tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post8506990132227785687..comments2024-03-28T21:32:26.550+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: The Good News, and the bad newsBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-9789254538078437782013-03-09T18:48:03.799+00:002013-03-09T18:48:03.799+00:00Well, Bruce, from where I stand, some people are i...Well, Bruce, from where I stand, some people are infertile, and never grow a soul in the first place. <br />Along with those who sell theirs off before their race is run. <br />The Garden of Eden, to me, is each individual. It must be tended. <br />The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323413604073160469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-33079017026375510682013-03-09T18:35:35.666+00:002013-03-09T18:35:35.666+00:00Thanks Bruce! "The Great Divorce" and &q...Thanks Bruce! "The Great Divorce" and "Miracles" are still on my must-read list.<br /><br />Regarding the souls eternal nature, I wonder about the possibilities of the soul becoming somehow lost, or a dreamless sleep, or something akin to an insanity otherwise impacting it or affecting it in a negative away for those lead or go away from the light of God. The idea is such that the individual/alert consciousness could be temporarily or eternally lost in damnation so that it would be effectively similar to Crow's "die permanently." <br /><br />Jesus also did make statements that appear to state eternal life is only available through him, and so implying something akin to a real and lasting death occurs by turning away.George Goerlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07916687977887167466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-28751617858931216552013-03-09T08:24:39.882+00:002013-03-09T08:24:39.882+00:00@Crow - that is one of the strangest of your oft s...@Crow - that is one of the strangest of your oft strange comments!...<br /><br />"those who resist death, and meet it kicking and screaming, die permanently"<br /><br />I think it is probable that the human soul *cannot* die but is (in some form/state or another) eternal - at least, that has been a frequent inuition or revelation throughut human history. <br /><br />And this is a much scarier thought than extinction.Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-84985102325933875292013-03-09T07:40:12.371+00:002013-03-09T07:40:12.371+00:00Being flesh involves being fleshy, and doing thing...Being flesh involves being fleshy, and doing things that flesh does. <br />The idea is to accept that being flesh, you have only so much choice in the matter. <br />While also knowing that being flesh is not a permanent state, and that while a human may be forced, sometimes, to eat human flesh, during the difficult course of his life, there will also come a time when such things no longer apply. <br />Do the flesh, yet remember your true nature. This, I feel, is the essence of repentance. To know what you are, is what is ultimately important. <br />The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323413604073160469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-68152023639547308992013-03-09T03:17:39.911+00:002013-03-09T03:17:39.911+00:00Can I repent while I am sinning?
There is too muc...Can I repent while I am sinning?<br /><br />There is too much temptation to resist it all. If I fully acknowledge my sinfulness and refuse to pretend it is virtue, including and especially at the moments when I am sinning, can I be saved?Jonathan Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-27777614532573397762013-03-08T17:39:47.745+00:002013-03-08T17:39:47.745+00:00The good news is that heaven awaits any who fearle...The good news is that heaven awaits any who fearlessly embrace it. <br />The bad news is that all those who resist death, and meet it kicking and screaming, die permanently. <br />The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323413604073160469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-33262072577401601052013-03-08T17:12:27.200+00:002013-03-08T17:12:27.200+00:00They wont need to be dragged to Hell - that will b...They wont need to be dragged to Hell - that will be their chosen habitation. (See CS Lewis's The Great Divorce)Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-31874915426052811102013-03-08T15:54:46.050+00:002013-03-08T15:54:46.050+00:00Here is yet another way in which Hell is metaphor ...Here is yet another way in which Hell is metaphor so correctly reflects reality!<br /><br />I love when these insights appear, because attacking the existence of Hell, or seeing it as a backwards and silly belief is so prevalent.<br /><br />To sin against beauty! Those who destroy beauty and truth will likewise be destroyed. Those whose lives consist of nothing but evil will after death *be nothing* that could exist in Heaven.<br /><br />Whereas those who celebrate and manifest truth and beauty (and repent - or separate themselves from sin - so crucial!) are themselves participating even in this life with God. So in death they will live eternally, with God in Heaven.<br /><br />Whereas those attached to sin, who can not see it as a failure or part of themselves to be "cut off and tossed aside" could not help themselves from being dragged to Hell, where sin must be purged in the flames.Georgehttp://georgegoerlich.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-33608020949743803192013-03-08T15:01:49.765+00:002013-03-08T15:01:49.765+00:00Recent highly centralized and overly bureaucratic ...Recent highly centralized and overly bureaucratic systems are a temptation to habitual non-truths.<br /><br />Whether you are signing up to your "Annual Performance Review", filling out your JobSeekers booklet (to prove you have been looking for work) or applying for Government funding, the temptation to lie is increasingly there.<br /><br />Nowadays it is often not enough just to do a good job and get on with other staff, you have to sign to say you agree to certain "behaviours" and principles that you, in truth, may not actually agree with.<br /><br />Some may, occasionally, either have to waste time applying for jobs that they have no chance of getting, or lie on their form to meet their JobSeekers agreement of X applications per week.<br /><br />Others may be tempted to "bend the truth" when answering the "irrelevant questions" on their funding application.<br /><br />The danger is that in trying to avoid conflict and/or rejection "little" lies may creep in and become habitual.<br /><br />The modern world should yield to the truth yet it increasingly levers truth out of everyday matters.stephensnoreply@blogger.com