This was one of the reasons I started questioning Christianity. Everytime I asked my priest what heaven was like, he was all like, "yeah it's awesome" or something to that effect.
What I really wanted to know was whether or not they had vending machines. To this day, I have no idea whether or not Jesus and co have access to Coca-Cola; the very prospect frightens me!
In all seriousness, I think I'd prefer hell. Hell isn't necessarily a place of eternal suffering, it's just removal from God, and given all the doctrinal bs I was fed as a kid I realised that I'd much rather be in a world where we're free to make our own choices and be good because we want to, not because we're told to. Besides, how can we appreciate peace and happiness if we don't remember suffering?
@ Whispering Trees; angels don't have free will. They do in the sense that they're capable of rational thought, but to deviate from the word of God is to relinquish one's status as an angel, which is literally a servant of the Lord. After that, an angel becomes a demon; same species, different title.
It's like saying that freedom of speech exists in Iran; sure, it does in the sense that you won't be physically prevented from saying anything because you're incapable, but to do so would be to sentence yourself to death afterwards. Can free will really exist if it's suppressed?
