If good people go to heaven . . . then how good do they need to be? I suppose if you don't believe in God, and think that after you take your last breath that you cease to exist, then for you heaven doesn't matter because it doesn't exist. For you, this one life is, well, this is all that there is. Live life and enjoy! Some day your number will be up and that's that . . . that's all there is. It's interesting to me that some people believe in heaven, but not in hell. In trying to think through why we would have a heaven but no hell the only sound conclusion is that we simply don't like the idea of hell. " It's not fair!" We whine. Why should some get to go to Heaven, but not others? It's just not fair!" So what happens to the bad people? I mean, if there is a place for "good" people . . . shouldn't there also be a place for "bad" people? There are bad people, aren't there? Yet most peopl
"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard