amul | More To Do About Nothing (Reply)

The cats jumped on my face this morning at 7:30am. I refilled their water bowl, turned on the AC, drank some water myself, and then passed out again. I woke up at 2:30.

Times like this, I really would prefer to have some kind of externally-selected daily routine.

Excerpt from a book I'm reading:

Do angels have real bodies? How fast can they move? Will everyone be the same age in heaven? These questions seem pointless, but this response should not prevent us from asking why -- exactly -- they deserve to be treated so lightly....

The simplest reason for dismissing the kind of ["Angels Dancing on A Pin Head"] inquiries that D'Israeli lampooned is because they deal with things that do not exist. An atheist might argue that all speculations about the nature of God, angels, heaven and hell are misplaced: if these things are not real, it is futile to wonder what they may be like....First, empirical science has replaced theology as the normal method for establishing the physical facts of life. Second, there has been a general decline in confidence in the Bible as a source of information.... Finally, the acceptance of religious pluralism means that Christianity is no longer treated as a source of universal knowledge. While scientists can legitimately attempt to establish general principles about the cosmos, the statements of theologians are always matters of opinion. Even if Christian scholars successfully calculated the number of souls in heaven, they would not expect their findings to gain support among their Jewish or Muslim fellows.

....In the very different conditions of the pre-modern world, it was no more absurd for theologians to speculate about the physical dimensions of heaven than it is for modern physicists to contemplate the shape of the universe.

Ah, perspective.

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