Towards Acceptance: Some Thoughts: Pain, Suffering, Death, and Immortality |
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... Christ's tragic cry from Calvary : " My God , my God , Why hast Thou forsaken me ? " Nor is it confined to the re- ligious but to all who succumb momentarily to the apparent meaninglessness of life . But this , too , shall pass . Indeed ...
... Christ's tragic cry from Calvary : " My God , my God , Why hast Thou forsaken me ? " Nor is it confined to the re- ligious but to all who succumb momentarily to the apparent meaninglessness of life . But this , too , shall pass . Indeed ...
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... Christ forgives Mary Magdalen because she has loved much , he does not condone her offense after the professed ... Christ have denied tragedy to Christianity because of the mysteries of the redeeming Incarnation and the Resurrection ...
... Christ forgives Mary Magdalen because she has loved much , he does not condone her offense after the professed ... Christ have denied tragedy to Christianity because of the mysteries of the redeeming Incarnation and the Resurrection ...
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... Christ means a lot more than pushing up the crocuses . In his exposition , " afterlife " is not really " after " because it transcends time and attains simultaneity / eternity where the person endures perfected . " All experience would ...
... Christ means a lot more than pushing up the crocuses . In his exposition , " afterlife " is not really " after " because it transcends time and attains simultaneity / eternity where the person endures perfected . " All experience would ...
Contents
Preface Foreword Poem Sonnet to Death Chapter I The Ferries at Bayhead Death as Natural Transition | 1 |
Last Things First Necessity of a Point of View | 11 |
God on Trial The Problem of Evil | 19 |
Copyright | |
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