tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post4723723015712540365..comments2024-03-19T04:32:18.795+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: What happens after death is - overall - what people sincerely desire to happen to themBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-86598395948469489702018-08-18T06:55:36.470+01:002018-08-18T06:55:36.470+01:00@CCL - That's a good point.@CCL - That's a good point. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-48522322212519616022018-08-18T01:05:44.119+01:002018-08-18T01:05:44.119+01:00I would say that Heaven, or Hell, is what people s...I would say that Heaven, or Hell, is what people sincerely desire to happen to <i>others</i>.<br /><br />That is simply because what we experience in the afterlife will largely be other people like ourselves, people who ended up where we are for the same basic motives that put us there.<br /><br />There is nothing so solipsist as a mirror world in which we meet only copies of ourselves, of course. There is great variety in Heaven. But the essential distinction that qualifies someone for any given level of Heaven or Hell is how they <i>desire</i> to treat others.<br /><br />Because by that arrangement they will be able to so treat those they encounter and have that treatment be just and deserved.Chiu ChunLinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03519192610708043962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-84775208052383657172018-08-17T23:06:43.699+01:002018-08-17T23:06:43.699+01:00A probst -
I guess one might say that Bruce "...A probst -<br /><br />I guess one might say that Bruce "merely" desires glory :)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13667917314028595187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-11089763308224636962018-08-17T20:13:07.950+01:002018-08-17T20:13:07.950+01:00A heaven no better than I could imagine would not ...A heaven no better than I could imagine would not be heaven. If I were assured that all the things I dream of doing while alive, possible or not, would be my heavenly reward I would not be interested: Time travel, creating a great work of literature or cinema, space travel-- these pale with whenever inconceivable life is waiting for us after death.<br /><br />The fleeting glimmers C.S. Lewis spoke of that come with every pure experience are more telling hints.<br /><br />(In an episode of a long-ago anthology TV series, an American gangster dies and is surprised to find himself in a paradise where he has a mansion and anything he wants. He wenches, gambles, plays pool. He becomes bored, he says, with Heaven and asks to be sent to "the other place". He is informed that he is in The Other Place.)a_probsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16197411067925016452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-6755636690746924892018-08-17T19:49:08.393+01:002018-08-17T19:49:08.393+01:00I completely agree with all you've said in thi...I completely agree with all you've said in this very wise post, Bruce.<br /><br />I have recently discovered the web pages of the "Continuing Church of God", and have lately been reading them obsessively, as they seem to have very strongly biblically based teachings. (For example, they worship on the Sabbath rather than Sundays.) My intution is that they're closer to the truth than the large churches. By fortunate timing, I found this webpage explaining their beliefs on this subject just a day or two ago:<br /><br />http://www.cogwriter.com/apocatastasis.htm<br /><br />It essentially agrees with what you've said here, and provides a great deal of scriptural justification for it. Recommended reading (along with the rest of the site).<br />Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07029216921002682219noreply@blogger.com