With whom would you like to hang out with in heaven?

[Virgil]

This might be a fun thread.

Name someone who you would really like to hang out with for eternity in heaven and why.

I'll start. William Shakespeare, because no one I have ever read understood humanity better, because he seems like real fun guy, and becuase I would love to listen to him speak. Whenever I think of him in heaven, I think of a bar (hopefully God will allow it) and beer and laughing and exchanging witty jibes.

[RobinHood3000]

Given that I'm an atheist, Heaven seems pretty much out of the question. If Dante is to be trusted, the best I can hope for is Limbo (the lobby of Hell...how ironic). Still, Aristotle and Galileo are in the same place, presumably, so I'll be in good company.

IF I were to visit Heaven, though, I'd probably want to talk to Dame Agatha Christie, first of all. She's one of my favorite authors, as is Edgar Allan Poe.

[Virgil]

You can be an atheist and play along. It's just a mind game.

You don't say why Christie and Poe. What particularly about them personally intrigues you? Just stating favorite author is too easy. Lots of my favorite authors I would not care about in heaven. You have to say something about their person.

[RobinHood3000]

Poe was apparently disturbed--the psychological implications alone of talking to him would be incredible.

Agatha Christie knew how to write and plot mysteries without getting herself mixed up, entailing a level of focus and organization I couldn't even begin to comprehend having. Therefore, to hold a conversation with her would be similarly intriguing.

[Virgil]

That's it. Thanks.

Of you're two, Poe might be more interesting to me. I don't know if he was disturbed, but he did have an intense personality. Was he an alcoholic or did that prove out to be incorrect. I vaguely remember a news article pointing out that he might have been allergic to alcohol rather than the long held belief that he was an alcoholic.

[Shea]

I would hang out with Tolkien. I'd love to hear his lectures on the Anglo-Saxons and have him teach me how to translate Old English. I'd also like to know more about how his languages and fictional histories were inspired.

[rachel]

aw that was my first choice. Jrr is to me a father and I grieve that I was not alive to see him face to face on this earth. His mind and heart in my opinion were equal, both infinitely pristine and deep and almost unsearchable in their nobleness and intelligence.I would have hoped and prayed that he and edith, his beloved Luthien would invite me if only once for tea.
I would sit quietly at the table with pounding heart and quivering lips and as I listened to him talking about philology, his great love after God and his wife and children. Or Leaf by Niggle or Farmer giles of Ham or even the perilous realm. Perhaps he would read the tiniest bit of lotr and as I walked home in a sort of stunned silence there would be a tear or two that slipped down my face for the sheer joy and wonder of having been in the same space, breathed the same air.I should not be happy to leave heaven if i was only visiting.

[Riesa]

It would have to be Mark Twain. I'd gladly follow him about, and to drink a couple with S.C. would be superb. Imagine sitting around with him while he observes the heavenly establishment....

[starrwriter]

No one I can think of. None of my favorite authors or friends would be there. :cool:

[baddad]

....If there was a heaven, and if there was a 'GOD'.............I would want to hang out with HIM..........afterall, if 'GOD' is the root of everyting, he is the root of literature, art, culture, the humanities, he would be able to expound at length and with expertise on any topic of interest. I wish to know everything.......or at the very least as much as possible before i am returned to the dust.........And a God would have already been W. Shakespeare, E. Hemingway, S. Freud, Kathryn The Great, etc., etc.,........

[AimusSage]

I agree with Baddad, GOD would be the best guy to hang out with in heaven. Maybe he'll let me play with some of his powers as well, would be fun to see what happens in some situations. And no, that does not mean I am going to create huge disasters on good old earth. Maybe I'll use the powers to appear to all of those extremist religious folk on this planet, and give them a taste of their own medicine, so to speak. That'll be fun.

Alas, I am just playing along and don't believe anything like this will ever happen.

[Aurora Ariel]

I do not believe in any concept of an afterlife as well, but I would have to say a Romantic Poet, such as Percy Bysshe Shelley(whose character and life is so fascinating) or Lord Byron or another well known Nineteenth Century author, or an eminent scientist, such as Charles Darwin.I think it would be easier to relate to one these individuals than someone from an ancient civilisation, though meeting a Cleopatra or Tutankhamun would be intriguing.I also wouldn't mind speaking with someone from Medieval Europe or Elizabethan England.And if we are, hypothetically, going right back I might as well just add a Neantherdal man, who I'm sure would be absolutely compelling. ;)

[RobinHood3000]

To "borrow" an idea from a fellow nerd-boy with a peculiar German-esque accent and animated personality (in more than one sense), perhaps I could seek out the inventor of fire.

[Aurora Ariel]

Anyone else read Prometheus Bound?;)

[Nightshade]

sounds familiar but dont think I have .
who would I like to meet?? da vinci, that man had one gifted mind
Robin Hood but then agian if he was real he was a thief soo -no more said on that- My consept of heaven is that you can have anything and anyone you want be they in heaven or hell or even imaginery. When I was 8 I wanted to meet Peter pan when I went to heaven. Mind you my heaven becak then was rather like neverneverland come to think of it

:D

[RobinHood3000]

Of course he was a thief--it's legend that makes him noble, and it is from legend I choose to take my interpretation. Historically, it's most likely that he robbed from the rich and...kept it pretty much for himself.

[Pensive]

.........um.............*secret smile*

[Koa]

heaven??? all the people I want to meet are in hell! :D

LOL, I wasn't meaning this seriously, I just found it was a funny thing to say ;) (I apologise if it wasn't ;))

As for the real topic, I dont really know...I never can choose when I see these topics like who would you like to meet...

[Anna Seis]

I'd like to meet with William Faulkner at heaven. Of course I suppose that if William is in the clouds, there must be some whisky there. If that's not the case, I would go downstairs; probably I would feel a little warmer , but an elizabethan tavern could be an interesting alternative to glory. Respectfully.

I vaguely remember a news article pointing out that he might have been allergic to alcohol rather than the long held belief that he was an alcoholic.[/QUOTE]

I agree with you. In a critical essay about Edgar Allan Poe, by Cortázar as I guess, is argued that he couldn't support even a cup of wine. The effects of alcohol were unusually catastrophic in him. And he died being intoxicated precisely because he couldn't support the last dosis.

[papayahed]

....If there was a heaven, and if there was a 'GOD'.............I would want to hang out with HIM..........afterall, if 'GOD' is the root of everyting, he is the root of literature, art, culture, the humanities, he would be able to expound at length and with expertise on any topic of interest. I wish to know everything.......or at the very least as much as possible before i am returned to the dust.........And a God would have already been W. Shakespeare, E. Hemingway, S. Freud, Kathryn The Great, etc., etc.,........

ack! That reminds me of what the nuns used to tell us in school when we asked what there was to do in heaven. They would tell us "Gazing upon the face of our Lord is all that you would need or want". huh? Not something you tell 4th graders to make heaven sound like a great place.

I can only have 1 huh? I'm torn between satisfying my curiosities about the Mayans or just being entertained. I'm not in a thinking mood today os I'll pick Elvis. He could sing me a song while we ate peanut butter- nana sandwiches together.

[Shea]

Honestly, my first impulse was to say essentially what Baddad said, but I was just "playing along." I'm uncomfortable with judging for myself whether or not someone is in heaven or hell. That's not my job, it's God's and quite frankly, He's the best one for it.

[RobinHood3000]

Well, it's probably a toss-up between God and Santa as the ultimate naughty/nice meter, but Santa seems to mostly deal with children, and I don't see God having to double-check the list at the pearly gates.

[subterranean]

Probably Hesse. That of course if he or I made it to go heaven...

[Mace Sin]

Unfortunately there isn't a Heaven, and if there is--I won't be going there. :(

But, this is a hypothetical situation, so I'll play along. I'd like to hang out with Mark Twain first hand, all of his philosophies, theories, I'd like to hang out with him.

Other than that--God, like another poster stated. All of the knowledge in the world encased in a celestial being seated right before you? I can't pass that up.

That is, if he feels like answering my questions.

[SleepyWitch]

heaven? who says I'm going there? I got my ticket to hell booked at an age when other kids were still playing with dolls :)
errr. nah, i'm just joking (add a German accent - which i don't have- to that and I'll be choking --> I'll take a short cut to hell :) )

Gandhi would be cool

[smilingtearz]

now that i see so many people here going to heaven... If i ever get there.. I'd love to hang out with everyone who was a part of LitNet of course!

[woeful painter]

nice idea smilingtearz...
Me, I don't have to think though...I aint going to heaven anyway :lol:

[smilingtearz]

oh yes you are!... I'm pulling you along, while i go..

[SleepyWitch]

now that i see so many people here going to heaven... If i ever get there.. I'd love to hang out with everyone who was a part of LitNet of course!

i was about to say that but then i thought it would sound schmaltzy... you've just proved that it doesn't :)

[smilingtearz]

But I still think Gandhi would be cool!

[rachel]

of course Tolkien and Chesterton. But I should like to visit with some from my family line, the line of king David. Like Bathshua and Tamar and Ruth and Boaz and before that Father Abraham.

[higley]

God and my grampas :)

Umm, Norman Rockwell! Woody Hayes, John Wayne, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, C.S. Lewis, Satchel Paige, Lou Gehrig, Mr. Rogers, my old neighbor, Rembrandt, R. L. Stevenson, Jesse Owens, Yogi Berra--to name a few ;)

[Xamonas Chegwe]

I suppose that if there were a heaven and, given that, that the far more distant possibility of my actually ending up there were to happen, I should probably spend the first few years in the complaints department asking some very tough questions about the nature of sin and where all of those fossils came from. After that, I'd be in the bar, taking the piss out of all of the teetotal saints outside. :lol:

[jackyyyy]

I'd like to hang out with Xamonas, change happy hour to happy eternity. People would be just dying to get in, eh.

[Xamonas Chegwe]

You'd be very welcome Jackyyyy. There's bound to be a bar. Wouldn't be much of a heaven to me if I couldn't get a beer. I'll leave the harps and clouds to the rest. Cheers!

[NNoah3]

I suppose that if there were a heaven and, given that, that the far more distant possibility of my actually ending up there were to happen, I should probably spend the first few years in the complaints department asking some very tough questions about the nature of sin and where all of those fossils came from. After that, I'd be in the bar, taking the piss out of all of the teetotal saints outside. :lol:

:lol: :lol: :lol: Can I join you?
One of my co-workers was coming in to my office while I was reading your post and he watched to me like if I was getting crazy!!!! :nod:

[Xamonas Chegwe]

Of course you may Nnoah3. And being heaven, the beer is free and only gets you just exactly as drunk as you like to be no matter how much you drink. You never need to pee either - plumbing's all taken care of by toilet angels. :lol:

[chmpman]

You never need to pee either - plumbing's all taken care of by toilet angels. :lol:

That truly would be heaven.

If heaven did exist I would like to chat it up with Nietszche, just to see what he would have to say about it. I'm assuming he gets in for his contributions to philosophy.

[Boris239]

I would probably like hang out with Epicure- he clearly knew how to enjoy life.
And I wouldn't say no to some really gorgeous and smart lady, like Aspasia. Cleopatra would be fine too :p

[jackyyyy]

That truly would be heaven.

If heaven did exist I would like to chat it up with Nietszche, just to see what he would have to say about it. I'm assuming he gets in for his contributions to philosophy.

He gets in but there is a small cover charge for philosophers. Afterall, they've been trying to close the place down since it opened, ya know.

[emily655321]

I don't mind who's there, as long as they're all cats.

[Ryduce]

I don't mind who's there, as long as they're all cats.




You and my mom would be best friends.She has over 26 cats.

[emily655321]

Oh, my. :eek: I don't think I'd like that many in one house. My four babies are the perfect number, in my opinion. :D

The unappealing idea of Heaven to me is the general image of it as a big, open space surrounded eternally by friends and loved ones. They're only my "friends and loved ones" because I still have the capacity to lock myself in a room alone from time to time... most of the time... all of the time, with a few careful exceptions. Spending an eternity with anyone doesn't sound like Heaven to me.

[Xamonas Chegwe]

'over 26' - what an odd number to pick for comparison. Over 20 - fine, even over 25. But over 26 sounds like you mean 26.43761 or such - which is a strange amount of cats (unless it's a kitten that I've just taken a bite out of!) :lol:

[Ryduce]

'over 26' - what an odd number to pick for comparison. Over 20 - fine, even over 25. But over 26 sounds like you mean 26.43761 or such - which is a strange amount of cats (unless it's a kitten that I've just taken a bite out of!) :lol:


The last time that I actually counted them I came up with the number 26,but they're always breeding so who knows what the number is now.

[Virgil]

God and my grampas :)

Umm, Norman Rockwell! Woody Hayes, John Wayne, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, C.S. Lewis, Satchel Paige, Lou Gehrig, Mr. Rogers, my old neighbor, Rembrandt, R. L. Stevenson, Jesse Owens, Yogi Berra--to name a few ;)
Yogi Berra is still alive!!! :lol:

[Scheherazade]

Yogi Berra is still alive!!! :lol:Higley is very young yet. I am sure she is in no hurry to get to Heaven... She can wait till Yogi makes his way there too!

:D

[RobinHood3000]

Guess who's not making it to Heaven?

S'all right--I like party games.

[Petrarch's Love]

I'll leave the harps and clouds to the rest. Cheers!

Xamonas, surely there's at least one harp you wouldn't mind dealing with:

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e386/LeonardoD/guinness1.jpg

[Petrarch's Love]

There are so many people I'd want to meet. I'd really want to be spending time with my loved ones who are up there, but it would be neat to run around and meet the great thinkers and artists etc. Maybe there could be a big building where everyone holds conferences in different rooms and you could choose where to circulate depending on your mood. This could be a sample room:

http://www.rowan.edu/philosop/clowney/Aesthetics/images/RAPHAEL.JPG

The list of must meets? Queen Elizabeth I Edmund Spenser, and William Shakespeare, because I've spent so much time in my life speculating about their lives. Beethovan (but in small doses--he had a nasty temper--but then, maybe he'd be cheerier since he could hear again in heaven), Mozart, Chopin (maybe my piano skills would improve with his help over the course of eternity...maybe) because music is important and I'd like to see what they've written lately. Monet, Cezzane and others...because what could be more fun than sitting around painting in the French countryside and having Monet lean over and correct your water lilly painting technique?

[emily655321]

I wanna tell baudy jokes to Jesus. You can't tell me Jesus doesn't have a sense of humor; he's Jesus. Who could be happier? I bet he knows a few.

[rachel]

Guess who's not making it to Heaven?

S'all right--I like party games.

who says you aren't M'Lord. I think people are in for a very big surprise at who will be there and who...won't.And if I have anything to say about it..... :banana:


There are so many people I'd want to meet. I'd really want to be spending time with my loved ones who are up there, but it would be neat to run around and meet the great thinkers and artists etc. Maybe there could be a big building where everyone holds conferences in different rooms and you could choose where to circulate depending on your mood. This could be a sample room:

http://www.rowan.edu/philosop/clowney/Aesthetics/images/RAPHAEL.JPG

The list of must meets? Queen Elizabeth I Edmund Spenser, and William Shakespeare, because I've spent so much time in my life speculating about their lives. Beethovan (but in small doses--he had a nasty temper--but then, maybe he'd be cheerier since he could hear again in heaven), Mozart, Chopin (maybe my piano skills would improve with his help over the course of eternity...maybe) because music is important and I'd like to see what they've written lately. Monet, Cezzane and others...because what could be more fun than sitting around painting in the French countryside and having Monet lean over and correct your water lilly painting technique?

wow, do you think it would be appropriate to crash your get together, maybe bring a dollie or two , a couple of your gorgeous eggs and a notebook to take notes from all these stellar heavenly citizens? :confused:

[Scheherazade]

I wanna tell baudy jokes to Jesus. You can't tell me Jesus doesn't have a sense of humor; he's Jesus. Who could be happier? I bet he knows a few. Not planning to make your stay in Heaven a long one, then? ;)
Guess who's not making it to Heaven?

S'all right--I like party games.Hey Robin, that makes two of us! I am thinking it might be more fun if we still hung out in this world, haunting a place (forest?) or two anyway! http://www.pinoyexchange.com/forums/images/smilies/ghostsmiley.gif

[Petrarch's Love]

wow, do you think it would be appropriate to crash your get together, maybe bring a dollie or two , a couple of your gorgeous eggs and a notebook to take notes from all these stellar heavenly citizens?

Hey, it's heaven and everyone is welcome to join in! :nod: Oh yeah, we probably would want notebooks so we could write down what Plato and Aristotle (the guys in the middle of the painting) are chatting about.

[emily655321]

Not planning to make your stay in Heaven a long one, then? ;)
Call me picky, but if I'm not allowed to tell baudy jokes, it's not Heaven. :D

[RobinHood3000]

Hey Robin, that makes two of us! I am thinking it might be more fun if we still hung out in this world, haunting a place (forest?) or two anyway! http://www.pinoyexchange.com/forums/images/smilies/ghostsmiley.gif
Well, slap me silly and call me Casper, that sounds like a good idea!

[higley]

Yogi Berra is still alive!!! :lol:

ahh, well, I figure I'll talk to him in Heaven at one point or another ;D

[MissJaneEyre19]

sylvia plath. i'd like to find out why she decided to kill herself. also, i would like to spend eternity with my grandparents. i didn't get to know them well, and i would love to find out what they were passionate about in life.

[woeful painter]

That's an idea! I want Heaven to be full of dogs if i'll get there, I'm not fond of cats that much.

Else, if emily gets her wish and Heaven gets full of cats, I'd rather get a ticket to travel the whole universe to study all heavenly bodie's and universal phenomena up close, should my time come. :D

[Isagel]

I don't mind who's there, as long as they're all cats.
Of course, they said it was heaven.

I´ll be downstairs (and being very surprised) with the rest of the sinners and atheists. At least we will have some good music, and poets to keep me company. I really think there will be at least some jazz music and beat poetry. Pour some Guinness down to me, will you?

[emily655321]

"In heaven all the interesting people are missing."
~Nietzsche

I guess that means Nietzsche won't be there. :D By the same token, it would be disappointing to find myself there, too.

[jackyyyy]

By the same token, it would be disappointing to find myself there, too.

I love that irony.

[Themis]

Name someone who you would really like to hang out with for eternity in heaven and why..

My mother. I would never want to stay around - even in heaven - for eternity if I couldn't be with her.

Not so seriously, I would choose Cicero. Of all the things I read I could never once agree with him but I know he was an intelligent man. We would have things to talk about for eternity, I'm sure.

[Stanislaw]

hmm, that is a tough question. assuming heaven is the smae as earth... Stanislaw Lem, assuming heaven is a beutified earth...Calico Jack Rackham (well assuming he be there) assuming one is transformed once they reach heaven...moses, and well, if not be heaven, than I suppose Karl Marx. :D

[papayahed]

"In heaven all the interesting people are missing."
~Nietzsche


I always wonder why people say stuff like that? Is it that all the interesting people are athiests and don't believe in a heaven? Is it that interesting people wouldn't be allowed in heaven?

[Stanislaw]

I always wonder why people say stuff like that? Is it that all the interesting people are athiests and don't believe in a heaven? Is it that interesting people wouldn't be allowed in heaven?

All the interesting...ie sociopathic people... :D

Its just an odd quirk of human nature I suppose.

[emily655321]

I always wonder why people say stuff like that? Is it that all the interesting people are athiests and don't believe in a heaven? Is it that interesting people wouldn't be allowed in heaven?
I think it means, if one were really to live their life to the letter of the religious law, the way your Sunday school teacher said you had to in order to avoid Hell, you'd be a pretty boring person. And that most of who I would consider the most interesting characters of history were people who broke rules and conventions and did things that shocked polite society, and who were believed in their time to be going straight to Hell. I don't honestly believe that, if there is a Heaven, such strict religious standards would apply. It also doesn't necessarily mean that every person who does live their life without doing something that would raise a priest's eyebrow is invariably boring—just that lots and lots of interesting, admirable people didn't.

I think it was said to make people think, especially those who like to go around condemning others whose ways they disapprove of.

[Anon22]

hmm... well... by the time I'm in heaven... most of you would be dead too... hopefully (as in, I hope I die after you... you know... youth stuff and stuff). So... yeah... you guys ^_^

[jackyyyy]

Look, you're all going to heaven whether you want to or not. Tickets are already paid for, and just make sure you brush your teeth before you leave the house.
Gads, ungratefuls!

[Stanislaw]

an aside, nice avatar jackyyyy...fireball xl5! :thumbs_up

[Virgil]

I wanna tell baudy jokes to Jesus. You can't tell me Jesus doesn't have a sense of humor; he's Jesus. Who could be happier? I bet he knows a few.
Emily - You should have heard the bellow of laughter I let out when I read that. :lol: :lol:

[jackyyyy]

an aside, nice avatar jackyyyy...fireball xl5! :thumbs_up
Hey Stan, good of you to notice.. you are the first to comment on it! Professor Matt Matic (avatar), venus and Lt 90. Steve Zodiac was too cool. He had a monkey, a robot, the girl, and the best ship in the galaxy. What more could a boy ask for...

[about a mad scientist who developed rapidly growing vines to take over the galaxy]
Prof. Matt Matic: He used to be such a nice fellow at Universe University. I guess he took the Ivy League too seriously.
Venus: What's Steve doing?
Prof. Matt Matic: Probably risking his fool neck, as usual.
Prof. Matt Matic: Now now, Venus, none of your feminine intution. Let's stick to the facts.

[literaturerocks]

if i could pick one person to hang out with in heaven it would have to be leonardo da vinci..a true renassaince man and a great artist... if youve ever read his notebooks or at least looked at them a bit youll notice that he knew a little bit of everything..its truly amazing..also i would like to discuss with him all this hype about his "code" :cool:

[Bysshe]

I'd like to hang out with Shelley. Or Byron. Or Keats. Or all three! That would be interesting. As for other writers, I'd like to meet Emily Bronte, although I think she'd be difficult to talk to...

If it was someone unrelated to literature, then it would be John Cazale (you know, Fredo in the Godfather). I think he was a wonderful actor, and although I have no idea what he was like in real life, I loved all the characters he played. Psychotic, but sensitive losers...

[miss tenderness]

Interesting thread…
Many many people I've always wanted to meet in heaven , namely those great personalities who engraved their memories on the heart of the history and in our minds and lives. I'll nominate the respected Abraham , Moses, Jesus , Mohamad , Virgin Mary. I'm dying to meat such honorbole souls. Also Abubaker , Omar . Many literary men and women Khansa is one of them and the list goes on …
My family + dear Sarona +all the people that I love and also all the people who deserve heaven it'll be interesting to hang out with :) I just wish that God the most gracious the most merciful will bless us with heaven .

[Virgil]

Interesting thread…
Many many people I've always wanted to meet in heaven , namely those great personalities who engraved their memories on the heart of the history and in our minds and lives. I'll nominate the respected Abraham , Moses, Jesus , Mohamad , Virgin Mary. I'm dying to meat such honorbole souls. Also Abubaker , Omar . Many literary men and women Khansa is one of them and the list goes on …
My family + dear Sarona +all the people that I love and also all the people who deserve heaven it'll be interesting to hang out with :) I just wish that God the most gracious the most merciful will bless us with heaven .
Nice thoughts, Miss Tenderness. I love the way Muslims refer to God with this phrasing: "God the most gracious the most merciful." It is a nice reminder of His attributes and our responsibilities as living people.

[thevintagepiper]

GOD of course. I will be there to praise and love and worship Him. That's why it's heaven-it's with Jesus!!!
My dad. He is my hero.
And AJ, my not-a-boyfriend (because I don't date).

As for authors, I'd talk to JRR Tolkien and Jane Austen.

[Manfred]

John Lennon, rock 'n roll icon.
Ernest Hemingway, who said shortly before his suicide (I'm paraphrasing here) "If a man can't drink, can't (deleted), and can't write, what good is he?"
RL Stevenson, king of imagination.

I'd also like to have a few words with Adolph Hitler, just to see what made him tick; Wouldn't want to be around him for TOO long however. Of course this meeting is somewhat unlikely, as his entry into Heaven is rather problematic.

[Lilac Cotton]

There might be two. In the Quran it is related that there are two gardens and then two more.

One of them is specifically for men and their actual wives. That is the one I'm asking for :) and I'm just praying that my husband makes it there with me hahaha. Nah, he'll make it. I'm just kidding.. ....I'm the one who needs the extra credit :(

Darn.

[smoothherb]

Tupac would be my first choice though I doubt there is a heaven for g's.

[grace86]

I have never really thought of this. Of course I would be ecstatic to meet God. But people, hmm, Tolkien maybe...I will get back to this one.

[Shannanigan]

I want to hang with all of the past Dahli Lamas and find out if they really all did possess the same soul or not...

[RJbibliophil]

I would like to meet a lot of those saints who have gone on before. I also love Hebrews 12:1-2 for the same reasons. I love to think of all the people who have preseded me.

[Pendragon]

Let me put it like this: To have the love of God, He is not willing that any should perish, but that all should have Eternal Life. I know in my heart, that some will not be there, and that there are some who have done so much evil that they cannot be there. But I would love to see all of you in heaven, to walk the golden streets, and live for an eternity with no more sorrow or pain. Where the petty differences that keep us apart are forever distroyed, and we all gather as one people. Where everyone is welcome, and no one is left behind. Who do I want to hang out with in heaven? Those gone before and those now present. Everyone that can make it! Heaven is homcoming for me.
:angel:

[miss tenderness]

There might be two. In the Quran it is related that there are two gardens and then two more.

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Hi Lilac , I've been away from the forums for like one week ,and surprisingly I see many new faces have joined us :) lovely... how is Beirut?? Can u give me a pig favor by passing by my best friend in there and give her a kiss and big congrats for her engagement.

I have a comment on this, in the holy Quran, it's mentioned that heaven is not just one or two, it's graded into many many heavens. The upper is called Paradise. People will be placed according to their good deed and God's mercy. I'm sure you know this , it's just to clear the ambiguity

[Laindessiel]

I'd like to hang out with Jesus.

He's such a great man.

[TEND]

Ernest Hemingway! I think he'd be a great time :lol: .

[andave_ya]

This is a really neat thread. Anyone read "The Five People You Meet in Heaven"
Of course it goes against Biblical thought, and I am a Christian, but the idea was fascinating...
Hmm, I'd want to meet Dorothy L. Sayers, because I can really relate to her. Can't say I'm as brilliant as she is but talking with her would be a blast.
Beethoven and Mozart. More likely, they'd be talking to me, though. I'd just be speechless.:blush:
I'd like to meet Michelangelo, though probably he would be speaking and I would be staring. :lol:
Oh! I nearly forgot! Tolkien! I'd love to speak with someone as imaginative as he was.

Of course though, the topper would be God. Think of it, all the Christian great minds of the world in one place, and yet, one single being would outshine them all. :banana:

[baddad]

Five People You Meet In Heaven.............great little read........

Not really sure who to hang with in heaven. No way to know for sure who will be there. Sure, based on our own individual biases, some of our idols may be there.........or not. Yeah, God will be there, but other than He, depending on the degree of adherence demanded from his followers as far as moral code is concerned, the place may be deserted.............

[Mortis Anarchy]

Jim Morrison...my Kompa...Jesus...my dad's granfather (he was an artist)...Salvador Dali...Oscar Wilde...hmmm...everybody?!

[Bakiryu]

Well If there IS a heaven and I am invited I would say: the gods of course, Neil Gaiman, My grandma, half my family, A bunch of writers I guess.

[Redzeppelin]

If heaven were merely a cleaned up "Disney" version of earth, then I'd probably pick "famous" or "interesting" people; but, I believe that the kind of people we become in heaven will make EVERYBODY fascinating to talk to - because the kind of people God makes us into will be people who are capable of complete honesty, vulnerability and intimacy; that means that the greatest moment of intimacy in your life - that moment where you felt totally understood, accepted, respected, admired and special to someone - I believe that that feeling will be available with anyone you talk to - and that, we may be surprised to learn that many of the people who were "average nobodies" here on earth (note the quotes) may actually turn out to be the most fascinating, wise and unique people we have ever met. Don't forget that the Bible says the "first shall be last and the last first." That means that some of these stellar individuals named in this thread might actually listen to your life's stories with rapt attention.

The fun is in looking forward to who we'll become and the freedom we'll feel at being ourselves in the presence of others.

But, in the spirit of this thread: I'd probably seek out Shakespeare, C.S. Lewis, Socrates (those searching for the truth were actually searching for God - and I think God takes that into account) and Job.

[wilbur lim]

Ah,this is fecund and significant.Who I wants to meet in Heaven is,ultimately,God himself,no other people is like Him.This is also cited about others.Thereby,I covet to meet God,praise God and thanks God.

But it is enigmatic if I could do so.

I genuinely want to meet my family too!I couldn't miss my mother,father and sister!

[mercy_mankind]

Very interesting thread :thumbs_up
I'd love to meet the prophets "Muhammad, Jesus, Moses, Ibrahem, Yusuf and all the prophets and messengers of Allah ( peace and blessings be upon them).
I want to meet the prophet muhammad's companions, Abu bakr, Omar, Othman, Ali, And prophet's wives and Pharaoh's wife, the virgin Mariam.
my family, my sisters that I loved them in Allah and all people there.
May Allah reward us with Paradise, May Allah accept our good deeds and forgive our sins. Ameen.

[WhimsySA]

Hmm... I'd say someone who was very close to me. He died a few years back and was like a father to me... So yeah, I'd love to spend some time with him again.

[Shalot]

I've been reading a couple of books about what supposedly happens when we die and what heaven is like, and according to the authors, you pretty much end up hanging out with like-minded people in heaven.

[Niamh]

I've been reading a couple of books about what supposedly happens when we die and what heaven is like, and according to the authors, you pretty much end up hanging out with like-minded people in heaven.

Humm... thats an interesting concept... Wonder who those like minded people would be....

[novlist*star*]

Very interesting thread :thumbs_up
I'd love to meet the prophets "Muhammad, Jesus, Moses, Ibrahem, Yusuf and all the prophets and messengers of Allah ( peace and blessings be upon them).
I want to meet the prophet muhammad's companions, Abu bakr, Omar, Othman, Ali, And prophet's wives and Pharaoh's wife, the virgin Mariam.
my family, my sisters that I loved them in Allah and all people there.
May Allah reward us with Paradise, May Allah accept our good deeds and forgive our sins. Ameen.

me too I hope to meet all them.In addition to all Muslim people..:)

[blazeofglory]

This might be a fun thread.

Name someone who you would really like to hang out with for eternity in heaven and why.

I'll start. William Shakespeare, because no one I have ever read understood humanity better, because he seems like real fun guy, and becuase I would love to listen to him speak. Whenever I think of him in heaven, I think of a bar (hopefully God will allow it) and beer and laughing and exchanging witty jibes.

With you at this moment more than anybody Virgil. You are my friend and I like to chat with you there.

[Virgil]

With you at this moment more than anybody Virgil. You are my friend and I like to chat with you there.

Why thank you Blaze. That is so nice of you. It would be a pleasure for me too. :)

[wilbur lim]

I intend to meet all members in this forum,as I want to have more acquaintances in heaven.Heaven is a cool place to dwell!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BlueSkyGB]

Too many to name.....all musicians..all either Blues or Jazz ..:D
here are a few...
Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Janis Joplin, Elmore James, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Cab Calloway, and Duane Allman.....

oh man better stop now or this post will be sooooo long...:lol:

[LadyW]

Me and Jesus will be kickin' back with Mr. Johnny Cash listening to a few tunes (:
Anyone want to join us?

[blazeofglory]

I intend to meet all members in this forum,as I want to have more acquaintances in heaven.Heaven is a cool place to dwell!!!!!!!!!!!!

Invite me and Virgil, for we have already agreed to be together in heaven.


Me and Jesus will be kickin' back with Mr. Johnny Cash listening to a few tunes (:
Anyone want to join us?

I am in for it


I've been reading a couple of books about what supposedly happens when we die and what heaven is like, and according to the authors, you pretty much end up hanging out with like-minded people in heaven.

Burt like-mindedness will bore us, and make us feel dull in point of fact.


Very interesting thread :thumbs_up
I'd love to meet the prophets "Muhammad, Jesus, Moses, Ibrahem, Yusuf and all the prophets and messengers of Allah ( peace and blessings be upon them).
I want to meet the prophet muhammad's companions, Abu bakr, Omar, Othman, Ali, And prophet's wives and Pharaoh's wife, the virgin Mariam.
my family, my sisters that I loved them in Allah and all people there.
May Allah reward us with Paradise, May Allah accept our good deeds and forgive our sins. Ameen.

But all of them will dazzle you. All you will have in heaven are likely to enslave you.

[papayahed]

ack! That reminds me of what the nuns used to tell us in school when we asked what there was to do in heaven. They would tell us "Gazing upon the face of our Lord is all that you would need or want". huh? Not something you tell 4th graders to make heaven sound like a great place.

I can only have 1 huh? I'm torn between satisfying my curiosities about the Mayans or just being entertained. I'm not in a thinking mood today os I'll pick Elvis. He could sing me a song while we ate peanut butter- nana sandwiches together.

Elvis? I love looking at these old threads and wondering what the heck I was thinking??

[wilbur lim]

Me and Jesus will be kickin' back with Mr. Johnny Cash listening to a few tunes (:
Anyone want to join us?

By all means,let me join.

[blazeofglory]

Really if we thread users are there together what a moment we will have, and I can not even imagine.

[papayahed]

Really if we thread users are there together what a moment we will have, and I can not even imagine.

This may call for reviving the reunion thread.

[NikolaiI]

George Harrison!!

[blazeofglory]

George Harrison!!

Oh with you!!! I will be thrilled to hang around with you everywhere!

[kiz_paws]

Kurt Cobain (natch!) ;)

But I'd love to shoot the breeze with Jimi Hendrix and I'd love to give Johnny Cash a hug.... Of course these are all the famous 'druthers' I'd have. :nod:

On a more serious note, I would give anything to hug my grandmother again, as well as "J" (who I blogged about) -- they meant more to me than anything.

What a great thread, Virgil. :)

[Midnight_Star]

If I am to go to Heaven I wish that it will Jesus to hang out with. And my family. Jesus and my family are the most important things in my life.

[maraki16]

plato!i love his theories and his imagination.moreover, i'd like to have in my company a few more members:jane austen, because i really love her novels, as well as shakespeare because i really appreciate his works.lorka, because i think it would be just perfect to have him composing poems in the way he had- i adore his style, it really touches my soul. and for the end, colin firth. just because i would need to have something handsome to look at after endless philosophical-political-lyrical conversations and actually feel what being on heaven could be like:looking at colin's expressive eyes without a tv glass keeping you apart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AdoreroDio]

Truthfully I believe that once I get to heaven any earthly obsession I may hold will die in comparison to my need to be around my God and my God only. Of course right now, purely human, I think that I would like to hang out with Job, Aristotle, and Julius Caeser. I can think of some others but those would be on the top.

[TheInsomniac]

Guy fawkes, my one and only hero.

[maraki16]

i think i also agree with blazeofglory. imagine if all of us hang out together in heaven......:lol::lol::lol: nontheless it would be really interesting

[Lily Adams]

Sir Issac Newton.

Dude was awesome.

Plenty of other people, too.

[Natchat]

Emily Dickinson. Her poetry touches upon the feeling of eternity in such a deeply profound and subtle way, conversing with her in heaven would be incredible!

[weltanschauung]

http://thispoetscorner.com/db2/00143/thispoetscorner.com/_uimages/LuciferbyGustaveDore.jpg

[browneyedbailey]

I would hang with my Lois. she died two years ago... ;(

[Sweets America]

Jack Kerouac? :D Damn I'm so predictable.

[islandclimber]

he's probably not in heaven though ahahha.. you may have to go to hell for that one.. :p

[Quilp]

As an atheist I feel I may not have earned the right to a place in Heaven.

However, for the sake of arguement I would have to say - Charles Dickens. I would love to ask him about his infatuation with Mary...

[Sweets America]

he's probably not in heaven though ahahha.. you may have to go to hell for that one.. :p

Oh no, he was an angel, really. :) He was. A fallen one, but still. His place certainly is not in hell, he needs some peace.

[weltanschauung]

you guys talk about hell like its elsewhere.