re: Jesus and love
I know that Paul is said to have written that it was better to marry than burn (which suggests that marital rape was ok) but Jesus seems to have denied marriage to those worthy of resurrection (Luke, 30:35). If this was good advice, it suggests that heaven will be filled with those who embraced Jesus as Lord, and never married. Thus Peter will not be there. He may keep the keys, but, like Moses, can never enter. This heaven would include, I guess, those who were too gross or unpleasant to find a mate and those also those homosexual Christians who were not permitted by the Church to marry, and assorted Christian monks and nuns (including Mary Magdalene but not Mary the Mother of Jesus). Sounds nice to have heaven without Gingrich, Reagan, Clinton, and it would be great to have Beethoven (I guess the Missa Solemnis</e> is a sufficient passport for anyone, but Bach and Mozart deserve entry despite their marital episodes. Heaven would not admit adulterers (who have to have been married), and that includes, according to Jesus, both a man who marries after divorcing his wife (like Reagan and Gingrich), and one who marries a divorced wife (like Senator Warner), along with ordinary adulterers (like Clinton and Hyde). Sounds like a dull place, but may beat hell. |
