That thing of hell and eternal punishment is the most absurd, as well as the most disagreeable thought that ever entered into the head of mortal man.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Basically, at the very bottom of life, which seduces us all, there is only absurdity, and more absurdity. And maybe that's what gives us our joy for living, because the only thing that can defeat absurdity is lucidity.
The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.
There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.
What is the damnation of hell? To go with that society who have not obeyed His commands.
It is not in the world of ideas that life is lived. Life is lived for better or worse in life, and to a man in life, his life can be no more absurd than it can be the opposite of absurd, whatever that opposite may be.
The absurd depends as much on man as on the world. For the moment, it is all that links them together.
I believe the Scriptures teach that there's a literal heaven and a literal hell, just like Jesus said. And without forgiveness of sins that, yeah, the place of punishment is called hell.
This is appalling. The idea that a person could be punished because of their religious belief and the idea they might be executed is just beyond belief.
Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven, the best to hell.
The concept of absurdity is something I'm attracted to.
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