tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626292304461574111.post5436104504902574268..comments2023-12-27T19:24:48.254-05:00Comments on Tell me why the world is weird: Blogaroundperfectnumber628http://www.blogger.com/profile/10303683510076315803noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626292304461574111.post-34015728192340377002013-01-28T18:15:49.681-05:002013-01-28T18:15:49.681-05:00Boring? I'm not saying it isn't awful. God...Boring? I'm not saying it isn't awful. God is the source of everything that makes life worth living. It's certainly torturous, but that's different from torture.<br /><br />CS Lewis's The Great Divorce is a pretty neat illustration, I think, about what eternal without-God-ness might look like.David Kotsonishttp://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=503530442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626292304461574111.post-75434650506332625602013-01-28T18:13:32.428-05:002013-01-28T18:13:32.428-05:00Interesting- this is something I'll have to th...Interesting- this is something I'll have to think about a lot more. If we say "hell is separation from God- which is the reasonable outcome when someone doesn't want to be with God in this life"- then hell should just be kinda boring instead of the infinite eternal torture it's commonly thought to be. Hmm. Maybe. I'll think about it more.perfectnumber628http://tellmewhytheworldisweird.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626292304461574111.post-8227657725292789212013-01-28T17:57:06.057-05:002013-01-28T17:57:06.057-05:00Responding to 5: I find Annihilationism much more ...Responding to 5: I find Annihilationism much more disturbing a doctrine than any of hell I've ever encountered. That said, I don't have a problem reconciling "loving God" and hell - if you're in a wrong relationship with God when you die, and the afterlife consists of communion with God, of course you're going to find that unpleasant, just as someone who goes out into a blazing sunlit day without protection is going to have a bad time of it. Besides, the consequences of strict Universalism are as disturbing, in their own way, as Annihilationism: it doesn't matter who you are, what you want, or what you choose, God is going to subject you to a certain experience? At least hell preserves the dignity of free will and the option to say no to God. [Rape analogy goes here]David Kotsonishttp://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=503530442noreply@blogger.com