Are there Hamburgers in Heaven?

[Apologia100]

Penny Plain:

This is driving me nuts. I remember a movie with Albert Brooks and Meryl Streep (?) that was set in heaven. One of the heavenly benefits was that you could go to Sizzler and eat whatever you wanted without gaining weight.

I cannot remember the name of this movie.

I view cheeseburgers in the same way that I view rainbows, kittens, and sports cars. They are manifestations of God’s essential goodness. Heaven will have the ultimate of each of these.

Hell will have Hardee’s burgers, New York City Februaries, Siamese cats, and K-Cars.

I disagree, Hell will have White Castles, Maine Januaries, Persian Cats, and AMC Gremlins.

 

[Kent_Wendler]

First of all this is one of my rare visits to this forum, as I spend most of my time in that other Catholic Forum run by Fr. Z, but I received a reminder email listing this topic, so I’ll join in.

As I’ve said many times “over there” (and at least once here, I believe) we need to distinguish between being “in (the state of) Heaven” and being in Paradise - the place Jesus promised St. Dismas on the Cross. Heaven is a state, the state of having the Beatific Vision, the state of being of the saints. It has nothing directly to do with physical existance. The place where the saints exist is Paradise. If the physical bodies of the saints exist in a place called Paradise then it would hardly make sense to suppose there is nothing else physical there, including food.

(Note to “CatholicGeek”: This refutes your logic. A false premise gives a false answer.)

(Note to Fr Ambrose about what Fr John said: How many adults - even the happily married ones - give up eating ice cream after they have “discovered” sex? Not too many, I’d guess. What kind of a “joy” is it that excludes all other joys? Does the worship of God imply the exclusion of the Communion of Saints? The exclusion of the enjoyment of any of His creation?)

Jemosh, you seem to think also that eating when it is no longer “necessary” is necessarily placing (worshipping) something before God. Then what was Jesus doing those two times He ate with His disciples after His resurrection? In fact when you say, “any desire of anything earthly other then basic needs is a form of Idol Worship” I believe you are verging of gnosticism.

Mr. Keating: Very “humorous” but also very evasive.

My opinion: We are promised that at the General Judgment “All will be made known to all.” I take that first “all” very seriously and quite literally. In this particular discussion that means each and every one of us will know in paradise each and every aspect of every good thing which will have ever been created. “Hamburgers” are (an infinitisemal) part of this. My opinion goes further: I know of no reason to suppose that the creative actions of the Communion of Saints and their service to each other as well as to God ends in Paradise. Indeed, is it not a great joy to serve others?

 

[mtb3]

Your bodies will be of perfect form,

for it is said we will be like the Angels in Heaven there will be no need for food or drink. for there will be no needs or wants just Eternal bliss

 

[Kent_Wendler]

…sounds like a good description of Nirvana, not Heaven/Paradise.

 

[Amber101]

I don’t know if there will be hamburgers in Heaven or not, but there better be some good dance bands like Duran Duran and U2 there! :dancing:

Of course, I am kidding.

 

[StFrancis2]

Fr Ambrose:

Hamburgers, Heaven, Sex and Ice Cream

"We can no more grasp the joys of heaven than a boy of five can grasp the joys of sex. [Enormous gasp from the mother of the bride!] At that stage of development his greatest pleasure is an ice cream. If you offer him the pleasure of sex, he would not understand it and he would say: No thank you, I want an ice cream (or a hamburger.)

Well what is the point of my body joining my soul in heaven if I can’t enjoy ice cream, hamburgers and sex? It might just as well remain ashes and dust. But if my body parts are reassembled in heaven, then I figure God has a reason for that… (ice cream, hamburgers and sex)
(PS - “until death do we part…”)

 

[francisca]

Since heaven is a garden and we all are there for all eternity (with no internet connection and television), we have plenty of time to cook the burger and bread, pruduce ketchup, and manufature it’s bottles. And please do remember that we have to recycle the bottles and all the wrappings, and include the cost in the hamburger price. The motto will be : We come back in business because we believe in “good works” !

And those who does not believe in good works would have to buy the humbergers from us. We are the sole hamburger agent in the entire space and time, and there isn’t any anti-monopoly LAW to observe.

The trick : Everything in heaven is FREE

How would a FREE humberger taste like? Now, that is the question.

 

[otto22]

There is no reason to think that the cows would be resurrected earthly cows and no reason to believe that God needs cows to make hamburgers.

I’m sorry, but the “correct” answer is NO.

By my logic and the following facts:

• HAMBURGERS are made from COWs.
• COWs are ANIMALS.
• ANIMALS have no SOULS.
• Only SOULS go to HEAVEN.

The logical conclusion is:

• NO HAMBURGERS in HEAVEN!

 

[bemmel]

francisca:

The trick : Everything in heaven is FREE

How would a FREE humberger taste like? Now, that is the question.

I don’t know if there are any aviators out there reading this post, but I’ll still make the point of saying that sometimes, it is the $100 hamburger that tastes the best
:bounce:

 

[Jermosh]

Kent Wendler:

Then what was Jesus doing those two times He ate with His disciples after His resurrection?

He ate to show companionship and comeradity. In that culture and in most, breaking of bread is very important social event.

Peace
Jermosh

 

[tuopaolo]

I read a book by Jesuit priest that said there would be culinary delights in Heaven. We will experience pleasures of taste, smell, sound, etc. that are greater than what we experience on earth. He also said there wouldn’t be any “carnal” pleasures – but hopefully he’s wrong about that one.

 

[Penny_Plain]

otto22:

There is no reason to think that the cows would be resurrected earthly cows and no reason to believe that God needs cows to make hamburgers.

There is nothing you can say to convince me that heaven will serve Boca Burgers. Ick, ick, ick. Even Little Tavern burgers are better.

 

[tuopaolo]

otto22:

There is no reason to think that the cows would be resurrected earthly cows and no reason to believe that God needs cows to make hamburgers.

LOL

As if the omnipotent God needs cows to make hamburgers!

 

[francisca]

StFrancis2:

Well what is the point of my body joining my soul in heaven if I can’t enjoy ice cream, hamburgers and sex? It might just as well remain ashes and dust. But if my body parts are reassembled in heaven, then I figure God has a reason for that… (ice cream, hamburgers and sex)

We will have new body in heaven. We will be transformed altogether. But nobody can discribe how it feels except that it’s an eternity of happiness of being with our creator who is Life & Love Himself.

Our body will be like “caterpillar transformed to butterfly”. A butterfly does not have any desire to munch leaves anymore, so we would not want earthly desire, after we taste the heavenly.

(PS - “until death do we part…”)

Our new body would not know death because there is no death in heaven.

God bless

 

[Calbreese]

I liked Karl’s answer the best. Are you people serious? Where do you think that hamburger is going to go after it’s gastrointestional transit? Your spiritual body is no longer encumbered by mass. By the way, the Haimatsu corp. just discovered our cells give off flourescent light. How do you think we can see our dreams unless we can project/envision light? Can that be from our soul/spirit? Sure like to know. IHS Daryl

 

[nucatholic]

I sure hope there are Hamburgers in heaven. I mean come on, after all this time at least one of the citizens of Germany’s Hamburg must have made it up there.

 

[nucatholic]

Oops sorry I missed Karl Keatings post. I guess great minds think alike…

 

[tuopaolo]

The book I mentioned which says there will be culinary delights in Heaven is called The Happiness of Heaven by Fr J. Boudreau, SJ. It’s a pre-Vatican II book so it should be solid.

On the subject of sex in Heaven, Peter Kreeft has a book which covers that issue and the part of the book which so covers it can be read here:

peterkreeft.com/topics/sex-in-heaven.htm

 

[Les_Richardson]

Fr Ambrose:

Hamburgers, Heaven, Sex and Ice Cream

I have a kind of answer to this but it may offend a few people. I hope not, and it is not meant to…

A colleague of mine was asked to explain the wonders and pleasures of heaven at a wedding reception. He had been the priest for the wedding and having drunk a few glasses of the “water of life” -whiskey, he came up with the following reply…

"We can no more grasp the joys of heaven than a boy of five can grasp the joys of sex. [Enormous gasp from the mother of the bride!] At that stage of development his greatest pleasure is an ice cream. If you offer him the pleasure of sex, he would not understand it and he would say: No thank you, I want an ice cream (or a hamburger.)

"Now we as adults are just like that little boy who saw ice cream as life’s biggest treat… we have progressed on from the ice cream and we have discovered in our lives the great joy of sex, but we are not sure about the joys of heaven. To try and imagine them is just beyond our present stage of human development.

With some of the wedding guests, this went over like a lead ballon. But for the rest of the evening Fr John was plied with more and more free whiskey as people hoped he would find something even more insightful to say !

Why is it that when I have a few whiskeys, I’m the only one who thinks I’m inciteful?

 

[Steve_Andersen]

Alas, as St. Buffet told us there are only Cheeseburgers in Paradise