compare/contrast

Im going to compare the concept of "carrying on" and "quiting". Carrying on physically, emotionally, finicialy.  Purpose is to inspire and convince readers to carry on and not quit, to persevere.

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Heaven

“The bounties and beauty of Heaven are immense, so much so that it is beyond abilities of mankind’s worldly mind to comprehend” says Hilal Plaza in their article about heaven. It is said that nine out of ten people in the United States believe in a “heaven” (ABC News Poll).  In general, “heaven” is a physical place and location. “Heaven” is a place where people go once they have died and are said to experience paradise and eternal life. Many different cultures and religions believe in a “heaven” or “higher place” where the believers go once the believers have died or their time is up. The other big discussion is when the believers will go to this “heaven”. There are many different views and opinions on what “heaven” is, where it is, and when it is.

“Heaven” through all religions who have a “heaven”, portray “heaven” as a much greater place than the earth today. Earth has sin, crime, pain, hate and suffering. In “heaven” none of these things are an issue. It’s a place where believers of a “heaven” go once they have died and will have happiness and everything the believers need eternally or for a certain amount of time. Christians believe there will be eternal life there in “heaven” (Bible: John 3:16).  In “heaven” many things will also be granted or experienced. In Islam, the believers are said to be granted beautiful virgins, young boys, fruit, water, wine and wealth (The X-Rated Paradise of Islam). A lot of these things may seem to be ill or wrong, but to the Islamic culture these are things that are accepted. Over all, “heaven” is a place where needs are met and paradise is experienced once one has reached “heaven”.

The location of “heaven” is not fully known, but there are many theories of where it is. Referring back to the introduction, “heaven” is a physical place and has a physical location. For many years people have been searching for heaven on Earth, the “Utopia”, their “Shangra-la”, “Nirvana” and the “Paradise lost” (Kevin Williams). No human has been successful in this search. No one actually knows the location of “heaven”. Many believers’ views say it’s in the sky, space or somewhere in the vast universe. One of the most respected Buddhist writers K. Sri Dhammananda, says that Buddhists actually believe “heaven” can be experienced right here on earth in the world itself. There are also some views from the where “heaven” can be a state of mind. How it’s all in one’s mind to feel and have this paradise. With so many different views, there is no real proof of who is right or wrong when it comes to the location of “heaven”.

Time is a very controversial topic when it comes to when “heaven” is or is going to happen.  Through many different teachings, “heaven” is said to happen when the world ends. The end of the world is depicted in many ways with different religious calendars, legends and even movies. Through the Mayan culture and legends, the Mayans say the world will come to an end in the year 2012(The Living Prophecy).  Also according to the Jewish calendar, the world will end after 6000 years (The 6000 years of Biblical Man). Believers of “heaven” also propose that as believers, they will go to “heaven” when their “king” or “God” returns from “heaven” for them. Another theory is that believers go straight to “heaven” as soon as they die. This relates to the popular saying of when someone dies, “they are up in heaven watching over us as we speak.” When “heaven” is going to happen, is a difficult thing to fully understand because it is in the future, and no human has been to the future to experience or see when “heaven” will occur.

Even though “heaven” is so greatly described of what it is, where it is, and when it is through different beliefs and teachings, “heaven” is a concept that can only be left to the imagination of the human mind. Either scientifically, biblically or some other way proven, there are just too many ways to abundantly comprehend the extent of “heaven”. To each individual human being, what “heaven” is, where and when, is up to their own personal beliefs. The only way to really know what “heaven” is, one must wait for that day or moment, to experience personally if one believes that “heaven” is true.

Works Cited

Goodnews Christian Ministry. "Future Prophecies Yet to Be Fulfilled." Goodnews and Prophecy and Dead Sea Scrolls. Web. 27 Sept. 2010. <http://goodnewspirit.com/futureprophecies.htm>.

K. Sri Dhammananda. "What Buddhists Believe - The Buddhist Concept of Heaven and Hell." Welcome to VietGATE. Web. 27 Sept. 2010. <http://www.viet.net/~anson/ebud/whatbudbeliev/303.htm>.

Sky, Eden. "The Mayan Prophecy of 2012." 13 Moons of Peace* Dreamspell Calendar & 2012 Prophecy. Web. 27 Sept. 2010. <http://www.13moon.com/prophecy page.htm>.

Walters, Barbara. "Heaven -- Where Is It? How Do We Get There? - ABC News." ABCNews.com - Breaking News, Politics, Online News, World News, Feature Stories, Celebrity Interviews and More - ABC News. Web. 27 Sept. 2010. <http://abcnews.go.com/International/Beliefs/story?id=1374010>.

Williams, Kevin. "Heaven - Near-death Experiences." Near-Death Experiences and the Afterlife. Web. 27 Sept. 2010. <http://www.near-death.com/experiences/research18.html>.

"The X-RATED PARADISE OF ISLAM." FlexNet, Hawaii's First ISP. Web. 27 Sept. 2010. <http://www.flex.com/~jai/satyamevajayate/heaven.html>.

start too new revised essay

Danny Pereira

Dr. Kerr

EN101-5

September 26, 2010

Heaven

“The bounties and beauty of Heaven are immense, so much so that it is beyond abilities of mankind’s worldly mind to comprehend” says Hilal Plaza in there article about heaven. It is said that nine out of ten people in the United States believe in “heaven” (ABC News Poll).  In general, “heaven” is a physical place and location. “Heaven” is a place where people go once they have died and are said to experience paradise and eternal life. Many different cultures and religions believe in a “heaven” or “higher place” where the believers go once the believers have died or their time is up. The other big discussion is when the believers will go to this “heaven”. There are many different views and opinions on the time of when “heaven” is.

“Heaven” through all religions who have a “heaven”, portray “heaven” as a much greater place than the earth today. Earth has sin, crime, pain, hate and suffering. In “heaven” none of these thing are an issue. It’s a place where believers of a “heaven” go once they have died and will have happiness and everything the believers need eternally or for a certain amount of time. Christians believe there will be eternal life there in “heaven” (John 3:16).  In ‘heaven” many things will also be granted or experienced. In Islam, the believers are said to be granted beautiful virgins, young boys, fruit, water, wine and wealth (The X-Rated Paradise of Islam). A lot of these things may seem to be ill or wrong but to the Islamic culture these are things that are accepted. So over all, “heaven” is a place where needs are met and paradise is experienced once one has reached “heaven”.

The location of “heaven” is not fully known, but there are many theory’s of where it is. Referring back to the introduction, “heaven” is a physical place and has a physical location. “From the beginning of recorded history, humans have been searching for heaven on Earth, the utopia, their Shangra-la, Nirvana, the happy hunting grounds, paradise lost” (Kevin Williams). No human being actually knows the location of “heaven”. Many believers’ views say it’s in the sky, space or somewhere in the vast universe. Buddhist actually believe “heaven” can be experienced right here on earth in the world itself (Venerable K. Sri Dhammananda Maha Thera).

"I dont belong"

What does it feel to not belong? What feelings come with not belonging? What needs to be done? What are the effects? Who experiences it? Belonging to what? Is it feeling left out? Not wanted?

night

How does night happen? What is considered to be be night? What time does night start? When does night end? Why is it dark at night? Why is it hard to see at night? What does darkness have to do with night?

outline

Outline: I am going to talk about what Heaven is, and what it is described as through a couple different religions that have a “heaven” or ‘higher place”.

Introduction: Heaven in general is a physical location where people go once their time is up here on earth. Different religions have some type of heaven. Heaven is describe in many different ways. Different things must be done to be accepted.

“Heaven” in Islam: & levels of heaven. The higher the level the better understanding of Allah. How righteous you were on earth determines a lot. Wealth, virgins, food, wine little boys are to be received.

 “Heaven” in Buddhism: 6 realms of “heaven”. Good to worst. The ultimate place is Nirvana. Based on your karma. Stay for only a limited time.

“Heaven” in Christianity: God is king. No pain, no suffering, no more sin. The ultimate paradise. Accept God as lord and savior. Heaven and hell. Baptism.

Conclusion: Heaven is described in many ways. Everyone has their own opinions and view on it. Its left to the imagination of mankind. All waiting for the heaven experience.

Draft on "Heaven"

“Heaven”




“The bounties and beauty of Heaven are immense, so much so that it is beyond abilities of mankind’s worldly mind to comprehend” says Hilal Plaza in there article about Heaven. Well it is said that nine out of ten people in the United States believe in “Heaven” (ABC News Poll). In general, “heaven” is a physical place and location considered to be in the sky or somewhere in the vast universe. “Heaven” is a place where people go once they have died and are said to experience paradise and eternal life. Many different cultures and religions believe in a “heaven” or “higher place” where they go once they have died. Religions such as Christianity, Buddhism and Islam all have a type of “heaven” where they go. Through each religion this “heaven” is described differently and has certain things that must be done or accomplished to make it into this “heaven”.

“Heaven” in Islam goes by the name of Jannah. For them Jannah is described as paradise. Though it is paradise there are many levels of paradise for them, 7 to be exact (Muslim Voices). The higher the level, the more things will be granted. It all depends on how righteous the person was on earth (Hilal Plaza). The higher the level, the closer they are to the understanding of Allah (God). They are said to experience beautiful virgins, young boys, water, wine, fruit and wealth (Flex.com). In their culture these are all thing that are accepted. Jannah will be a bigger and brighter version of world. Now, to be accepted into Jannah, it is pretty simple. Whoever praised and worshiped only Allah will be accepted to enter. But going back to how righteous they were on earth will decided on what level they will be accepted to enter.

Buddhists believe there are six realms of heaven and each have different aspects. These levels are best heaven, heaven realm, lower realm, animal realm, hungry ghost realm, and hell realm. They go from the ultimate pleasure and happiness to the worst possible place, hell. The ultimate place is what they define as Nirvana. Nirvana is said to “end of suffering while you're alive, and the end of rebirth after you die” (Urban Dharma). Now to get to heaven in Buddhism, it is mostly based on karma and what you have done. The Karma that gets you into heaven can be used up over time. You can only be in heaven for as long as your Karma lasts. Once your karma that you gained in life has been used up you are “re born” (Urban Dharma) to start over again with new wisdom you have learned in heaven.

Heaven in most widely know for coming from the religion of Christianity. Heaven here is said to be the ultimate paradise. There is no pain, no suffering, no sorrow and no more sin. Everyone will be fully satisfied and ultimately happy with everything. Also everyone will be brother and sisters here. There will be large feasts and you will be blessed with everything you need. It is said that the streets are made of gold and everyone will be able to fly with the angels. Now to be accepted into heaven, there are some things that must be done. All though there many different denominations of Christianity such as Baptist, Adventist and Methodist to name a few, they all have very close and similar principals of what needs to be done. One must fully believe and accept Jesus Christ as their lord and savior. This means they must accept that Jesus came to earth as a man and died on the cross for everyone’s sins. The next step after this is to publicly declare that you accepted Jesus as their lord and savior by being baptized. Once this has been done, you will be accepted into heaven when the time comes.

From the first quote it is clear that Heaven is described in many ways and said to be so amazing that no human can really comprehend what Heaven is going to be. The descriptions of heaven are so astonishing that people can only imagine what it’s going to be like. There isn’t much proof of when the time will come when people go to heaven. So either Buddhist, Islamic or Christian, the believers of a “heaven” are all waiting for the ultimate experience of paradise and happiness once their time is up.

Heaven

What is heaven? Where is heaven? How do you get there? What is heaven descibed as? What happens if you dont go to heaven? Who believes in heaven? What religions believe there is a "heaven" or a "higher place"? Is heaven only biblical?