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Jedi Heaven (lemmy.ca)

submitted 5 months ago by MattW03@lemmy.ca to c/starwarsmemes@lemmy.world

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[–] rozodru@piefed.world 71 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (8 children)

I'm more concerned about the tombstones shown in the panting in heaven. like what happened to THOSE people? are they Super Dead?

[–] CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 28 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This picture is from a Jehovah's Witness publication. This isn't a depiction of heaven, but rather a future paradise earth. And the picture depicts various people being redirected back to life.

[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 9 points 5 months ago

I saw this picture and it immediately gave me flashbacks to JW flyers

[–] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Those are for the living, waiting to rise up.

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[–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 27 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Israel.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

USAF

[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

ICE

[+] FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 26 points 5 months ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

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[–] sundray@lemmus.org 16 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It depends. Some sects believe in the concept of "particular judgment" -- you are judged and go to heaven (or hell, or Detroit) immediately upon death (I think Catholics believe this). Other sects believe in the doctrine of "last judgement" where all the dead are put on hold until the end of the world, and then judged en mass. There is, as usual, conflicting Biblical passages on this point.

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

My family took a novel approach to it. Everyone gets judged when they die, but only the worst go to hell, and the best go to heaven. The rest wait around until the rapture and then there is Judgement 2: Judgement Day where all the people that were waiting around get judged against all the new people, and then they are split based on some kind of holy bell curve. It was really just a lot of bullshit to get around my family being full of drug addicts and racists and no one wanting to admit that if they go by the Bible they are hellbound.

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Holy moly bell curve.

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[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Enjoy your mythology. I prefer my imaginary afterlife to be interpreted literally.

[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side.

[–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I find your lack of faith disturbing.

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The Jedi are extinct, their fire has gone out of the universe. You, my friend, are all that's left of their religion.

[–] oopsgodisdeadmybad@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

There's probably multiple. Or at least there's multiple interpretations of it.

I remember reading that bit.

But even if that's the actual version, this painting just assumes you down near the people you're wanting to see. Even though those groups would likely have mutually exclusive members? Does everybody get split into though copies to be everywhere they need to be at once?

There's so much unanswered lore specifics. Revelation was the first part I stopped believing in.

It just seems like whoever wrote it (I think it's supposed to be John, but those people still think Moses was a real person, so who knows) had dropped too much acid like 10 hours before and was having a really bad comedown phase. None of it is coherent at all.

And the fact that Trump is by far the closest any human has come to being the actual antichrist while they all just follow blindly is the most depressing humor around.

Any other tiny sleight they will call out preemptively (thinking of late 90s/early 00s satanic panic stuff, like Pokémon is evil because it's made by a company called Wizards of the Coast, and they also make a game called Magic!), but actual Hitler Jr? Nah, they love him to death.

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[–] GiveOver@feddit.uk 26 points 5 months ago (13 children)

What makes me sad about heaven is that there must be a cutoff in the monkey -> human evolution chain. What happened to the very first human that met that cutoff? They'll be in heaven but their parents are too monkey and didn't make it :(

[–] thewebroach@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

I love this reflection. It kind of shines a spotlight on the fallibility of mainstream religions under rational thought. Could there be something after death? Sure. But the stories people are peddled arent based on any truth, it's just telling people what they want to hear to get them to join the club.

There's a people heaven, and a dog heaven, and a monkey heaven, a bird heaven, etc. Like, what? There's an estimated 8.7 million species on earth, you think there's a heaven for each of them? When evolution spins off something new or species cross breed, like a liger from a lion and tiger, does a new heaven just pop into existence?

Mainstream depictions of heaven are bunk.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

If you believe evolution is real, you'll obviously never go to heaven, so you'll never find out.

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[–] CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Isn't it a little tortuous to send children to heaven as children. Even if just a spirit, the appearance and mind of a child feels a little Kirsten Dunst in interview with a vampire. Same with the old. Who wants to go to heaven as an old man or woman?

Most conceptions of heaven kinda feel like hell. This picture scares the hell out of me.

[–] rozodru@piefed.world 6 points 5 months ago

yeah how the fuck does relativity work in heaven? I agree with you, if I died as a kid that would stuck for all of eternity to just be a kid.

[–] Okokimup@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago (2 children)

This looks like some jehovahs witness "art."

[–] aaa999@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago (2 children)

lots of diversity: check no interracial couples or evidence of them despite lots of diversity: check heaven is a physical place where you keep your body and there's flowers and columns and shit: check 80s romance novel cover horny painting art style: check

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 months ago

No women in pants: check

[–] Steve@startrek.website 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

No clothing diversity

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[–] borkborkbork@piefed.social 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

at least it's not ai slop

[–] okwhateverdude@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

[–] brave_lemmywinks@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What reality takes precedence in heaven? My view of my grandmother or her own view? Or is heaven a bubble of reality for what each individual wishes most?

[–] cattywampas@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Depends what you believe but many think of the concept of heaven not as a place where you see your dead family and pets, but more of a state of being including oneness with God. Sort of like nirvana. Or the Nexus if you're a Star Trek fan.

[–] aaa999@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure JWs believe that heaven is like IRL and simply do not ask the obvious follow up questions because they are a cult

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[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

[–] GutterRat42@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

Measles. Thanks RFK Jr.

[–] grahamja@reddthat.com 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Jehovah's witness fan art makes for such great memes.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 7 points 5 months ago

I received a flyer for "Let's celebrate Jesus' death" this April. Terrible choice of words

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Why are they in a fucking cemetery?! What the fuck is going on up there?

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 7 points 5 months ago

Nietze was wrong, God is undead.

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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Statistically, if there's an afterlife, there's billions of babies and fetuses in it.

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[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 5 months ago

Just another school shotin' for jesus!

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Anakin

That's a lot less dark than i was expecting.

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[–] UncleArthur@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (7 children)

So, what happens if you've survived a spouse and remarried? Do you have to choose who you want to spend eternity with?

What about adopted and surrogate kids: do they have to hang out with their biological parents now?

Heaven is such a ridiculous concept.

[–] jumjummy@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

It’s always funny when they depict adults being reunited with their children. How come those adults aren’t depicted as children being reunited with THEIR parents.. and recursively so on and so on.

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[–] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Iranian mommies and daddies when the war with US starts:

[–] ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 5 months ago

Or Palestinian ones on a Tuesday

[–] stickyprimer@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (7 children)

Why are some people old in heaven? I’d want to have a 23yo body forever, thank you very much.

And why are some people children in heaven? Does this mean they’ll never develop and get to know what it is like to be mature?

It’s almost like this whole Heaven concept hasn’t been thought out very far.

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

Child mortality was high back then, eh?

Edit: just saw the Anakin after.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

jedis arnt human though, so they dont have a christian equivalent heaven. maybe there is a force version of heaven.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 months ago

So the entirety of the force ghost thing didnt happen, yeah?

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