RE: Unfortunately the atheist will have to stand up and go
December 9, 2013 at 3:35 pm
(This post was last modified: December 9, 2013 at 3:43 pm by The Reality Salesman01.)
(December 8, 2013 at 1:51 pm)DOS Wrote: Dostoesvky has put it much simpler
In my freevolous translation it sounds about this - suffering is the only cause of conciousness.
In the little that I've read, Dostoevsky seems quite conflicted with any religious description of God. His quotes from this specific book paint a very clear picture of why the Christian God in particular is not anything he would be willing to support:
“… if the sufferings of children go to make up the sum of sufferings which is necessary for the purchase of truth, then I say beforehand that the entire truth is not worth such a price.”
The particular excerpt used in the OP appears to mock the idea of hell. (At least to me) Drawing attention to how our human perception of existence creates the illusion of an eternity in hell as a fate worthy of fearing. Ultimately, the time spent or time required to be spent will pass, and it will have been an arbitrary sentence (as described in the excerpt).
In this book, Dostoevsky comes across to me as more of a Buddhist. He delivers some pretty crippling blows to the Christians that claim to have moral exclusivity granted to them from their personal brand of God.
IMO
