Eternal life is eternal suffering when it is limited

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It is only in this life we get used to a limited state of joy; This is because we were made to receive our joy from God and so all created goods leave us ultimately unsatisfied. If we could be totally satisfied by created goods we would stop seeking God. Heaven gives us an infinite duration of happiness but not an infinite quantity. In heaven we will be perfectly satisfied with the happiness we have because our wills will be perfectly conformed to the will of God Who wills that we should experience the exact amount of joy we will be experiencing. In heaven, there will be one joy after another and we will look forward to the next joy, but this will not cause us suffering or prevent us from enjoying what we have. If you wish to know more about the joys of heaven I recommend you the Dialogues of St. Catherine of Siena.
Look my friend. If you think enough in this life you would realize that joy is a form that we experience, it could be endless forms, but there is a point without return when you realize that what is the point?
 
Our life in heaven will be everlasting but not ‘eternal’ as God’s is because He has always been whereas we have not always been but always will be.

In heaven we will possess the ‘beatific vision’, meaning that God will, by the ‘light of glory’ allow our souls to perceive God directly rather than through the things He has created. This is our ultimate end - To do the will of God and obtain compete happiness. The happiness of the blessed is complete because it is not mingled with any suffering but that does not mean it is of infinite intensity. Here on Earth we cannot see God as He is although we know He is here.
So either your approach to reach God is wrong or you are mislead with misconceptions, since God is everywhere. Moreover everything becomes boring in Heaven if happiness in is not infinite in the intensity there.
 
People choose to act in such a way that they deserve hell for offending Infinite Goodness, but no-one wants to go to hell. People knowingly make unintelligent choices all the time.

The use of new experience in this life is to glorify God and obtain an eternal reward by using our time and opportunities to make morally good choices. In the next life new experiences will exist to glorify God by rewarding those who have pleased Him and giving us the opportunity to praise and thank Him.
I think you didn’t take my point. By the way what glorifying God even means?
 
You’re entire argument relies on the idea that we can get bored of being with God in heaven. While we might get bored of other things, these things are neither omni-benevolent, perfect, nor capable of granting us eternal and perfect happiness forever. God is not just a hobby to be thrown away when we grow bored of him.

Also, you mentioned earlier that no one makes illogical choices if we put ourselves in there shoes. While I understand that you are saying that everyone makes the choice they think is logical, that is false. I myself have made many choices that I knew to be illogical at the time of making them.
 
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