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Back in 2005, Barbara Walters hosted an ABC special about heaven, within which she interviewed leaders from many different (plus no) faiths and presented their points of view.
However, some viewers were left wondering what Walters' own thoughts on heaven might be. A
December 2005 Beliefnet interview
addresses this very question.
During the interview, Walters readily admitted that “she had no religious training and doesn’t practice any religion.”
Nevertheless, she found herself more in tune with this special than with any others she had ever done.
When directly asked whether she had thought much about heaven before doing this project, Walters replied:
I think everybody
wonders, is there life after death?
Yet wondering and knowing can be worlds apart… When
asked whether she expected to go to heaven someday, Walters honestly replied:
I have no idea. Before that, she had also stated, “What I feel more and more is how important it is to live your life in a better way and not to worry about it.”
As for what heaven might actually be like, Walters summarized, “At the end of the program, I say that heaven is a place where you are happy.
All the religions have that in common.”
Resources
http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/2005/12/Heaven-Is-A-Place-Where-You-Are-Happy.aspx?p=1
Copyright May 15, 2014 by Linda Van Slyke All Rights Reserved
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