Re: fingers crossed

On Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:15:53 +0100, LFS
<laura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Evan Kirshenbaum wrote:
Chuck Riggs <chriggs@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

On Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:58:09 -0700, Evan Kirshenbaum
<kirshenbaum@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Chuck Riggs <chriggs@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

It is, indeed. With the loss of God and his purposes for us, which
Darwin's evolution forces us to accept, it seems to me, what are
we, as individuals, living for, for it can't be to achieve Heaven
or to avoid Hell?
Speaking from a Jewish background, what do Christian notions of an
afterlife have to do with belief, faith, or meaning?
Unless I'm mistaken, the Talmud supports the concepts of life after
death, heaven and hell included.

I believe you are mistaken, or if it does, it's way way less
important. There's a notion of eventual bodily resurrection, but no
notion of "being anywhere" in the meantime.

There is of course Gehenna which may be what Chuck has in mind.

http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=115&letter=G

I skimmed through that and then clicked on the link for the
discussion forum: Spam, Spam, Spam.

Perhaps I should read the article more closely to discover the
likely fate of spammers.

--
Peter Duncanson, UK
(in alt.usage.english)
.

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