| "beg" was a poor choice of words. Pardon me.
Whether Nirvana is a state of enlightenment or not is irrelevant - it is still a goal that those who believe in it base their beliefs around, much like going to Heaven is the goal of Christianity. Same applies to Greek mythology - there's still someplace you go after you die and if you follow your faith you will get to the most desirable of destinations in the afterlife.
Your point, Skin, was that Heaven was a Christian construction. I disagreed and noted several examples, including the Holy Land of Islam (which you didn't touch upon) to show that other religions, perhaps every religion, has some belief in a beneficial afterlife that can be attained through certain deeds. And while not all of these examples may be exactly similiar, they still exist, and that shows that "Heaven" is not something drummed up by Christianity, but rather exists in some form or another across many different religions. |