TITLE:
Heaven Ungained
AUTHORS:
Thomas Smythe
KEYWORDS:
Heaven, Hell, Inconsistency
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.3 No.1,
January
12,
2016
ABSTRACT:
There has been quite a bit of literature on heaven of late. In this paper
I state some claims that theistic philosophers and theologians have made about
heaven, and make the concept of heaven incoherent. I maintain that it is
possible for a rational individual to prefer not to go to heaven. Finally, I
argue that it may be preferable for a person of moral integrity to decide that they
want to go to hell given the immoral nature of many passages in the Bible.