by jimwalton » Wed Aug 01, 2018 8:36 am
You are posing a contradictory hypothetical. "What if death were not a transition..." But in Christian theology it is, and you are asking a Christian what our theology teaches. I'm insisting, by analogy, that circles are round, and claiming that your hypothetical, "but what if circles were NOT round..." is a contradictory hypothesis denying the very definition as given by Christian theology. So the question can't be answered with your hypothetical, because you are asking something contradictory.
"But if circles were not round and, instead, square, then would that shape have roundness or corners?" But circles can't, by definition, have corners. You are asking, "But what if death were final, not transitional, would your life be more or less meaningful?" It's an impossible hypothetical.
> You and I are able to comprehend something starting and later ending, correct?
Of course we are (like my night at the movies). It starts and ends later. Human life isn't like that.
> Now, let's comprehend human life the same way.
Let's comprehend circles as square.
> It is clearly not inherent that life starts but never ends because you specifically referenced the bible to support that statement.
??????? I used to Bible to show that according to Christian theology human life has no ending, so that proves clearly that it's not so? You confused me with that one.
You are posing a contradictory hypothetical. "What if death were not a transition..." But in Christian theology it is, and you are asking a Christian what our theology teaches. I'm insisting, by analogy, that circles are round, and claiming that your hypothetical, "but what if circles were NOT round..." is a contradictory hypothesis denying the very definition as given by Christian theology. So the question can't be answered with your hypothetical, because you are asking something contradictory.
"But if circles were not round and, instead, square, then would that shape have roundness or corners?" But circles can't, by definition, have corners. You are asking, "But what if death were final, not transitional, would your life be more or less meaningful?" It's an impossible hypothetical.
> You and I are able to comprehend something starting and later ending, correct?
Of course we are (like my night at the movies). It starts and ends later. Human life isn't like that.
> Now, let's comprehend human life the same way.
Let's comprehend circles as square.
> It is clearly not inherent that life starts but never ends because you specifically referenced the bible to support that statement.
??????? I used to Bible to show that according to Christian theology human life has no ending, so that proves clearly that it's not so? You confused me with that one.