Mundus Vult Decipi: The World Wants To

The Doctrine Of Original Sin Claims That All Men Sinned In Adam; But Whether They Did Or Whether It Is Merely A Fact That All Men Sin Does Not Basically Affect The Problem Of Suffering.

There Is Thus A Certain Plausibility To Nietzsche's Doctrine, Though It Is Dynamite. He Maintains In Effect That The Gulf Separating Plato From The Average Man Is Greater Than The Cleft Between The Average Man And A Chimpanzee.

The Deepest Difference Between Religions Is Not That Between Polytheism And Monotheism.

The Greeks Had Considered Hope The Final Evil In Pandora's Box. They Also Gave Us An Image Of Perfect Nobility: A Human Being Lovingly Doing Her Duty To Another Human Being Despite All Threats, And Going To Her Death With Pride And Courage, Not Deterred By Any Hope - Antigone.

Let People Who Do Not Know What To Do With Themselves In This Life, But Fritter Away Their Time Reading Magazines And Watching Television, Hope For Eternal Life... The Life I Want Is A Life I Could Not Endure In Eternity. It Is A Life Of Love And Intensity, Suffering And Creation, That Makes Life Worthwhile And Death Welcome. There Is No Other Life I Should Prefer. Neither Should I Like Not To Die.