An interesting point on the radio...

[Charlie in Dayton]

Was sitting here listening to Boortz, and an interesting point was raised...
"Until death do you part" and "We'll be together again in Heaven"...okay...nice marriage of 30-odd years, she kicks the bucket, he falls in love again after a couple of calendar pages, another 15 years, she takes the celestial dirt nap, a couple of weeks later he goes Tango Uniform.

Question -- when he gets up there (assuming that's the vector everyone took), who spends eternity with who? Is there a nice little authorized threesome going on for all time? A menage a` cherub?

Someone enlighten me on this one here...:confused:

[Zep]

How serious an answer do you want?

[TruthSeeker]

Didn't somebody ask Jesus something like this? And he said something like there is no marriage in heaven and that our forms are different.

Lazy answer after a long night. I'm sure someone else will tell me if I"m right or wrong.

[Charlie in Dayton]

Originally posted by Zep
How serious an answer do you want?

One that equals the seriousness of the question.


Go figger that one out...

[Brown]

Originally posted by TruthSeeker
Didn't somebody ask Jesus something like this? And he said something like there is no marriage in heaven and that our forms are different. Yup, this is basically correct, according to Luke chapter 20: "The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage; but they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage; neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection."

Whether that answer is satisfactory or not is another question.

[TruthSeeker]

Originally posted by Brown
Yup, this is basically correct, according to Luke chapter 20: "The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage; but they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage; neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection."

Whether that answer is satisfactory or not is another question.


Thanks for coming to my rescue!

I got a chuckle imagining George Carlin reading me Bible stories :roll:

[Brown]

Originally posted by TruthSeeker
I got a chuckle imagining George Carlin reading me Bible stories Well, George and I have something in common. We both had a religious Christian education as a part of our upbringing, although religion plays an entirely different role in our lives as adults than it did when we were children.

[Zep]

Originally posted by Charlie in Dayton
One that equals the seriousness of the question.

Go figger that one out... OK... :) I wasn't trying to be cute, just trying to gauge the level of seriousness here. I read this twice before asking - it could have been a rhetorical, sarcastic question or it could have been an in-depth request. Hard to tell without hearing your voice!

My answer to the "serious" version of the question would have been similar to Brown's - that the concept of "marriage" in the Christian heaven doesn't really seem to exist. Brown puts it better than me though.

To the less serious version, my response would be: "Are you serious? It's the same as asking, 'How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?' - a complete waste of cognitive energy."

[Leif Roar]

Originally posted by Zep
'How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?'

Well, everybody knows that - six rows with nine angels in each, so all in all 42 angels can dance on the head of a pin. ;-P

[ceo_esq]

Originally posted by Leif Roar


Well, everybody knows that - six rows with nine angels in each, so all in all 42 angels can dance on the head of a pin. ;-P 42? Is this new math or something? ;)

[Leif Roar]

Originally posted by ceo_esq
42? Is this new math or something? ;)

It's a Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy reference. (Anyway, it works if you use base 13.)

[Tricky]

Originally posted by Brown
Yup, this is basically correct, according to Luke chapter 20: "The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage; but they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage; neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection."

Whether that answer is satisfactory or not is another question.
So I guess this would mean that there are no "Marriages made in heaven."

[pgwenthold]

Originally posted by Brown
Yup, this is basically correct, according to Luke chapter 20: "The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage; but they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage; neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection."


You know, I wonder how many christians actually realize this. That when the widower who mourned the passing of his wife for 10 years dies, he will not "be with her," any more than he is with any other woman?

Puts a real damper on the whole human interest aspect, doesn't it.

[HarryKeogh]

Originally posted by pgwenthold


You know, I wonder how many christians actually realize this. That when the widower who mourned the passing of his wife for 10 years dies, he will not "be with her," any more than he is with any other woman?

Puts a real damper on the whole human interest aspect, doesn't it.

i mean seriously, it sure does. so when i die i wont be reunited with my childhood pets, grandparents, nobody?

what a rip! that's it, im not dying.

[Yahzi]

Originally posted by HarryKeogh


i mean seriously, it sure does. so when i die i wont be reunited with my childhood pets, grandparents, nobody?

what a rip! that's it, im not dying.
Dude... if you have *that* kind of relationship with your pets, you ain't getting in to heaven in the first place!

:D

[jj]

Originally posted by Brown
Well, George and I have something in common. We both had a religious Christian education as a part of our upbringing, although religion plays an entirely different role in our lives as adults than it did when we were children.

Hey, that makes 3 of us! :D

[UnrepentantSinner]

When you're in heaven you're too busy worshipping God/Jesus 36/9 (I assume that the old 24/7 will be replaced by a day/week more in line with theology) to worry about your spouse(s) from your Earthly life.

[Nyarlathotep]

Originally posted by Charlie in Dayton
Was sitting here listening to Boortz, and an interesting point was raised...
"Until death do you part" and "We'll be together again in Heaven"...okay...nice marriage of 30-odd years, she kicks the bucket, he falls in love again after a couple of calendar pages, another 15 years, she takes the celestial dirt nap, a couple of weeks later he goes Tango Uniform.

Question -- when he gets up there (assuming that's the vector everyone took), who spends eternity with who? Is there a nice little authorized threesome going on for all time? A menage a` cherub?

Someone enlighten me on this one here...:confused:

It get's worse in the Mormon Church. A major doctrine of the Mormon Church is that any marriage that is sanctified with a ceremony in the temple is supposed to be still in effect when one dies and goes to heaven (The Mormon concept of heaven is a bit more complicated than most churches, but I'll keep it simple for now). There is no rule preventing either the husband or the wife from marrying someone else after one spouse dies and ALSO getting that marriage sealed int he temple. Thus it is entirely possible for a man to have multiple wives who also have multiple husbands (who conceivably could have more wives who conceivably have more husbands....)if all the marriages got sealed. It boggles the mind to think about it and when I was in the church no one ever gave me a good explanation about how such things would work out. I think they preferred no to think about it.

[Sandy M]

Husband, wives, marriage.... eh....

"God forbid that I should go to any heaven in which there are no horses. R. B. Cunningham Graham :D