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RE: Job
July 20, 2022 at 4:55 pm
(July 20, 2022 at 4:25 pm)GUBU Wrote:
(July 20, 2022 at 9:12 am)TheJefe817 Wrote: This made me think of Ehrman's book "Heaven and Hell" which I read recently.  I know opinions on Bart are sometimes mixed, but he's presenting more of a history of different heaven and hell traditions in this than opinions, mostly.  I was unaware of a lot of it, and it made me wonder why people are even in fear of hell (or hopeful of what heaven would be) given the changing and confusing narrative.

And of course, Hitchens' famous analogy of heaven as a spiritual North Korea.

Milton's Lucifer was right, it is better to rule in hell than to be an abject slave in heaven.

Whom reason hath equaled
Force hath made supreme
Above his equals.
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Job - by h311inac311 - May 4, 2022 at 4:36 pm
RE: Job - by arewethereyet - May 4, 2022 at 4:41 pm
RE: Job - by h311inac311 - May 4, 2022 at 4:49 pm
RE: Job - by arewethereyet - May 4, 2022 at 5:00 pm
RE: Job - by h311inac311 - May 4, 2022 at 5:25 pm
RE: Job - by Nay_Sayer - May 4, 2022 at 5:28 pm
RE: Job - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - May 4, 2022 at 5:28 pm
RE: Job - by Nay_Sayer - May 4, 2022 at 5:29 pm
RE: Job - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - May 4, 2022 at 5:30 pm
RE: Job - by brewer - May 4, 2022 at 5:31 pm
RE: Job - by Nay_Sayer - May 4, 2022 at 5:36 pm
RE: Job - by The Valkyrie - May 4, 2022 at 10:12 pm
RE: Job - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - May 4, 2022 at 5:13 pm
RE: Job - by HappySkeptic - May 4, 2022 at 4:51 pm
RE: Job - by The Grand Nudger - May 4, 2022 at 4:54 pm
RE: Job - by h311inac311 - May 4, 2022 at 6:34 pm
RE: Job - by HappySkeptic - May 4, 2022 at 6:41 pm
RE: Job - by h311inac311 - May 4, 2022 at 10:04 pm
RE: Job - by Pat Mustard - May 4, 2022 at 6:51 pm
RE: Job - by onlinebiker - May 4, 2022 at 4:57 pm
RE: Job - by The Grand Nudger - May 4, 2022 at 5:02 pm
RE: Job - by arewethereyet - May 4, 2022 at 5:03 pm
RE: Job - by The Grand Nudger - May 4, 2022 at 5:05 pm
RE: Job - by arewethereyet - May 4, 2022 at 5:06 pm
RE: Job - by HappySkeptic - May 4, 2022 at 5:09 pm
RE: Job - by arewethereyet - May 4, 2022 at 5:11 pm
RE: Job - by arewethereyet - May 4, 2022 at 5:52 pm
RE: Job - by HappySkeptic - May 4, 2022 at 6:01 pm
RE: Job - by onlinebiker - May 4, 2022 at 5:09 pm
RE: Job - by arewethereyet - May 4, 2022 at 5:10 pm
RE: Job - by The Grand Nudger - May 4, 2022 at 5:11 pm
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RE: Job - by brewer - May 4, 2022 at 5:21 pm
RE: Job - by The Grand Nudger - May 4, 2022 at 5:40 pm
RE: Job - by The Architect Of Fate - May 4, 2022 at 5:41 pm
RE: Job - by h311inac311 - May 4, 2022 at 6:05 pm
RE: Job - by Pat Mustard - May 4, 2022 at 6:48 pm
RE: Job - by The Architect Of Fate - May 4, 2022 at 7:16 pm
RE: Job - by Belacqua - May 4, 2022 at 5:43 pm
RE: Job - by arewethereyet - May 4, 2022 at 5:46 pm
RE: Job - by h311inac311 - May 4, 2022 at 6:00 pm
RE: Job - by Nay_Sayer - May 4, 2022 at 6:02 pm
RE: Job - by h311inac311 - May 4, 2022 at 6:07 pm
RE: Job - by HappySkeptic - May 4, 2022 at 6:14 pm
RE: Job - by arewethereyet - May 4, 2022 at 7:00 pm
RE: Job - by The Grand Nudger - May 4, 2022 at 5:49 pm
RE: Job - by HappySkeptic - May 4, 2022 at 5:56 pm
RE: Job - by The Grand Nudger - May 4, 2022 at 6:08 pm
RE: Job - by The Grand Nudger - May 4, 2022 at 6:54 pm
RE: Job - by h311inac311 - May 4, 2022 at 10:45 pm
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RE: Job - by vulcanlogician - May 4, 2022 at 8:45 pm
RE: Job - by Belacqua - May 4, 2022 at 9:21 pm
RE: Job - by The Architect Of Fate - May 4, 2022 at 10:31 pm
RE: Job - by The Architect Of Fate - May 4, 2022 at 10:26 pm
RE: Job - by The Architect Of Fate - May 4, 2022 at 10:49 pm
RE: Job - by h311inac311 - May 4, 2022 at 11:04 pm
RE: Job - by Nay_Sayer - May 5, 2022 at 12:12 am
RE: Job - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - May 5, 2022 at 3:42 am
RE: Job - by The Architect Of Fate - May 4, 2022 at 11:10 pm
RE: Job - by arewethereyet - May 4, 2022 at 11:17 pm
RE: Job - by The Grand Nudger - May 5, 2022 at 6:42 am
RE: Job - by h311inac311 - May 5, 2022 at 8:13 am
RE: Job - by Belacqua - May 5, 2022 at 8:44 am
RE: Job - by onlinebiker - May 5, 2022 at 7:21 am
RE: Job - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - May 5, 2022 at 11:05 am
RE: Job - by The Grand Nudger - May 5, 2022 at 7:26 am
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RE: Job - by Mister Agenda - May 5, 2022 at 10:28 am
RE: Job - by brewer - May 5, 2022 at 8:33 am
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RE: Job - by The Grand Nudger - May 5, 2022 at 9:04 am
RE: Job - by Ranjr - May 5, 2022 at 9:12 am
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RE: Job - by Angrboda - May 5, 2022 at 9:29 am
RE: Job - by Belacqua - May 5, 2022 at 9:48 am
RE: Job - by vulcanlogician - May 5, 2022 at 11:30 am
RE: Job - by Duty - May 5, 2022 at 11:32 am
RE: Job - by HappySkeptic - May 5, 2022 at 9:42 am
RE: Job - by Duty - May 5, 2022 at 11:28 am
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RE: Job - by h311inac311 - May 6, 2022 at 9:05 am
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RE: Job - by Mister Agenda - May 6, 2022 at 9:40 am
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RE: Job - by The Architect Of Fate - May 6, 2022 at 12:00 pm
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RE: Job - by arewethereyet - May 6, 2022 at 12:09 pm
RE: Job - by Paleophyte - May 7, 2022 at 10:00 pm
RE: Job - by h311inac311 - May 8, 2022 at 2:36 pm
RE: Job - by Nay_Sayer - May 8, 2022 at 2:41 pm
RE: Job - by brewer - May 8, 2022 at 4:09 pm
RE: Job - by Pat Mustard - May 9, 2022 at 12:53 pm
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RE: Job - by The Grand Nudger - May 8, 2022 at 4:05 pm
RE: Job - by h311inac311 - May 12, 2022 at 6:20 am
RE: Job - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - May 12, 2022 at 6:46 am
RE: Job - by arewethereyet - May 12, 2022 at 9:26 am
RE: Job - by Mister Agenda - May 12, 2022 at 9:28 am
RE: Job - by HappySkeptic - May 12, 2022 at 10:34 am
RE: Job - by The Architect Of Fate - May 12, 2022 at 3:28 pm
RE: Job - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - May 12, 2022 at 4:54 pm
RE: Job - by Brian37 - May 8, 2022 at 4:42 pm
RE: Job - by h311inac311 - May 10, 2022 at 5:44 am
RE: Job - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - May 10, 2022 at 6:38 am
RE: Job - by brewer - May 10, 2022 at 12:19 pm
RE: Job - by Pat Mustard - May 15, 2022 at 7:27 pm
RE: Job - by vulcanlogician - May 15, 2022 at 7:44 pm
RE: Job - by Pat Mustard - May 16, 2022 at 7:33 am
RE: Job - by Fake Messiah - May 16, 2022 at 8:06 am
RE: Job - by The Grand Nudger - May 10, 2022 at 8:47 am
RE: Job - by Angrboda - May 10, 2022 at 10:22 am
RE: Job - by The Grand Nudger - May 12, 2022 at 7:08 am
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RE: Job - by The Grand Nudger - May 12, 2022 at 10:38 am
RE: Job - by The Grand Nudger - May 12, 2022 at 5:03 pm
RE: Job - by h311inac311 - May 15, 2022 at 12:54 pm
RE: Job - by The Grand Nudger - May 15, 2022 at 4:13 pm
RE: Job - by CuriosityBob - May 22, 2022 at 8:02 pm
RE: Job - by h311inac311 - May 27, 2022 at 5:50 am
RE: Job - by The Grand Nudger - May 27, 2022 at 6:28 am
RE: Job - by h311inac311 - May 27, 2022 at 9:22 am
RE: Job - by h311inac311 - June 3, 2022 at 10:06 am
RE: Job - by arewethereyet - June 3, 2022 at 10:27 am
RE: Job - by Nay_Sayer - June 3, 2022 at 11:07 am
RE: Job - by The Valkyrie - June 3, 2022 at 1:37 pm
RE: Job - by brewer - June 3, 2022 at 3:49 pm
RE: Job - by The Grand Nudger - May 27, 2022 at 9:46 am
RE: Job - by brewer - May 27, 2022 at 7:09 pm
RE: Job - by The Grand Nudger - June 3, 2022 at 12:23 pm
RE: Job - by h311inac311 - June 4, 2022 at 5:39 am
RE: Job - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - June 4, 2022 at 6:23 am
RE: Job - by Pat Mustard - June 4, 2022 at 6:50 am
RE: Job - by Astreja - June 4, 2022 at 5:49 pm
RE: Job - by brewer - June 4, 2022 at 7:01 pm
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RE: Job - by The Architect Of Fate - June 4, 2022 at 2:40 pm
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RE: Job - by The Grand Nudger - June 4, 2022 at 5:54 pm
RE: Job - by The Grand Nudger - June 4, 2022 at 8:06 pm
RE: Job - by h311inac311 - June 5, 2022 at 5:56 am
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RE: Job - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - June 5, 2022 at 8:05 am
RE: Job - by Astreja - June 5, 2022 at 12:30 pm
RE: Job - by Pat Mustard - June 5, 2022 at 8:57 am
RE: Job - by The Grand Nudger - June 5, 2022 at 6:33 am
RE: Job - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - June 5, 2022 at 12:29 pm
RE: Job - by h311inac311 - June 14, 2022 at 6:08 am
RE: Job - by Fake Messiah - June 14, 2022 at 8:01 am
RE: Job - by Pat Mustard - June 17, 2022 at 5:42 pm
RE: Job - by arewethereyet - June 14, 2022 at 6:54 am
RE: Job - by The Grand Nudger - June 14, 2022 at 7:36 am
RE: Job - by h311inac311 - June 16, 2022 at 7:38 pm
RE: Job - by Fake Messiah - June 18, 2022 at 2:35 pm
RE: Job - by HappySkeptic - June 20, 2022 at 1:03 pm
RE: Job - by The Architect Of Fate - June 16, 2022 at 7:56 pm
RE: Job - by arewethereyet - June 16, 2022 at 8:08 pm
RE: Job - by The Grand Nudger - June 17, 2022 at 1:36 am
RE: Job - by HappySkeptic - June 18, 2022 at 10:14 am
RE: Job - by The Grand Nudger - June 18, 2022 at 11:07 am
RE: Job - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - June 18, 2022 at 12:37 pm
RE: Job - by h311inac311 - July 1, 2022 at 7:21 am
RE: Job - by Gwaithmir - July 1, 2022 at 8:21 am
RE: Job - by Fake Messiah - July 1, 2022 at 9:25 am
RE: Job - by h311inac311 - July 19, 2022 at 11:06 am
RE: Job - by polymath257 - July 19, 2022 at 8:38 pm
RE: Job - by Pat Mustard - July 20, 2022 at 2:26 am
RE: Job - by Pat Mustard - July 20, 2022 at 8:10 am
RE: Job - by TheJefe817 - July 20, 2022 at 9:12 am
RE: Job - by Belacqua - July 20, 2022 at 9:28 am
RE: Job - by Pat Mustard - July 20, 2022 at 4:25 pm
RE: Job - by polymath257 - July 20, 2022 at 4:55 pm
RE: Job - by LinuxGal - November 5, 2022 at 8:12 pm
RE: Job - by Pat Mustard - November 8, 2022 at 2:54 pm
RE: Job - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - July 20, 2022 at 2:51 am
RE: Job - by possibletarian - July 1, 2022 at 12:12 pm
RE: Job - by polymath257 - July 19, 2022 at 8:45 pm
RE: Job - by Jehanne - July 19, 2022 at 8:53 pm
RE: Job - by polymath257 - July 20, 2022 at 5:00 pm
RE: Job - by The Grand Nudger - July 1, 2022 at 9:04 am
RE: Job - by Brian37 - July 1, 2022 at 9:22 am
RE: Job - by The Grand Nudger - July 19, 2022 at 11:13 am
RE: Job - by Angrboda - July 19, 2022 at 10:09 pm
RE: Job - by Jehanne - July 19, 2022 at 10:59 pm
RE: Job - by The Grand Nudger - July 19, 2022 at 11:43 pm
RE: Job - by The Grand Nudger - July 20, 2022 at 9:34 am
RE: Job - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 8, 2022 at 4:07 pm

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