Archive for May 8th, 2008
An Objection against Universalism
The idea is that a world in which everyone is saved would be a toy world, in which there is no drama, no real risk, and therefore no real victory. But if hell is a possibility, then suddenly our choices acquire enormous significance, and the battlefield of life becomes as real as it gets. Here [...]
Posted: May 8th, 2008 under Philosophy, Religion.
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Reply to Solon, Now by Me (Though Victor Did a Great Job)
> Christianity condemns the bodies we know, this world we know, as false and meaningless. Attributing the properties “false” and “meaningless” to bodies seems as absurd as attributing, say, hunger to triangles. What’s a “meaningless body”? > The suspicion arises, however, that this “other” world does not exist, and that it is thus, as the [...]
Posted: May 8th, 2008 under Philosophy, Religion.
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