I do not know which part of the world was Belinda Carlisle referring to when she sang her 80's hit song (one album wonder?) ' Heaven is a place on Earth' . I do know, however, that the theologists were not amused by her personification of any place on Earth to something heavenly like Heaven. I think John Lennon also ruffled some feathers when he sang, "...above us only sky..." in the evergreen anti-war song 'Imagine'. The Malays has a saying that Heaven is at your mother's feet. (even though if it is infected or gangrenous?) Now you know, just in case you landed in Liverpool (John Lennon International) Airport and are wondering why they have engraved on its wall, 'Above us only sky'. The lasts of Tasmanian Aborigines Something close to what of us have a description of Heaven can be seen indeed on Earth is tiny (in comparison to the adjacent island-continent of Australia and it is called Tasmania. Tasmania was named the fearless sea-...
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