Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Herodotus, Simone Weil and John Hick
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29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 5. Bible
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The cruelty of the Old Testament put me off Christianity [Weil]
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29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / a. Religious Belief
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We must leave on one side the ordinary 'consolations' of religion [Weil]
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Revolution (not religion) is the opium of the people [Weil]
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Religion should quietly suffuse all human life with its light [Weil]
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29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / c. Religious Verification
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It may be hard to verify that we have become immortal, but we could still then verify religious claims [Hick, by PG]
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Belief in an afterlife may be unverifiable in this life, but it will be verifiable after death [Hick, by PG]
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29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / d. Religious Falsification
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Some things (e.g. a section of the expansion of PI) can be verified but not falsified [Hick, by PG]
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29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / a. Immortality
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The Egyptians were the first to say the soul is immortal and reincarnated [Herodotus]
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I attach little importance to immortality, which is an undecidable fact, and irrelevant to us [Weil]
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We just see immortality as prolongation of life, making death meaningless [Weil]
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29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / b. Soul
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The soul is the intrinsic value of a human [Weil]
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29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / b. Human Evil
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If the world lacked evil, then the evil would be in our desires, which would be worse [Weil]
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29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / d. Natural Evil
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Without worldly affliction, we'd think this is paradise [Weil]
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