Thursday, November 24, 2005

What Heaven is like...

I was reading an article in a Reader's Digest magazine (my mom's if you're wondering...) and it was about different people with different religions expressing their belief on what Heaven was. Barbara Walters was the interviewer of the different people. There were different types of responses like an Evangelist said that anyone non-Christian or didn't accept Christ into their hearts would undoubtedly go to Hell. Another person, this time a Muslim, said that Barbara Walters would go to Hell just because she's not Muslim! There is a lighter side to this however because a vast majority of Americans believe you will go to Heaven or something similar in design even if you are different religion, as long as you are a good person. Personally, this is my belief even though I am a Christian. I believe in the nature of selflessness, kindness, and love towards others and things like that cannot go unrewarded. I find it very hard, if not impossible, to believe that one's kind acts and generosity in their life would lead them into something like Hell or anything close. People claiming to have strong faith or obedience in their religion that state otherwise are close minded in my opinion. But everyone cannot agree and that's just the nature of things for now.