RamblingSimon Rants About: The Afterlife

The idea of Heaven and Hell recently has made me think that they aren't so great. Really, they are waaay too extreme.

On one side, you have Hell, the home of all the sinners. This place is a house of pain, suffering, brimstone, fire, demons, and the guy who shot John Lennon. Not all to pleasant. No, this is the worst of the worst.

Of course, Hell is supposed to be portrayed like that. It's supposed to be the least fun you'll ever have, so it makes Heaven look better. But really, it doesn't seem all that great to me. If you think about it, Heaven is a place reserved for all the religious right-doers of the world that give to charity and don't kill homeless people. That still permits plenty of people. Still, from a societal standpoint, not all the people are favorable.

Westboro, for instance. Baptist community. Very religious. Bunch of crazies. Having to share Heaven with this group alone dissuades me from living a righteous life. I'll take red pitchforks to the back if it means not listening to this group.

Even if God was a sensible creature and banished the lot of them to the BOTTOM OF A VOLCANO, you still have all the other people that annoy you during your everyday life. Maybe it's just me, though. I usually have problems dealing with obnoxious people, and arrogant belief-pushers that will spend the rest of eternity gloating about how THEIR VIEWS on the afterlife were right on the money would get on my nerves pretty quick.

It's really the whole concept about Absolute Utopia vs. Absolute Distopia that, in the end, disturbs me. Neither of those options sound good to me! I'd rather settle for a middle ground than a perfect world. Occasional turmoil in everyday life spices things up. Where's the fun in everything being great ALWAYS?

I guess we could always be ghosts and haunt stuff. That'd be cool, too...