Heaven: One�s eternal reward for siding up with the big honcho known as God, Yahweh, Jehovah, and/or Elohim. I find this a bit disturbing since this deity spent most of his time in the Old Testament forcing plagues, bondage, murders, incest, and (pardon the expression) God knows what else, not only upon his enemies but, go figure, upon his followers as well! One of the rationales for these horrors was he was testing his flock to insure they were worthy. And for this sadistic juggernaut they responded by calling him their Merciful Father in Heaven. Which takes me back to the point. Why would I want to live in heaven if it is run by the cosmic version of Jack the Ripper? I would be scared shitless all the time. Harps and streets of gold notwithstanding. Step out of line once and my wings would probably be torn from my celestial back by talons of unspeakable rapacity and force fed to me spiced with vinegar and leper oozings. You�d think that with a domain like this awaiting us, its keeper would make it easy as possible to get in since most folks shy away from inconvenience much less outright torture. Oh, I know the hype we�re led to believe. Things like eternal bliss, rivers of milk and honey, sounding trumpets and vibrating harps, all diverting our attention from the fact that the imminence in charge destroyed entire earthly civilizations just for pissing on a wall.
1 Kings, 21.21: Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel.
I don�t even want to think about what happened to those who might have �shat against the wall.�
Anyway, not only is it not easy to get into this asylum of carnage, one must meet rigid requirements to even be considered.