Closing shop.

I appreciate anyone who has ever read my posts. It was a good learning experience. Have a great day!

What if?

When I was growing up, I remember having a pretty detailed imagination. Without all of the current forms of entertainment, it was second nature to conjure up imaginary situations. I won't go into full detail about my creative thoughts, but let's just say my mind's eye worked overtime. Well, having been raised a Catholic, I always wondered about the meanings of my faith and the differences of other peoples beliefs. One in particular was reincarnation. This theory has infinite implications. Since I was taught and believed in heaven and hell, I've always wondered what those two destinations would be like. Doesn't everybody who shares that same belief? Hell was all about fire and burning alive until eternity. Not so fast, please. What if hell was one of those other places that we sometimes refer to as being hell? For instance, living with an abusive spouse can be hell or so I've heard. How about living through a natural disaster? I know that can be hellish as well. There are many similar scenarios that are worthy of that classification. However, I prefered to take it a step further. Let's add reincarnation into the mix. Have you ever watched the nature channels and wondered what it would be like to be a wildebeest being chased down by a pride of lions or a gazelle being eaten alive by a pack of hyenas? That's got to be hell, especially if God has found you unworthy of His redemption and He has decided to send your soul back to earth as prey for hungry predators. It wouldn't stop there. Once you've been devoured, you're recreated as a salmon swimming upstream into the jaws of a bear. Next, you're an armadillo crossing a busy Texas highway. And so it goes. You are sentenced to be recreated to die a violent death over and over and over for all of eternity. Your soul is passed around forever, only to be tortured and killed in every conceiveable manner. Let's imagine that you have a horrible fear of drowning or falling from a skyscraper. Wouldn't it be hell to endlessly die like that ? What if you had to watch a loved one die repeatedly forever? Hell no!
Currently, I choose to believe that it is better not to think about which type of hell lies ahead. I choose the heavenly part of the equation. I think I'll explore my imagination about heaven in my next post. It's hell writing about hell. But, what if?