PHILOSOPHICAL

Renee M asks, “If you knew for sure heaven and hell existed, would you change how you lived?”

HOW OTHERS RESPONDED

Betty212, "Of Course, But how would you ever know such things existed?"
18 days ago - Comment

Richard618, "No. I always try to do the right thing without caring about a surveillance tape in the sky."
29 days ago - Comment

Anne383, "Why? I wouldn't mind going to hell knowing those annoying christians who "suggest" me to go to church with them on sunday will be going to heaven. "
about 1 month ago - Comment

Barbara38, "It may just have a slight impact on me. Now, does that knowledge also provide the correct religion and method to get to each? "
about 1 month ago - Comment

LtFlippy, "Would it matter?"
5 months ago - Comment

Patricia452, "If heaven existed then God must exist, which means that i am created in his image. I'm already saved or damned so i might as well enjoy life and not worry."
6 months ago - Comment

Judith51, "Probably not, because I'd have no way of knowing what actions would make me more likely to go to one or the other."
6 months ago - Comment

Jessica586, "No. I don't respect a coercive god."
6 months ago - Comment

Fiona201, "No, better to study their psychological profile in prison"
6 months ago - Comment

Tabitha486, "The answer would only open up further questions"
6 months ago - Comment

William299, "It depends on how other people around me would be willing to live their lives"
6 months ago - Comment

Diana172, "No, i will not change. Coz i dont remember my last birth and will sure didnt remember my this birth when i be in haven or hell, so why 2 worry abt it."
7 months ago - Comment

Lisa482, "I would deffinatlly change how i live, because i would want to spend eternity with my past friends and family"
7 months ago - Comment

Betty436, "In heaven thay have ercondision...but in the hell is the crew"
7 months ago - Comment

Polly982, "I think i lived my life pretty well"
7 months ago - Comment

Anna936, "I would devote more time to my faith. I find that when I'm busy my faith always comes last, it should be first."
7 months ago - Comment

Mark141, "Just keep living why stop to change while your already in the pool"
7 months ago - Comment

Matthew871, "Maybe, i might start volunteering more or something"
7 months ago - Comment

Sharon586, "To quote Mr. Wonka, "If you want to view paradise, simply look around and view it.""
7 months ago - Comment

Helen607, "No - I like to think whoever chooses where i would go recognizes that i live my life trying to help others."
7 months ago - Comment

Christopher32, "Not by much.... Maybe go to church...."
7 months ago - Comment

Kimberly737, "Infinitely. But i would also need to know the extent of eternal suffering. Is it torture or tedium?"
7 months ago - Comment

Philip198, "Considering Jesus said it's harder for a man to get into heaven then go through a hole in a needle, i would assume yes"
7 months ago - Comment

Kenneth852, "Going by this Biblical quote, why do Christians assume anyone gets into heaven? "
7 months ago

Jason695, "Of course: I would seek a way of selling services that explain how to get to heaven and avoid hell. I would become rich."
7 months ago - Comment

Christa, "Yes, I would actively search for the correct belief system."
7 months ago - Comment

MrLuke, "If God is truly omnipotent, wouldn't he see through your efforts of changing beliefs just in an effort to get into Heaven? At that point it's really not faith, but just the hope for a reward. Or maybe he would consider that noble?"
7 months ago

Christa, "I would not be searching for a correct belief system to get into heaven, and who says that for their to be a 'heaven' and 'hell' there is a 'God' you have to -do something-? :)"
7 months ago

Kenneth852, "True, but if you don't have to do anything then what would determine whether you go to heaven or hell?"
7 months ago

Christa, "There might not be a set of rules that get you in. It might just be a scale system of the 'good' vs 'bad' you've done. There's also a possiblitity that it's during your lifetime when doing bad things your soul gets tarnished - And the pass into heaven is "
7 months ago

Anna423, "No, I would live life to its fullest. The afterlife is for the dead. Right now is for the living."
7 months ago - Comment

Adam963, "Nope, I already live my life like I want to go to heaven."
7 months ago - Comment

Felicity120, "I don't actually believe in heaven and hell, but I try to live as if I do. "
7 months ago - Comment

Michelle644, "No, it is all a question of ethics, which varies from person to person, who could possibly say what Gods true verdict would be?"
7 months ago - Comment

Dianne Aceto, "Only after i'd done something worth repenting over and be ready to lead an appropriate living life according to the rules for entry into heaven. "
7 months ago - Comment

Ursula115, ""Worth repenting over".. So you've never done anything that you regret?"
7 months ago

Ruth889, "That would mean we lived in a world ruled by a mass murdering faccist called god. So no"
7 months ago - Comment

Steven488, "Ahh... So "omg" mean "OH MY GOD" with "help me please"? Of course i would!"
7 months ago - Comment

Daniel940, "See nietzche"
8 months ago - Comment

Edgar975, "Hell is other people."
8 months ago - Comment

Eve138, "I already know that they exist, I try to live up to jesus' expectations for me. I always fall short, but never stop growing."
8 months ago - Comment

Ruth647, "Better to reign in hell then serve in heaven!"
8 months ago - Comment

Ravenschild, "No,because there are many paths to the Light"
8 months ago - Comment

Carol195, "Yes, I would start experimenting to find out the nature of the two based on the evidence that has been provided."
8 months ago - Comment

Betty799, "Yes, but I wouldn't be happy about it. Heaven sounds dull compared to a well lived life, but preferable to broiling eternally."
8 months ago - Comment

Kimberly518, "True... There's an old Twilight Zone where a guy who loves to play pool dies and awakens to find himself playing and making every shot. He cannot miss. In the end, he realizes that he's in hell, not heaven. Perfection == hell."
7 months ago

Simon77, "If heaven has no suffering, it has no joy either. They are complementary opposites. Same for hell - They would both be equal. I would not change a thing."
8 months ago - Comment

James491, "Yes, because it means there are actually eternal consequences for what you do."
8 months ago - Comment

lifetheuniverse, "Yes, I would have the strength and desire to change my life more then it has changed up to this time."
8 months ago - Comment

Barbara94, "This "World" lives alongside "Heaven", or as the Migmag believe in "Spirit World". Positive and negative exist, I choose positive more than negative."
8 months ago - Comment

Kimberly518, "If this "spirit world" exists, what do you think is its purpose? Do spirits just float around observing those on living on Earth?"
7 months ago

Michelle727, "I know heaven and hell exist for sure...and it's here on earth. The difference is all in the mind, how one lives, how one thinks. I believe I live in heaven."
8 months ago - Comment

Helena675, "Nice one michell727, i agree with you.."
7 months ago

Felicity417, "Irrelevant. I live in hell."
8 months ago - Comment

Arthur386, "Is living an eternity of hell and fire really as bad as you have it right now?"
7 months ago

Herbert988, "Who knows if hell is even a terrible place ?"
8 months ago - Comment

Edwin427, "I wish that I was more of a giving person.. But of course, if I changed that just to get into heaven, I think God would see through that.."
8 months ago - Comment

vbuge, "No, I believe I have a pretty good moral compass, anything I've done I've done with the best intentions"
8 months ago - Comment

Jim Jones (Lincoln, NE), "Hmmm, the Jesus heaven, or the 37 virgins kind of Heaven?"
8 months ago - Comment

Sarah, "Heaven, "where nothing ever happens." or the "perpetual orgasm"? Hell of burning flesh (pick a chinese one) or the thought of never knowing god. Ill-defined"
8 months ago - Comment

Danielle A., "Well, i was once a very devoute catholic but after years of going to and listing how fucked i was i knew there was nothing i could do if heaven and hell exist"
8 months ago - Comment

Jason, "I live heaven and hell everyday; I can't imagine changing anything now.."
8 months ago - Comment

moronkreacionz, "Living on this earth wudnt be less than heaven - Just let loose - Nature calling. "
8 months ago - Comment

Sandra374, "Only if I knew the actual rules for getting into heaven and hell. And whether or not I would want to spend eternity in either one."
8 months ago - Comment

Kimberly, "Do I have any choice in whether I want to go? Can I defer my place in heaven and just have my life over with after death?"
9 months ago - Comment

Michelle, "Do I get any details? If heaven means hanging out all day that could get boring but I certainly don't feel like having a permanent sunburn either "
9 months ago - Comment