Talk:Heaven

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"nothng was repeated" - well, technically, there should be a lot more repetition. It's from an old talking heads song, and goes something like:

"heaven - heaven is a place - a place where nothing - nothing ever happens"

But it's fine without the repeat. human^{be in} 16:03, 2 July 2007 (CDT)

mia culpa. you're welcome to insert the whole phrase. Thunderkatz 16:07, 2 July 2007 (CDT)

[edit] Apathy

Heaven must induce a state of complete apathy in it's denizens, so that their perfect bliss isn't even slightly marred by knowledge of all the pain and suffering still going on in the material world. And Heaven forbid (Heh. Pun.) that any Good Christian has a loved one burning in Hell. Unless of course the people derive pleasure from watching the suffering of all their loved ones who weren't worthy, then it would be, well, Heaven. Daecon 01:03, 3 July 2008 (EDT)

Don't be silly! The shining force of God's presence sandblasts out any worries about silly things like the "material world" and "loved ones". _Essayist RA ^Talk __Fruitcake! 01:07, 3 July 2008 (EDT)

In Soviet Heaven, YOU love GOD. Daecon 01:51, 3 July 2008 (EDT)

Christians already love God! They don't need help from Soviet Heaven!  : D _Essayist RA ^Talk __Fruitcake! 01:53, 3 July 2008 (EDT)

I thought they feared him because if they were bad then they'd get sent to the Naughty Step... of DOOM. Daecon 03:05, 3 July 2008 (EDT)

Sinning is not asseptabull. --*Gen. S.T. Shrink* ^{Get to the bunker} 03:05, 3 July 2008 (EDT)

Soviet society does not need God, comrade. It already is Heaven, and the People is God! --AKjeldsen^{Cum dissensie} 03:07, 3 July 2008 (EDT)

Nichte (It's GERMAN. Ironic). The russian society worships it's greatest citizen!!!!! The mighty, Russian Soldier #3 from Indy 4!!!!--*Gen. S.T. Shrink* ^{Get to the bunker} 03:11, 3 July 2008 (EDT)

[edit] Cap war ;)

Some of these words are definitely not proper nouns. Heaven and hell aren't. God can be either - if we are referring to that Yahweh character, it's "God". If we are talking about dieties in general, or from a non-religious snarky point of view, they are gods. Christianity, of course, is a proper noun. ħuman ^{- over 12 edits!} 15:32, 3 August 2008 (EDT)

I'll admit that Heaven and Hell are up for debate. Personally, I'd capitalize because they're specific places, just as I'd capitalize Valinor. On the other hand, I see that my usual Bible in these matters, the Chicago Manual of Style, disagrees with me. God should be capped, because we are obviously talking about Yahwe: "...mindlessly worship the Christian god...". And Christ also refers to a specific person and should be capped as well. --AKjeldsen^{Cum dissensie} 15:39, 3 August 2008 (EDT)

Oh, yes, sorry I agree on Christ. Did I uncap one? Part of what comes into play here is the nature of this article - it's not exactly about Christian theology (where Heaven and Hell are specific places). Outside of the theological or believer realm they aren't. Hmmmm. Although, there is a difference between saying "this job is hell on my nerves" and "you're going to Hell for that!" that I can see makes sense. However, the "Christian god" usage is more like "Greek gods" in this article. ħuman^culous 15:43, 3 August 2008 (EDT)