Persian walled gardens were known for their beautiful layout, diversity of plant life, walled enclosures, and being a place where the royal family might safely walk. They were effectively a paradise on earth.
The garden of Eden in Genesis 2 is strikingly similar to a Persian Royal garden or paradise. God dwells there, or at least visits, and talks with Adam and Eve like a King might in a royal garden.
Read more: Friday essay: what might heaven be like? In the grand mythic stories that make up the Bible, humans are thrown out of Eden due to their disobedience. In the Christian tradition, Jesus is the means of return. The Easter event that Christians celebrate around the globe at this time of year is about the resurrection of Jesus after his violent death on the cross three days earlier. This is, of course, a matter of faith not something that can be proven. But reconciliation with God lies at the heart of the Easter story.
The last book of the Bible, Revelation, conflates the idea of heaven and paradise. The author describes a vision of a new, re-created heaven coming down to earth. It is not escapism from this planet but rather an affirmation of all that is created, material, and earthly but now healed and renewed.
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