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Would I have gone to heaven? Or hell?

Assuming that the incredibly incoherent notions of heaven and hell, a digital outcome for all humans, works and is the state of affairs, I was wondering recently about my own fate as a youngster. I don't want to get into the long weeds of whether heaven or hell

Ensoulment and frozen embryos: How exactly does that work?

Most Christians who call themselves pro-lifers believe that "ensoulment" happens when an egg is fertilized. But quite a lot can happen when and after an egg is fertilized. I have argued before that God loves (natural) abortion, as evidenced by the fact that somewhere up to 75% of

earthquake of perspective

Understanding eternity (Hint: It's a very long time)

OnlySky · Understanding eternity (Hint: It’s a very long time) Whether you are a heaven-and-hell-believing evangelical or a Christian universalist (where everyone gets saved), you'll have some kind of belief in a transcendent soul living in some situation for eternity. But eternity is a very long time. Problematically

divine foreknowledge

Heaven and Hell as a Hot Mess

Check out the latest interview, this time with Gnostic Informant. We discuss the philosophy of heaven and hell, carrying on the conversation started with another video interview I did with MythVision (also below): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8AdHOGRbRI And the previous one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

Analysing the Basis for Heaven and Hell

I'm putting together a post on mimesis and Dennis MacDonald, but in the meantime, check out my interview on YouTube with MythVision on the philosophical basis, or lack thereof, for heaven and hell. https://youtu.be/XOlhF0U3itw Stay in touch! Like A Tippling Philosopher on Facebook: A Tippling

Is Bugs Bunny in Heaven?

Here is another guest piece from Dana Horton, who is interested in secular spirituality. There are some questions that could be raised from this, as I add below. Over to Dana: Is Bugs Bunny in Heaven? (Reading time 3 minutes) Last week we had a great time talking about evil

Pearced Off! #13 - Heaven is Compensation Not Moral Justification

I am running a series of the old podcast segments from my Pearced Off! section of the Skepticule Podcast (a British skepticism-based podcast now on hiatus) that I used to contribute to. Some of the earlier ones have some quieter audio. Apologies. They run at around ten minutes. Something to

Christianity and the Afterlife - Post Jesus and Paul

Following his previous two-piece on the afterlife, looking at the claims of Jesus and Paul, Dana Horton guest posts the continuation of that theme in this next one. Thanks, as ever, to Dana: Christianity and the Afterlife -- Post Jesus and Paul Many of us were raised in the western

Biblical Exegesis

What Does Paul Say about the Afterlife?

This is another guest post from Dana Horton, following on from his piece What Does Jesus Say about the Afterlife? What does Paul say about the afterlife? (5 minute read) In an earlier post, we examined what Jesus said, and did not say, about the afterlife. Let’s do a

What Does Jesus Say about the Afterlife?

Here is another guest post from Dana Horton, this time looking at Jesus' claims regarding life beyond death (thanks Dana!): What does Jesus say about the afterlife? A lot of us in a western Christian culture just assume there is an afterlife. It is what we grew up believing.

Humans: Abandoned by God, Made Obsolete by AI

I was having a social media conversation with an old schoolfriend, MG, where he came to a fascinating conclusion; the chat went like this: MG: I’m a fervent atheist. In fact an anti-theist. But I have a counterpoint to the atheist argument which is strong.... My counterpoint is less

Quote of the Day on the Morality of Those Seeking Heaven

I will be expanding on this, but this point from a regular astute commenter is exactly one that I have touched upon here: Heaven & Hell Stop You From Genuinely Morally Evaluating But if you can't be bothered to read that, read (((J_Enigma32)))'s recent comment:

William Lane Craig and Heaven

Recently, I wrote a few pieces on heaven with reference to William Lane Craig and how he has made claims about front-loading people who would reject Jesus (God using his Middle Knowledge to work this out) into those who, as it turns out with creation, never get to hear about

Randal Rauser, Ed Babinski and Decisions in Heaven

I was having a private Twitter discussion with Edward Babinski yesterday concerning heaven. He is presently writing up a critical review of the work of Randal Rauser's book Miracles: Randal Rauser, the tentative apologist, says all of our decisions in heaven will be righteous ones. “We will be

God's characteristics

Stacking the Odds for Getting into Heaven

Bert wrote a nice little piece on heaven the other day. It inspired me to write something about this. Pertinently, he said: The quote above suggests that getting into Heaven is pretty damned hard to do. But, according to Christian doctrine anybody can be forgiven all of their sins if

Craig on Terminating Would-Be Apostates

Here is a recent question to William Lane Craig on his Reasonable Faith website: Hi Dr Craig, I've been studying the Perseverance of the Saints and I found your paper on the subject very thought-provoking. I have been wrestling with this subject as of late and there appear

divine foreknowledge

Not Seeing OmniGod through Philosophy and Logic: Satan, Heaven & Hell

Introductory spiel: One of my more recent books, Not Seeing God: Atheism in the 21st Century (UK), has a plethora of gems in it for the reader and a smorgasbord of variety. It was a labour of love and was particularly rewarding due to the fact that so many great

consequentialism

Not Seeing OmniGod through Philosophy and Logic: Heaven & Consequentialism

Introductory spiel: One of my more recent books, Not Seeing God: Atheism in the 21st Century (UK), has a plethora of gems in it for the reader and a smorgasbord of variety. It was a labour of love and was particularly rewarding due to the fact that so many great

What "Christians" Should Think about Others & Heaven

True and Proper Christians™ appear to have a mixed view when it comes to heaven and what they think should happen to non-Christians, or even other denominations of Christian, in the event of death. As nonbelievers, we often get frustrated with Christians standing on the roadside and witnessing. But, in

Religion in the US Is No Longer Exceptional (and a Chat about the Afterlife)

I have reported on the many surveys and the improved data (in terms of collection and methodology, and honesty of subjects) over the last decade that continues to show the trend in America - the rise of the "nones". This trend shows no threat of abating. Indeed, it

Whittenberger's Heaven & Hell - What Would Yours Be?

Here is what Gary Whittenberger offered as his coherent version of heaven and hell in response to my article on the notion that heaven and hell are binary and yet all of human moral activities sit along various different continua. Thanks for this interesting article. You said "The only

Do You Really Believe in a Binary Heaven and Hell?

* I stole a loaf of bread. It was for my starving family. We had no other choice. * I stole two loaves of bread. I just felt I had to. I'm a kleptomaniac. * I stole 50 loaves of bread. I did it for the refugee camp just down the

Maths Homework, Heaven, and the Problem of Evil

Here is a comment on a recent thread on the problem of evil: >>>>The idea that math homework must cause suffering to be effective - per this concept, finding a way for all children to enjoy math homework would render it ineffective. Um, that would be

Naturalistic Afterlife: If Theists Can Do It, Why Can't We?

The other day, Rizdek made some fascinating comments that aligned typical theistic epistemology with what can then be applied to nontheistic claims. His comments were as follows: It seems either that something came literally from nothing/nothingness or that something exists eternally. I understand the theist believes that something which

Arguments Against (Christian) Heaven

I have written a number of posts recently on the issues concerning creating heaven from scratch and will now try to sum up my many thoughts as succinctly as possible here. The issue is that the idea of heaven is so ingrained in popular culture that it seems so plausible,