Heaven and hell is a reward system?

Yes you can call it a reward and punishment system. If you do good things you will go to heaven. If you don't then you go to hell. But there is also the aspect of asking for forgiveness. Confess all your sins and all of it will be forgiven, so will still go to heaven. Yes we can also say that it is also a control policy. If the idea of heaven and earth is not true then all people who did good things in life will see their efforts in futility. But what if it is true? Then those who did bad things will go to hell right? If you will ask me, I think it is better to believe that there is a heaven and a hell because it gives you an urge to do good things and a promise of a better place after you die.

VERY GOOD!!! Heaven and Hell is a reward system created by religion. Who could really argue with that truth??? The only Hell a person will get are the results of the consequences of our bad choices.Sometimes we can be our own worst enemy.Everything you do in life comes back to you in time to teach you what your actions really mean. This is never to punish. It will teach. Everyone will know God's unconditional love that heals all hurt. We have all experienced this before that's why we are all spoiled into wanting to always have it made.

Hi Gorillafootprints... if you're asking if heaven and hell is a reward system brought by religions, It's not... heaven is a place where all people who accept Lord Jesus as our Lord and Savior and return to God's grace and guidance. It is a place where True beleivers will be after judgment day comes and Hell is where a place where all people who turn back to God, did not accept truly that Jesus is our personal Lord and Savior and those people who have wicked heart and mind. It's not according to the religion but it is according to the Word of God.

I see heaven as a reward for living a good life. Heaven is the ultimate to strive for. Following your faith and religion and holding on to your beliefs paves the way to that reward we seek. I would never see hell as any kind of reward. It would be the ultimate punishment instead.

When the human being created God mentioned "perfect and same as our image" for their all creations, meaning no sins at all. Now why there is heaven and hell, because God wants to restore His perfectness and images to His creation. So all who believed God should be doing good and having reward in heaven (in judgment day) but those not believed God and not doing good will pay their sins in hell until return to God (don't how long will take to pay, depends on the sins done). Both word heaven and hell are mentioned in the bible (word of God) so that I believe it is true. thanks, see you around

In my religion to reach heaven is follow orders and away from the prohibition of god. I can not imagine what the hell is like? But certainly in my religion was made clear that the punishment in hell is very poignant. So i hope someday i get heaven

Well, according to what I know, Heaven is a place where there are angels and Gods and upon going there, you get to walk on the bridge made of gold. Hell is purgatory and it's a very hot place, according to superstitious beliefs. There are altogether 18 levels and the lower it gets, the hotter it becomes and the more torturous it'll be. Scary isn't it? Well, for some people, they don't believe in heaven and hell and they just continue doing what they like to do. Bad people continue killing people and stealing money out of greed things like that. I do believe that there's heaven and hell. It's more of a karma thing, whereby when we accumulate a lot of good karma, we go to heaven and we'll enjoy it there. It's just like another kind of Maldives, just that it's high up there in the sky,

The way I look at it, each and everyone of us were given lives to live by the Supreme Being. It is not our choice to be in existence here on earth. It is a blessing. So we go about our ways as humans, creatures with free will. That makes us higher than the beasts. And because we are humans, we must abide by a certain social concept where we can live in harmony. Take that away, then anarchy will simply eradicate us all. This is where good and evil comes to play. I have my rights. You have yours. You take away my rights, you violate the conduct that makes us humans. Heaven and hell, well those are the end destination for all of us. We have a choice to make. I am taking heaven. The requirement is simply to be good. It's a reward. I'll take it.

Everyone know that heaven is good, hell is bad. So, all of us want to reach to good things. Right? It's not hard to explain.

I think the heaven and hell thing is like a relationship of a father to his little son. Son, I will give you candy if you do good. So the son do good things to get his candy.