RE: A rational explanation for hell?
July 26, 2011 at 1:39 pm
(This post was last modified: July 26, 2011 at 1:48 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
People who have their tongues cut out can't tell you about the experience either, does that make it mysterious? When you turn your TV to a channel it doesn't receive, do you wonder what episode of "I Love Lucy" is playing under the static, or do you say "hmn, nothing on this channel"?
There is nothing about you, in part, that survives as a whole after death. What mystery do you find in that? Death is obviously a mystery to you, but it is not a mystery to "us" as a species. We understand why we die, how we die, and what happens to the various bits and pieces after we're dead. We also understand how we come into being, how we experience the world around us (or anything for that matter), and how life differs from death in each of these regards. There is no mystery here. There may be mystery or intrigue in why people would imagine afterlives, or how their culture and environment shapes those beliefs, but the working part is absolutely not mysterious in any way that I've ever seen the word mysterious used.
There is nothing about you, in part, that survives as a whole after death. What mystery do you find in that? Death is obviously a mystery to you, but it is not a mystery to "us" as a species. We understand why we die, how we die, and what happens to the various bits and pieces after we're dead. We also understand how we come into being, how we experience the world around us (or anything for that matter), and how life differs from death in each of these regards. There is no mystery here. There may be mystery or intrigue in why people would imagine afterlives, or how their culture and environment shapes those beliefs, but the working part is absolutely not mysterious in any way that I've ever seen the word mysterious used.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
