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Heaven Ungained

DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1102214, PP. 1-7

Subject Areas: Philosophy

Keywords: Heaven, Hell, Inconsistency

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Abstract

There has been quite a bit of literature on heaven of late. In this paper I state some claims that theistic philosophers and theologians have made about heaven, and make the concept of heaven incoherent. I maintain that it is possible for a rational individual to prefer not to go to heaven. Finally, I argue that it may be preferable for a person of moral integrity to decide that they want to go to hell given the immoral nature of many passages in the Bible.

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Smythe, T. (2016). Heaven Ungained. Open Access Library Journal, 3, e2214. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/oalib.1102214.

References

[1]  Swinburne, R. (2002) A Theodicy of Heaven and Hell. In: Shatz, D., Ed., Philosophy and Faith: A Philosophy of Religion Reader, McGraw-Hill, New York, 209-305.

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