# Christians: what is heaven like? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 18, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-what-is-heaven-like/676654 "2013-12-18T16:13:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-what-is-heaven-like/676654/41 "2013-12-20T08:22:37Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > So basically, you’re all just guessing and basing it on zilch. Don’t forget to flush. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-what-is-heaven-like/676654/42 "2013-12-20T15:48:29Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > So basically, you’re all just guessing and basing it on zilch. Wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Kable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kable)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-what-is-heaven-like/676654/43 "2013-12-20T16:38:42Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > No, you still have free will but there’s no reason to choose anything else because everything is clear. I wonder why God didn’t want real life to be like that. ---
**Author:** ![Kable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kable)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-what-is-heaven-like/676654/44 "2013-12-20T16:45:19Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > It’s a reasonable thing to wonder. I _think_ it makes a difference that someone was born with the ability to choose not to accept God, and chose of their own free will to accept Him, and having done so is free not to be tested any more. I don’t know. It just seems given the potential disastrous and eternal consequences of free will and people being in paradise without free will, then what’s the point? So I guess it makes some kind of difference, but that difference is worse. Just saying. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-what-is-heaven-like/676654/45 "2013-12-20T17:01:46Z")
I don’t believe in heaven, but if I did, the only logical conclusion I can come to is that some aspects of heaven have to suck. It’s impossible for the human psyche to live in a perpetual state of bliss. No matter how awesome things are in heaven, eventually your emotions are going to level out and heaven will be just another day. Just like if you won the mega millions jackpot. At first life will be awesome, but eventually, living with millions of dollars will seem like any other day. And you could be susceptible to bouts of depression just like anybody else. I believe that, in order to enjoy things, one needs a point of reference. In other words, for me to truly appreciate laying on the beach, taking in the sun while sipping a pina colada, I first have to all the sweat and tears my job has to offer. ---
**Author:** ![Trom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Trom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trom)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-what-is-heaven-like/676654/46 "2013-12-20T18:39:25Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > I don’t believe in heaven, but if I did, the only logical conclusion I can come to is that some aspects of heaven have to suck. It’s impossible for the human psyche to live in a perpetual state of bliss. No matter how awesome things are in heaven, eventually your emotions are going to level out and heaven will be just another day. > > Just like if you won the mega millions jackpot. At first life will be awesome, but eventually, living with millions of dollars will seem like any other day. And you could be susceptible to bouts of depression just like anybody else. > > I believe that, in order to enjoy things, one needs a point of reference. In other words, for me to truly appreciate laying on the beach, taking in the sun while sipping a pina colada, I first have to all the sweat and tears my job has to offer. Maybe on Earth… Who says an omnipotent God couldn’t completely change the way you experience the afterlife? I mean, an all-powerful God could pretty easily come up with something more satisfying than the dopamine we’ve got now. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-what-is-heaven-like/676654/47 "2013-12-23T14:29:31Z")
> [@Kable](#): > > I wonder why God didn’t want real life to be like that. What makes you think he didn’t? ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Quatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-what-is-heaven-like/676654/48 "2013-12-23T17:46:34Z")
The lords prayer “Thy Kingdom come thy will be done on the earth even as it is in heaven” That day will come like a thief, in the middle of the night, and the Lord Jesus will come back and for one thousand years thy will be done in the earth even as it is in heaven. This is a promise for all those that believe … oh yeah something, something, about over coming something in the first three chapters of the Book of Revelations too. I almost forgot about that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-what-is-heaven-like/676654.md?page=2)