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And, of course, it's not strictly "you" that goes to heaven; it's only the spiritual part, which might not identify itself as the same self that you presently identify as 'you'; indeed, it might not even be part of 'you' at all, but a component that is actually is part of God, that He len...

No, your reasoning is astute. The mistake is in assuming that an experience of eternity, which is, by definition, not everlasting, but outside of time altogether, is any different from an experience of death. That inabilility to detect the more likely times is present in heaven for another reason. ...

I have been struggling with a thought which I haven't been able to find an answer to. My thought is this: If a person is to spend a finite time on earth, let´s say 100 years, but an eternity in heaven, wouldn't it be very unlikely that this person at a certain moment would be on earth? Wouldn't it b...

I have been thinking about the soul and have come to some "conclusions" which might seem surprising but makes sense if you think about it (I hope). I experience and feel emotions, feelings, qualia or whatever you want to call it. To me it seems as the "experiencer" (the "I&q...