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Church teachings hold that everything is here to fulfill the measure of its creation, which apparently is at least in part interpreted to mean procreation. But it’s also not unlike the Buddhist idea of being the best ant, mosquito, whale, or human you can be. The promise for Mormons is that by fulfilling this measure of our creation we will be in heaven, presumably the Celestial Kingdom. So, since it would seem somewhat easy for a mosquito to fulfill the measure of its creation (I can’t say from first hand experience), will there be mosquitoes in heaven? Or maybe mosquitoes are a bad example since the only reason they bite is to make it possible for them to procreate. Maybe I should use some other vile creature like fire ants or man eating tiger currently in the news. So maybe the question should be are there pests in heaven? I remember having a different take. Think of all the insects that have ever lived throughout the history of the world. Now resurrect them all. To me the question wasn’t whether there would be insects in heaven but rather whether there would be any room left over for anything else. I remember my mom saying that “God created the mosquitos, but Satan makes them bite!” Besides, our ressurected bodies are of flesh and bone, no blood, so what good are mosquitos in heaven?
Quote:Besides, our resurrected bodies are of flesh and bone, no blood, so what good are mosquitos in heaven?
Can’t argue with that.
:clap: My theory is that all creatures will be solar powered and we’ll have to inhabit other planets to make space for all the resurrected mosquitoes, trilobites, and dogs to have room. :eh: Yeah, the cats will insist on staying with us and on kicking out the dogs. We, of course, will go along with whatever the cats want.
Curtis wrote:Yeah, the cats will insist on staying with us and on kicking out the dogs.
We, of course, will go along with whatever the cats want.
Um, no. The Cats will be banished to outer darkness!!!On the contrary, I think cats are smart enough not to be deceived and see things as they are, hence all cats (but not all dogs) go to heaven. Thanks for the levity, folks!
😆 As you may have guessed, I didn’t intend this to be a serious topic, I did intend for it to cause some thought and it has. Frankly if there are mosquitoes in heaven I’m not sure I want to be there.(Note: we own cats and dogs, as well as several other of God’s creatures great and small.)
My thing is spiders… if there are spiders in heaven I don’t want to go I would rather go to OD 
So, the real question is, from a mainstream Mormon view: Quote:If we become like God, how much control over what lives / develops on future Earths is in our control?
Traditional creationists almost have to say we will have total control, but members who believe in evolution might have to accept whatever is churned out in the process of waiting for something to develop that would be suitable to use as the first “humans”.
As long as I don’t have to live in whatever world I create, because I’ve dealt with mosquitoes already, I think I could enjoy sitting back and watching my kids react to whatever “bugs” them.
I guess from the purely traditional LDS view, when we are gods we would do things exactly the way our God did because his way is perfect. It may just surprise people how imperfect the process may actually be. I agree with you TataniaAvalon, except if there are spiders in OD it would be even worse. That’s why I prefer snakes over spiders – snakes are easier to see. I’m confident most spiders fulfill the measure of their creation, however, and become celestial beings. Taking Nibbler’s view into account, I envision a CK crawling with spiders.
We could start with the lowliest of creatures and work up. Viruses are partially alive, so do they get an afterlife? Do bacteria get an afterlife? Multi-celled microorganisms? Fungi? Bears? People? The fact is that no one really knows what happens after we die. And no one knows whether or not there will be quadrillions of bacteria in the afterlife.
Just a thought: If the lion is going to lay with the lamb, then it’s probably not inconceivable that the mosquito shall lay with the human and shall eat straw like the ox…. Maybe? No? Reaching?
It depends. Are we talking literally or euphemistically? 😳
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