Just was thinking about the Bema seat judgement we will go through where the good Lord will judge us on our lives and give out rewards. Will those of us who recieve no crowns and maybe no other rewards be sad in heaven? I know no one in heaven is sad so to speak but will we maybe have some sort of eternal regret for not living better lives on this earth?
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"Wait wait wait, Heaven has a meritocracy reward system now?! WTF?!"
Yet another things to fret about. Have I saved enough points for the Yahweh Super Suite, or do I have to make do with the less fancy Job Shack? (for all eternityyyyyy!!!)
edit: shit, I was just kidding, but lookitdit: http://www.raptureready.com/photo/mansions/mansions.html
Not satisfied with proclaiming themselves the "worthy" who'll get to enjoy bliss in heaven while watching everyone else burn for ever, they're now busy drawing up mental 'pecking orders' of who'll have the biggest crown, who Jesus will love most, who'll receive the shiniest gun from Charlton's own hand, etc.
Delusional doesn't quite do justice to these people. Who am I kidding, bats**t-f**king-away-with-the-fairies-insane doesn't do justice to them!
"How are you enjoying paradise Wittywombat? Seeing all your deceased ancestors must be wonderful."
"Yeah, I suppose..."
"And having no more work, or worry, or pain, or sadness ever again is incredible!"
"Meh."
"What's the matter? You don't seem all that enthusiastic about eternal bliss."
"I wanted a crown to wear, but they didn't give me one! ;_;"
I know no one in heaven is sad so to speak but will we maybe have some sort of eternal regret for not living better lives on this earth?
Sigh - you charge headlong into yet another example of why your childish ideology simply makes no sense at all and still don't even begin to suspect that it might be a load of bullshit.
In Heaven, everyone is equal...but some are more equal than others.
Vampire Humming Bird: The crowns/rewards is indeed a Biblical reference to the rewards and honors bestowed by Jehovah at one of two "Final Judgements. (I'm pretty sure it's not the Great White Throne Judgement. That's the one where sinner a**holes like you and me get what's coming to us.) The level of reward is commensurate with how much effort you've put into your Christianity.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: I'd look stupid with a crown. I'm more of a pirate hat person, or maybe some sort of ninja hood.
Oh, and that mansion link is bloody Orwellian.
David B.
"Not satisfied with proclaiming themselves the "worthy" who'll get to enjoy bliss in heaven while watching everyone else burn for ever, they're now busy drawing up mental 'pecking orders' of who'll have the biggest crown, who Jesus will love most, who'll receive the shiniest gun from Charlton's own hand, etc."
"Bema" is the Greek word for a platform or similar high place, but I have never heard of the "Bema Seat Judgement." I have read about a "Great White Throne Judgement," though.
This stuff reminds me of the Egyptian Book of the Dead. The various Halls, Portals, Thrones, etc. that a dead person encounters on his way to the Afterlife. It's just like a Christianized version of the same idea!
Confused?
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