Expert: Richard Aberdeen - 12/8/2009

Question
1. Is Eternal Happiness the only things that last forever?
2. What is Eternal and What is happiness? Please explain completely!  

Answer
1. Is Eternal Happiness the only things that last forever?

Many modern scientists believe that physical matter may have always existed in some form.  It is not possible for a human being to fully answer your question.  Forever is a concept beyond human comprehension, as we are created and caught up in a birth and death, beginning and ending mental reality.  This of course, does not mean that either God or all of God's creations are finite.  Just because human beings are finite does not at all prove, as some modern people pretend, that there is no such thing as either eternal beings or eternity.  

2. What is Eternal and What is happiness? Please explain completely!

"Eternal" is perhaps best defined in the the Bible.  "Before Abraham was, I AM" is how God defines himself in the Bible.  Thus, an eternal being just "exists", rather than a finite being who has a past, present and future, a beginning and and ending.  This matches the physical evidence known to modern science.  It is quite rational to conclude, based on the known evidence, that God is eternal, that creation has always existed and, that creation goes on forever and ever.  It is quite frankly, irrational to conclude anything else.  People who pretend there is no God are embracing irrational superstition.  There is no evidence for the existence of universal laws, physical existence of parts within parts, the existence of motion, or the existence of finite intelligence, apart from Creative Intelligence.  Nor is there any evidence that any of these things could exist apart from Primary Cause and Creative Intelligence.  Thus, atheism is the opposite of honesty, science and reason.  

"Happiness" is a term representing an emotion and as such, it cannot be completely or even very easily defined.  Words representing emotions such as love, happiness, sadness, anger and similar words representing emotions are truly quite impossible to fully define or to even define very well at all.  What makes some people feel "happy" often does the opposite for other people and, many people are not happy no matter how much they have, while some very poor people are often quite happy by comparison.  Many people fell "unhappy" because they lack something they assume will make them feel happy, such as a good match for a mate, an interesting career, a lot of money and similar.  On the other hand, many people who obtain these are even more unhappy than they were before they had them.  It is fair to say that neither "happiness" or what will make one "happy" can be very easily defined.  However, it is fair to conclude, based on the evidence, that none of what is listed above will necessarily make someone experience lasting "happiness".