Angyson

Could there be only one God but many Heavens ?

One heaven for Christians.

One heaven for Muslims.

One heaven for Buddists.

One heaven for Hindus ?

One heaven for honest agnostics ?

One heaven for sincere atheists ?

And one Hell for A-holes ?

spin

This thread has one destination.

This is BC&H, Angy, you continually forget it.

Angyson

Nope, it's on top of the alphabetical classification list Barefoot Bree shared with me. I pointed out a system problem inheirent in your classification system and was informed it could not be changed to make it user friendly.

Toto

Off it goes, to its own little hell.

Ojuice5001

Why the "one God" part? If the Hindus, Muslims, sincere agnostics, etc., each have their own heaven, I say that each heaven is presided over by its own respective god(s). (That's not quite my position, but it's a loose way of putting it.)

Angyson

Why Not ?

If you want to explore many gods, start your own thread.

Ojuice5001

Maybe I will start my own thread. But I was not off-topic. I was just asking why you believe in one God rather than many. Okay, so you're saying that the various religions each have their own heaven. That's certainly better than saying that all religions except Christianity are slated for a common hell. It's also better than the shallow view that all religions lead to the same place because it really doesn't matter which one you choose. I think it's more respectful to see other religions as having their own ideals, even if it's an ideal that you feel a need to oppose, than to indifferently say that all religions are the same--because they aren't.

The point could be put by saying that each religion has its own share of goodness, and there must be a source of this goodness. And as we have seen, different religions don't really have the same ideals as regards the soul. So although all religions have a heaven, it's a different one for each religion. After all, heaven might be defined as an afterlife that fulfills the ideals of goodness. I just don't see how the same reasoning doesn't work if you replace "heaven" with "god."

I have striven for consistency in my ideas about theology. I think belief in the gods of all mythologies is more consistent than the alternatives. But there are things that seem inconsistent, but really aren't, once you know all the relevant considerations. It could be that belief in one god is one of these things. And I was asking how it's consistent to say that although the religions have different ideals and different heavens, there is nevertheless only one god who is real; what does this imply about any religion that worships a different god?

Angyson

Shutting down.