What Heaven Means To Me

[sythyry]

The word "Heaven" is not a technical term of art; it means a variety of things. What does it mean to you?

[Poll #1610914]

Comments

[gavinfox.livejournal.com]

I certainly think that, say, Valhalla is a biiiiit more interesting of an idea than the traditional Christian heaven...

[relee.livejournal.com]

Ohhhhhhhhh we drink and fight and drink and fight and drink and fight and the pig comes back tomorrow!

[kensan-oni.livejournal.com]

Just like in football. :D

[relee.livejournal.com]

Gridiron Warriors also go to Valhalla.

[sythyry.livejournal.com]

[Unfortunately, they go to Valhalla, NY, about two miles north of where I work.]

[relee.livejournal.com]

[I thought you lived in Michigan?]

[sythyry.livejournal.com]

[Westchester, NY.]

[relee.livejournal.com]

[Sarnia, ON. For disclosure. Westchester is a dorkishly british name. I like it.]

[terrycloth.livejournal.com]

Valhalla sounds reeeeeally tedious. The traditional christian heaven is pretty awful too, I guess.

The typical modern christian heaven, where you can do whatever you want (presumably including drinking and fighting) and speak with celebrities from all of history and crap, is much better.

Or Jack's heaven where you get your own virtual world to live in (complete with resident sentient spirits that you can abuse guiltlessly because they aren't real) and can have other people visit. There's even some confusing creepiness where you can have someone over to your heaven but they don't have to experience going and visiting you, so that if you want to see someone and they don't want to see you both of you can be satisfied.

[sythyry.livejournal.com]

Well, see what you think of Mircannis' idea of heaven, then.

[kris-schnee.livejournal.com]

Haven't read "Jack" in a long time, but that was a memorable portrayal of Heaven. There was that one woman who made her personal VR fantasy land into a nightmarish stalker den, just in the hope that her evil boyfriend would hear about it and work to earn his way there. Or less seriously, the guy who liked to besiege Redwall Abbey.

Re: the poll's question about sex, "Jack" said, "In heaven, they make love; on Earth, they have sex; in Hell, they ****."