God Squad: Important life lessons from nonteacher teachers

Finally! I found a topic worthy of your collective wisdom and that helps me take a break from the flood of Godwinks, stories about what dead people have taught us. For Thanksgiving I asked you to give thanks for life lessons you learned from people who were not your teachers or your family. Thanks for your wonderful contributions. The first, from N, is beautiful and only moderately profane.

The Bible does not say they don't, so we are just filling in the dimensions of love that God created in our world. It is true that animals are not made in the image of God, but God blessed them with the same blessing that was bestowed upon us, "Be fruitful and multiply" (Genesis 1:22).

As far as your belief there is ice cream in Heaven, I am sorry to demur. Our souls have no animal appetites — and no need to eat. The only possible defense of the view that God gives us gelato is that eating ice cream is not about getting food. Eating ice cream is about getting joy. We will see. God bless you and all the ways we share love.