What makes me sad about heaven is that there must be a cutoff in the monkey -> human evolution chain. What happened to the very first human that met that cutoff? They’ll be in heaven but their parents are too monkey and didn’t make it :(
I love this reflection. It kind of shines a spotlight on the fallibility of mainstream religions under rational thought. Could there be something after death? Sure. But the stories people are peddled arent based on any truth, it’s just telling people what they want to hear to get them to join the club.
There’s a people heaven, and a dog heaven, and a monkey heaven, a bird heaven, etc. Like, what? There’s an estimated 8.7 million species on earth, you think there’s a heaven for each of them? When evolution spins off something new or species cross breed, like a liger from a lion and tiger, does a new heaven just pop into existence?
I hope in a separate heaven then. Or hell? Is a mosquito automatically evil, just because they do evil things (like sucking blood) and literally nobody likes them, not even their predators?
What makes me sad about heaven is that there must be a cutoff in the monkey -> human evolution chain. What happened to the very first human that met that cutoff? They’ll be in heaven but their parents are too monkey and didn’t make it :(
Or what if the apes did go to heaven? All of them? From all time. That’s a lot of apes for the early humans to deal with.
And it means that in the end we’ll all have to face Harambe.
I love this reflection. It kind of shines a spotlight on the fallibility of mainstream religions under rational thought. Could there be something after death? Sure. But the stories people are peddled arent based on any truth, it’s just telling people what they want to hear to get them to join the club.
There’s a people heaven, and a dog heaven, and a monkey heaven, a bird heaven, etc. Like, what? There’s an estimated 8.7 million species on earth, you think there’s a heaven for each of them? When evolution spins off something new or species cross breed, like a liger from a lion and tiger, does a new heaven just pop into existence?
Mainstream depictions of heaven are bunk.
If you believe evolution is real, you’ll obviously never go to heaven, so you’ll never find out.
I don’t think God discriminates against monkeys
I thought only humans went to heaven. It’s a real can of worms otherwise. Do worms go to heaven? Mosquitos? Bacteria? Viruses?
Well, I don’t think all organisms have free will
I hope in a separate heaven then. Or hell? Is a mosquito automatically evil, just because they do evil things (like sucking blood) and literally nobody likes them, not even their predators?
I don’t think sucking blood is evil. It’s not like it betrays anyone. It’s pretty open about it’s nature.
Same for vampires and ghouls.
I guess if they were more common, they would also be seen as pests rather than evil
not the mosquito’s fault, is it?