(November 2, 2013 at 12:56 am)snowtracks Wrote: the bravado attitude concerning death is admirable in the context of 'taking-it-like-a-man', but is misplaced if upon the moment of death the 'unpardonable sin' (only committed once and is only at that moment) has been committed by the individual.
Once again a perfectly nice discussion is soiled by Christianity.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell