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3 comments :
Haha wow. I just read this and quoted it to my Facebook a few days ago. ;)
Pascal states that "state of death is eternal". Is that a scriptural concept?
Paul informs us that death will eventually be destroyed.
1 Corinthians 15:26
1 Corinthians 15:54
One says "death is eternal / without end" and the other says "death is not eternal / has an end". They can't both be right, can they?
If I may note, there has been and is still being a lot of stuff taught in Chrisianity like this regarding death that is right out of pagan religions. Examples:
1) death is eternal;
2) death is not death - people are alive when they are dead;
3) people go to heaven or hell when they die.
It came to my attention when I encountered Buddhists, Daoists, and folk religionists teachings regarding death. And it would be bad to say that 99% of what they teach is wrong, but the state of the dead - that the dead are alive after they die and go to some place immediately upon death, which they teach - is something that they just happen to be right on. (I don't believe in any of their teachings.)
Just putting this perspective on the table. Thoughts?
Good thoughts - and those should be noted.
However, I think Pascal's point is about the brevity of life and the importance of finding truth because it has eternal consequences.
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