Comments on: Waste http://online.worldmag.com/2008/09/30/waste/ A forum for discussion of news that arises at the intersection of Christianity and culture. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:41:03 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Random Name http://online.worldmag.com/2008/09/30/waste/comment-page-1/#comment-351679 Random Name Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:56:30 +0000 http://online.worldmag.com/?p=17537#comment-351679 I am an agnostic who is close to an atheist. Although I am not accusing you, MD, of this, and I thought your post #4 was a good post, I am a little weary of secular people being accused of thinking utopia is possible on this earth. Some so think, but not all; I belong to the cynical sect of secular people. I am an agnostic who is close to an atheist. Although I am not accusing you, MD, of this, and I thought your post #4 was a good post, I am a little weary of secular people being accused of thinking utopia is possible on this earth. Some so think, but not all; I belong to the cynical sect of secular people.

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]]> By: mD http://online.worldmag.com/2008/09/30/waste/comment-page-1/#comment-351428 mD Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:52:26 +0000 http://online.worldmag.com/?p=17537#comment-351428 Anyone that thinks utopia is possible on this earth, should pay a little more attention to what has occurred over the past many years, culminating in the debacle of the past week. A lot of well-meaning (?) leaders thought they were doing a good thing and they will likely leave their intended benefactors with more pain than joy. I think the mind of a politician, at the national level, never gives it a second thought...they blame it on the other guy and wonder how the other guy can live with themselves. Anyone that thinks utopia is possible on this earth, should pay a little more attention to what has occurred over the past many years, culminating in the debacle of the past week. A lot of well-meaning (?) leaders thought they were doing a good thing and they will likely leave their intended benefactors with more pain than joy. I think the mind of a politician, at the national level, never gives it a second thought…they blame it on the other guy and wonder how the other guy can live with themselves.

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]]> By: Cheryl D. http://online.worldmag.com/2008/09/30/waste/comment-page-1/#comment-351174 Cheryl D. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:42:20 +0000 http://online.worldmag.com/?p=17537#comment-351174 EFarmer, I think the point is that "the end" has been brought about prematurely by the person who is doing wrong "temporarily" with the idea of doing right in the future. EFarmer,

I think the point is that “the end” has been brought about prematurely by the person who is doing wrong “temporarily” with the idea of doing right in the future.

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]]> By: efarmer.ny http://online.worldmag.com/2008/09/30/waste/comment-page-1/#comment-351084 efarmer.ny Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:51:32 +0000 http://online.worldmag.com/?p=17537#comment-351084 Taking the conscientious revolutionary's thoughts one step further, if he realizes that this really *is* the end, then all of the cruelties, injustices, massacres, faked trials, etc. DON'T matter, because those people had no future anyway. But we know that 'the end' is NOT merely the end, but a grand new beginning. Taking the conscientious revolutionary’s thoughts one step further, if he realizes that this really *is* the end, then all of the cruelties, injustices, massacres, faked trials, etc. DON’T matter, because those people had no future anyway.

But we know that ‘the end’ is NOT merely the end, but a grand new beginning.

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]]> By: llama http://online.worldmag.com/2008/09/30/waste/comment-page-1/#comment-351019 llama Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:07:37 +0000 http://online.worldmag.com/?p=17537#comment-351019 A wasted temporal life is when one dies but they have left nothing behind that future generations can use or need nor have they passed on their useful accumulated knowledge. A wasted spiritual life is when one finds themselves in hell. A wasted temporal life is when one dies but they have left nothing behind that future generations can use or need nor have they passed on their useful accumulated knowledge.

A wasted spiritual life is when one finds themselves in hell.

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