72 Virgins, will mum pick them all, any chance they will be cousins
Doubt any man could handle 72 but willing to try say three

Well, Belly, you've got all eternity :) 72 virgins, all in separate houses - imagine the welfare cheques they could pull in.

I was wondering about world food production per head since the fifties and found this:

http://www.google.ca/search?q=food+production+1950-2019&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=lsKuA9EiuPhQGM%253A%252CRUdgt8l3jnxj-M%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kTMYzh_SpRTInSXKpppN9SCt7GBXQ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi2prWwsInlAhUyguYKHb-LCocQ9QEwAHoECAkQBg#imgdii=4SLDeCiBQtZJDM:&imgrc=xNSLjum982JUhM:&vet=1

50 % rise per person since 1950: it probably means that there are still kids in developing regions who don't get enough food. But clearly, there would be less starvation now than back then. Having had to hang around a local shopping mall while my car was being serviced last week, I noticed many people, particularly young women, who certainly weren't starving, some with arses almost a metre across. And others who were indeed scrawny, whose every spare dollar had to go on essentials like dope. Well, it's my sort of neighbourhood. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

Would global warming mean more, or less, food production ? Would one or two degrees rise in temperature across northern Asia and Europe and Canada open up vast regions to production ? Would such temperature rises hinder production in tropical areas in any way ? India is almost self-sufficient in food production, while the UK, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway and many other countries are nowhere near it, nor do they have to be since they exchange manufacturing products for food from other countries - standard comparative advantage.

Joe

Dear Belly,

«Rather think my stay in heaven would not be long see I fear a life in servitude of some one who demands to be worshiped»

Heaven is just a realm for fools who waste their time and efforts being rewarded with pleasures for their virtuous actions. Once their hard-won merits are exhausted, they are forced to leave and return to earth. It is therefore wise on your behalf to shun heaven, but not for the reason you stated:

There is no worship in heaven!

There is a story of King Khatvanga who went to heaven to help the gods (small-g, not God!) in their war. In return, once the war was won, he requested them to tell him how long he still had to live. Normally the gods are not supposed to tell that to humans, but they were obliged, so they answered: "only one moment (48 minutes)". Knowing that time is so short and that worship is not possible in heaven, he rushed back to earth to worship, there Khatvanga worshipped God with all his heart and indeed attained Him.

Worship is not a demand, not a burden, but rather a joyous privilege.

The psalmist prayed:

"One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple" [Psalms 27:4]

We already have so many obligations and pressures in life, from cradle to grave, from going to school to remembering our grandchildrens' birthdays, from caring for our children and elderly parents to following the doctor's orders. Our genes prod us to procreate, our stomach to eat, our ageing body demands that we relieve its pains and our ego prods us to gain recognition and fame.

The above are demands, many of which cannot (and should not) be avoided, but worship OTOH is our prize and respite when we are fortunate to have free time and energy left. Don't do it for God, do it for yourself!

Worship is not a demand, not a burden, but rather a joyous privilege.
Yuyutsu,
The ATO is trying to say the same about paying taxes !

Dear Individual,

«Gods are being portrayed as beings/powers that need constant praise. Why ? God(s) created us with all our faults & then we're expected to toe the line ?»

Are you asking because you indeed want to hear my answers and learn from them?

I feel that Belly does, so I try to answer his questions as best I can, otherwise my time is too precious to be wasted on answering questions where no one is interested in my answers.

Yuyustu Heaven is right here, living in us, our bad back our pain and our happiness
IF any life after death exists I may want to spend it back here hurt pain joy just as we do now
As yet another war may be about to see Turkey [lead by another mad dictator] invade Syria to kill Kurds, we have work to do here before entering any place of reward