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Re: CCT - why is there a need for hell?
My guess is that we need hope of a reward in the next life to do good deeds, share our worldly goods in the face of hardship and keep going in the face of adversity. By the same token, we need the fear of horrible punishment to keep us from knocking off our persecutors and taking up robbery to feed the kiddies.
posted by
Pat_B
on June 16, 2012 at 7:12 AM
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Well Pat humankind needs rewards and threats, but why is there a need for Hell. Perhaps you would be kind enough to tell me. Once I had a row with woman, silly old cow I thought . I passed her the following week on a lone road and being young just said hello. I heard from another source that, 'the cheeky devil had the effrontery to speak.'
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C_C_T
on June 15, 2012 at 9:11 AM
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Pat
Among the many cultural 'items' found in any society there are few as interesting as their conceptions of 'Hell', which are always far more elaborate than their notions of 'Heaven'.
Incidentally, yours fits Sartre's notion that 'Hell is other people' (from his play No Exit), which does not refer to people in general, but to specific individuals, such as the 'beyutch', LOL...
posted by
Nautikos
on June 15, 2012 at 8:57 AM
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