if heaven is a paradise and is a "better place"....why do you wear seat belts?

perhaps they secretly know that there is no afterlife

Genuine answer - the Bible calls death an enemy.

When people die, especially prematurely, it produces incredible emotional pain for those who survive them.

Romans 5:12

12 That is why, just as through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin,+ and so death spread to all men because they had all sinned+—.

This is why obedience, sin, and death were the issues in the garden of Eden. Jesus' sacrifice will provide those with faith the means to be rid of death.

1 Corinthians 15:26

26 And the last enemy, death, is to be brought to nothing.

Romans 6:23

23 For the wages sin pays is death,+ but the gift God gives is everlasting life+ by Christ Jesus our Lord.+

Romans 5:17

17 For if by the trespass of the one man death ruled as king through that one,+ how much more will those who receive the abundance of the undeserved kindness and of the free gift of righteousness+ rule as kings+ in life through the one person, Jesus Christ!

Death will be completely done away with, and those whom Jesus calls will come out of their graves,

John 5:28, 29

28 Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice+ 29 and come out, those who did good things to a resurrection of life, and those who practiced vile things to a resurrection of judgment.

Revelation 20:14

14 And death and the Grave* were hurled into the lake of fire.+ This means the second death,+ the lake of fire.

Revelation 21:4

4 And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes,+ and death will be no more,+ neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore.+ The former things have passed away.”

1 Corinthians 15:53-57

53 For this which is corruptible must put on incorruption,+ and this which is mortal must put on immortality.+ 54 But when this which is corruptible puts on incorruption and this which is mortal puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will take place: “Death is swallowed up forever.”+ 55 “Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your sting?”+ 56 The sting producing death is sin,+ and the power for sin is the Law.*+ 57 But thanks to God, for he gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!

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Heaven is not paradise. Paradise is Greek for garden. In biblical times that meant a walled place with flowing water. Heaven is not on earth. Please learn what the words mean before shooting off your mouth.

Yes heaven is a better place than earth but you can't just die and go straight there. God is going to judge you on your actions. And it is a sin not to take care of yourself and to do actions that could harm you. Suicide is a sin. You've harmed yourself and now you're dead. If you intentionally don't wear your seatbelt or don't look while crossing, you can say goodbye to ever blazing at heaven. Remember God is everywhere and He is testing us. Don't be that human who is so greedy to go to heaven and harms himself. Harming yourself is a sin.

God put us to task here. We have much work to do. Heaven can wait.

That said, scripture states that if a man lives 2000 years without God in it then a stillborn infant is better offf than he.

Food for thought...

because I hate to be ran over by a car and I want God to decide when it's time for me to leave this world.

I would suspect it is because flying through a windscreen would be very painful.

You are obviously missing the point of our mission to present the Gospel, can't do that if we are dead now can we ?

The Lord should when our time is up not our carelessness.

Some people wont go to heaven when they die thell go to hell.