Review: Positive (Though Possibly Controversial) Message About Souls and Heaven
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 16, 2014
“Heaven Is In Your Future” is an intelligent (and perhaps controversial to some readers) discussion in book form of what eternal life and having a soul means; the author conducts this exploration through in-depth analysis of a wide range of scripture. The structure of the book is simple: a grouping of verses that goes together, followed by the author’s comments. His theory, in short summary, is that all souls go to heaven, and that all souls are made of the same divine matter; the bulk of the book is spent parsing various pieces of scripture to support this.As I am curious about religions in general rather than religious myself, I found this book an interesting and stimulating read—the author’s arguments are novel and seem sound (or as sound as one can be when deciding what ancient texts say). The book’s core message is very positive, as the peaceful cover indicates—the path to Heaven is open to all. However, I can’t imagine many Christians would embrace it, since the entire heaven/hell dichotomy is pretty important. I also found the author’s complete lack of discussion of Satan/Lucifer to detract from his argument; the text also becomes very repetitive the further you read. However, from a religious theory standpoint I would recommend this book to curious and academic-minded readers, even if I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it to most Christians.