The Case against Heaven

(Obviously other people might have said this better, but hey, its my blog.)

Consider the following propositions or axioms common to all the Abrahamic faiths:

1) Heaven exists.

2) God gave mankind free will.

Heaven is the ultimate reward for all virtuous conduct. Its an etenally blissful afterlife, free of all the evils and sufferings on earth.

Free will is the reason for evil. Free will is also the the offered explanation for good. Greed, selfishness, good, evil all spring from free will, as natural consequences of.

Now lets consider these two propositions as valid simultaneoulsly. I draw the following two possible sets of conclusions:

a) Heaven is blissful.

b) Heaven is the epitome of goodness.

c) For goodness to be meaningful, free will must exist.

d) If there is free will, then evil exists as a consequence.

e) Ergo, there must be evil in heaven.

f) Ergo, there must be suffering in heaven as a consequence of evil.

g) Evil on earth is temporary, all things in heaven are eternal.

h) Ergo, there must be a lot of evil and lot of suffering in heaven.

Else

a) There is no free will in heaven.

b) Without free will, there is no notion of good.

c) Without the notion of goodness, there is no notion of bliss.

d) Heaven is not blissful.

Ergo sum, one of the following may be true:

a) There is free will AND (a lot of) suffering in heaven.

Else

b) There is neither free will NOR bliss in heaven.