… they become like angels.
In the sense that they no longer have sexual or romantic urges, would be my reading of that passage.
… they become like angels.
In the sense that they no longer have sexual or romantic urges, would be my reading of that passage.
FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Yes that’s the context - Jesus saying no one will be married in heaven. Either angels are asexual or they’re all male. The latter is a little more likely given all angels in the bible are presented as male. Which if that’s the case has weird implications for what female Christians become when they’re resurrected. Some weird male equivalent? So now we’re “all like the angels”?
shasta@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Women don’t go to heaven. What a silly question
angrystego@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
All male. So no marriage, only sex.
FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Ha that was my thought too. Joking aside, it’s actually one of the weirder anti-gay arguments from the new testament, that the reason Jesus is saying “obviously” there’s no marriage in heaven is that everyone is like the angels, who are all male. So Jesus was appealing to the “absurdity” of male-male marriage.
Not the strongest argument but definitely one of the weirder ones I’ve heard…
angrystego@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Wow, haven’t heard that one yet, yeah, that’s pretty weird. What would even angels be male for? Oh, I’m thinking too much, this is not meant to be logical, right? Thanks for showing me another bizzare corner of religious thoughts.