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Post by **_dartagnan** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 3:55 am

In heaven do we retain our weight and height as we have in mortal life?

While on my mission a bunch of us started spit balling this idea until we got deeper into the what ifs.

While in the Church, I have been told that in heaven, contrary to Saturday's Warrior lore, we aren't old or young, or imperfect in any way. If you married a fat woman, she'll be slim and sexy in heaven. A husband who became bald after accepting his position as bishop, would retain every last hair in the hereafter.

We then tried to figure out what God's body looks like in comparison. Aside from the obvious glory, what is the difference between his body and resurrected celestial beings? Joseph Smith didn't describe God's body as cosmic in size, as did the Ancients. He appeared to him as a normal sized guy. Jesus Christ stood beside him as a normal sized guy. So is God just an average sized guy in appearance?

Does that mean some resurrected humans will be taller than God? Or is there a celestial standard of say, 6'2"?

If we retain all our mortal dimensions, then theoretically, some of us will have bigger balls than God!

Oh, what a boast that would be.

Post by **_Moniker** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 4:11 am

Well why would we retain our weight? I mean, much of our weight is just ucky stuff that I don't even like to think about -- so I won't.

Oops, I'm not LDS. Never mind. :)

Post by **_Scottie** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 6:03 am

Yeah, the whole resurrected perfect body thing doesn't make a whole hell of a lot of sense to me. I mean, our bodies are not the pinnacle of perfection. Far from, in fact.

I don't know where I heard this, and I'm sure it was 100% speculation on the speakers part, but they said we would be resurrected as 19 year olds, as if that is the prime of human perfection.

Post by **_asbestosman** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 6:18 am

Scottie wrote:I don't know where I heard this, and I'm sure it was 100% speculation on the speakers part, but they said we would be resurrected as 19 year olds, as if that is the prime of human perfection.

What if I want my wife to look like she's 14?

Just to make sure everything's kosher, I'll be fine with looking like I'm 15 at the same time.

Post by **_ajax18** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 6:45 am

You raise a good point Kevin. Yet at one point I remember the Church artist all started drawing Jesus Christ around two feet taller than the other mortals he was around. That could have been the idea that he was resurrected but who really knows?

It'd be a funny looking body if you consider that you don't really need a digestive system, spirit instead of blood, figuring out what all those transgendered people really were supposed to be. Would it be fair to say that we couldn't even imagine what it would be like?

Post by **_Imwashingmypirate** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:41 am

Perfect would be in completeness. Absoluteness. Not neciserily perfect in terms of materialism. But perfect in everything. A perfect as in a oneness with everything. Oh wait am I being a Budhist again????

Post by **_The Nehor** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 3:33 pm

Scottie wrote:Yeah, the whole resurrected perfect body thing doesn't make a whole hell of a lot of sense to me. I mean, our bodies are not the pinnacle of perfection. Far from, in fact.

I don't know where I heard this, and I'm sure it was 100% speculation on the speakers part, but they said we would be resurrected as 19 year olds, as if that is the prime of human perfection.

Resurrected bodies are. They look amazing. Powerful, sexy, and very, very alive.

Post by **_Dr. Shades** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 4:39 pm

The Nehor wrote:Resurrected bodies are. They look amazing. Powerful, sexy, and very, very alive.

How would you know?

Post by **_harmony** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 4:55 pm

Dr. Shades wrote:
The Nehor wrote:Resurrected bodies are. They look amazing. Powerful, sexy, and very, very alive.

How would you know?

He's going to claim he's seen one. :rollseyes:

Post by **_The Nehor** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 5:04 pm

harmony wrote:
Dr. Shades wrote:
The Nehor wrote:Resurrected bodies are. They look amazing. Powerful, sexy, and very, very alive.

How would you know?

He's going to claim he's seen one. :rollseyes:

Heheheheheheheeh

edited to add: Harm, does it matter if the claim happens to be true?