1.0Steven Waldmanhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/stevenwaldmanswaldmanhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/stevenwaldman/author/swaldmanDid Luke Steal His Vision of Heaven from Osiris? - Steven Waldmanrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="mHFbD4CrqT"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/stevenwaldman/2009/07/did-luke-b.html">Did Luke Steal His Vision of Heaven from Osiris?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/stevenwaldman/2009/07/did-luke-b.html/embed#?secret=mHFbD4CrqT" width="600" height="338" title="“Did Luke Steal His Vision of Heaven from Osiris?” — Steven Waldman" data-secret="mHFbD4CrqT" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Our excerpt from Robert Wright’s important new book Evolution of God focuses on the origins of the modern idea of heaven. Wright suggests that Luke evolved the idea of heaven to compensate for the fact that the anticiated resurrection of the dead hadn’t happened yet. Had Christian doctrine not evolved in response to this challenge,…http://blog.beliefnet.com/stevenwaldman/files/import/assets_c/2009/07/heaven-thumb-600x388-6457.jpg