O.K Fellas......here's the scoop..........Like you guys said......our life experiences have shaped our minds/attitudes......
That's why Jesus (no....not Heysooz) has to give us a clean slate...think about it....
That's why you get a group of christians together, and a debate on theology breaks out (or worse)...
Doing good things won't earn us a trip to heaven...Believing in Jesus(no...not Heysooz) and obeying HIM gets us into Heaven....if we love Jesus, we'll feel the need to help others when the occasion arrises--and we'll do it without expecting anything in return while we're living on earth at the present time.
We accept certain ideas/theologies....reject certain ideas/theologies because of what we've been thru on this planet...good decisions/bad decisions all take place because of life experiences (Example: I"ll NEVER stick the end of my finger in the hole on the frame to line up the hangar bracket when doing a hangar/shackle flip.......EVER AGAIN).
But in Heaven.....things are different.....very different....but absolutely great....
Also, we will have our same bodies in Heaven....but our bodies will be perfected.....for those of us with sickness/disabilities....we too will have our bodies perfected.
Annnnd there's more good news for those who have lived long enough to see their bodies getting some wear & tear.....we ALL...will be perfected AND 20 years old again.....those babies who were aborted will grow to the age of 20 (if their mothers get to go to Heaven, their mothers will be able to watch their babies grow up). Same thing with anyone who is killed/dies before the age of 20.....all their friends & loved ones who went to Heaven will be able to catch up on the lost time). Us old folks will have our olllllllld bodies perfected--no more aches/pains/missing parts/etc.. So don't look around for your favorite 85 year old granma/granpa.....their gonna be 20 years old & happy as can be.....
Everybody will know everybody......everybody will care equally for everybody.
As for possessions, God will give us each the desires of our hearts--gifts that we never could afford on earth/gifts we loved on earth, but wore them out/gifts we never dreamed of that will last forever.....that's F O R E V E R...
You don't have to be killed instantly to get to Heaven.....Jesus healed disabled people on earth/why wouldn't he do the same for everyone in Heaven?......
Our souls look IDENTICAL to our bodies...but in Heaven our souls are perfected, so that on the Last day, our earthly bodies will be transformed as they rise up from the earth to join our heavenly souls again.
There's lots more....this was just cliffnotes on what God/Jesus/HolySpirit/Heaven is like...it would take a book as thich as an encyclopedia to cover what we've discussed in this post.....