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in the case you mentioned it wouldnt be a perfect paradise since your loved one wasnt there.. however you could experience an eternity with a mental projection of that person which in turn would mean that they never faltered from your glorified perspective of that person, and as such the paradise would seem perfect but in "reality" it would just be a scam and the granter of that perfect paradise a fraud.

so no.. a perfect paradise isnt possible in the normal sense, partly because even if you have a soulmate, if you dont die at the same time one of you would have to wait around for the other one, and besides even if you and your soulmate died and went to the same paradise there would be some differences.. like your wifes mother might be there since your wife liked her while you dont.. or your big doggy would still be around to spew saliva all over the place, on the other hand if the dog lost the ability to drool it wouldnt have its original charm and something would be missing.. all in all perfection isnt possible till everyone is dead and gone permanently, no afterlife included.

this thread needs some discussion... so I will say yes, the reasons are 2, first the "paradaise" is timeless (like the supossed god for the matter) that means that there is no waiting, and second (and I personally love the stupidity of this statement) if you and your lover were married under the consentment of god then you should live the eternity together OR in the case your "lover" had been that bad and there is no "sacred union" then you shall meet someone else in paradise along with a brain wash =)

ok it were 3 things =P

remember that for almost all religions god is perfect, means that he makes no mistakes, and even tho a priest is human and can make them, he acting in the name of god, meaning that cant be a mistake.

(i love the stupidity of what am about to say)
maybe 2 people that have gotten married dont seem to fit in our eyes, but they surely do at gods eyes and thats what matters =)

(i cant believe i just say that xD)

Yes because love is an illusion. Much like any other emotion felt it isn't really anything to worry about when your alive..especially when your dead. I'm sure if your in heaven your loved one will be the second thing you worry about....that or you could just ask god to bring your special one up there.


Really they're is no hell...if god really who we say he is then no one goes to hell for eternity. No one.

It depends on your faith. not every faith has a heaven or hell. Some have reincarnation and karma, in that even if your spouse doesn't 'go to heaven' or duat, or whatever you call your paradise, they are constantly reborn until they reach enlightenment, order and peace. So in these faiths it is a seperation of time, not eternity. And also one thing to keep in mind is that organized religion was created and/or sustained by human beings. People in power who go corrupt with power change the rules as they see fit. Clear evidence of this is found in many religions. In the Kemetics, Akhtenaten and Nefertiti tried to deify themselves as children of thier one true god Aten. Ramses II enslaved the Hebrews (As to weather they were made to build anything is in question. To have slaves build temples in the eyes of the Kemetics was sacriliage, for temples were homes to the Netjeru, and thus sacred.) For Christians, there is the Spanish Inquisition, slaughtering Wiccans, hermetics and anyone accused of being a 'witch', as well as the native americans for not converting (Yes, religion was actually used as an excuse for thier slaughter). And of course, who can forget the extreamist groups that slander the names of thier religions (Muslum, Islam and Christian), putting thier 'faiths' to shame with thier heretic actions. But I'm ranting now. Basically, concerning the religious laws that humans create outside of the founding laws (The 10 commandments, Jesus's two commandments, the 42 percepts of Ma'at, etc) do not govern how God/Goddess/Netjer sees us and judges us. The Divine have thier own means of judging us. If divorce was never meant to happen, why isn't it in the ten commandments, or the 42 percepts of Maat, or any of the founding laws that were said to be given by the Divine? it's something that leaders of the church created. The Divine will judge us how He/She/They decide to judge us.

I'm technically an atheist. I dont believe in the bible, I dont believe in god. to many christians, I am indeed going to hell. I have many friends who are gay. to many christians, my friends are going to hell just for that. am I to be hated? are they?

that way of thinking is one of the things that makes this world so wrong.

just because in one persons eyes someone else isnt the type that would fit into their religious views of heaven, doesnt mean they have to hate that person. that attitude is what fueled things like expulsion of jews from the lands of their birth, the Inquisition, wars between the Roman Catholics and Protestants in renaissance england and other countries. the only offense the victims of these crimes committed was to believe a different way, deeming them people to be hated as an affront to god and not fit for heaven by their opposition. but truly, that should not be for man to decide or judge. if you believe in jesus, then heed the story of when he was on the cross with the 2 criminals on the crosses next to him when he assured them of being with him in heaven. and that is just 1 example.

in other words, the god that christians believe in did not preach hate. he preached tolerance, forgiveness, and love. his followers should do likewise.