Boredom and Heaven?

[JohnClay]

Hi I was thinking about boredom. Before the fall would Adam and Eve be capable of boredom? Is boredom a part of the fall or a sinful nature? Would boredom be possible in Heaven even after trillions of years? Would angels be capable of boredom? Just wondering....

 

[d taylor]

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No, plus no one will be in heaven for eternity. Believers will be living on the new earth and more than likely working and serving God, enjoying music, art, and other human endeavors.

 

[BobRyan]

Hi I was thinking about boredom. Before the fall would Adam and Eve be capable of boredom? Is boredom a part of the fall or a sinful nature? Would boredom be possible in Heaven even after trillions of years? Would angels be capable of boredom? Just wondering....

God is infinite in knowledge, wisdom and power - all created beings are finite so that means there is always an infinite gap between what God knows, what God has to teach us - and what we will ever know. That does not leave a lot room for boredom.

 

[2PhiloVoid]

Hi I was thinking about boredom. Before the fall would Adam and Eve be capable of boredom? Is boredom a part of the fall or a sinful nature? Would boredom be possible in Heaven even after trillions of years? Would angels be capable of boredom? Just wondering....

Boredom is just a part of human psychology, as it is.

But I suspect that if the Bible is true, and that God will "transform these lowly bodies" of ours, as Paul the Apostle has averred, then boredom should more or less be passe in the Life To Come ...

... hopefully that's Good News?

 

[I Am Hugh]

Hi I was thinking about boredom. Before the fall would Adam and Eve be capable of boredom? Is boredom a part of the fall or a sinful nature? Would boredom be possible in Heaven even after trillions of years? Would angels be capable of boredom? Just wondering....

A primitive child can be fascinated by a stick or rock while a modern child can be bored with complicated electronics. Do you imagine the spirit creatures in heaven, who were no doubt created billions of years ago, being bored? The meek will inherit what? When you think about science and what sinful mankind has accomplished in the last 100 years think of what could be accomplished in millions of years without the obstacles currently suppressing it. Conflict of interest, greed and narcissism.

The Bible fascinates me. That is just how it turned out, I could have just as easily found it, like many do, to be boring. Even if I were an unbeliever I would find it fascinating. Space fascinates many people. Not me. It's boring. I see an image of some celestial wonder and think how beautiful it is. For about 20 seconds. Imagine living in space. I think it would be boring to most people in a very short time. Do you know why? Because God created earth for man and heaven for spirit beings. The things here, simple nature as we call it, are what makes us feel at home. Where that will go when Satan, death, and sin are no more, who can say? Some technological utopian future or back to the basics of nature? Either way I don't think boredom should be a problem.

 

[JohnClay]

Just thinking.... there seems to be connection between curiosity and boredom...
Dorothy Parker said "The cure to boredom is curiosity"

I wonder if people would be capable of curiosity if they were incapable of boredom.... they might just keep on doing exactly as they've always done... I think the connection between invention/innovation/imagination and boredom is similar.

I wonder if God wanting to create the universe had anything to do with boredom.....

 

[I Am Hugh]

I wonder if God wanting to create the universe had anything to do with boredom.....

I wouldn't think so but without scripture it's purely anecdotal. You could reason that God created the spirit beings and mankind in his image, that is, with his personality and qualities. He gives us work. To keep us occupied and from idleness. (Genesis 2:15; Proverbs 12:11; 14:23; 21:25; 1 Corinthians 10:31)