Towards Acceptance: Some Thoughts: Pain, Suffering, Death, and Immortality |
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... better . If you participate , best of all . The setting for our exchange is ideal : the ferries passing each other at bayhead all day long , carrying their passengers from Vermont to New York State . Is Charon at the helm , exacting his ...
... better . If you participate , best of all . The setting for our exchange is ideal : the ferries passing each other at bayhead all day long , carrying their passengers from Vermont to New York State . Is Charon at the helm , exacting his ...
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... better or worse . It may distort or confirm your importance and , therefore , your responsibilities to self or to society or the nihilistic rejection of all meaning to life . You may never consciously think about it or you may , with ...
... better or worse . It may distort or confirm your importance and , therefore , your responsibilities to self or to society or the nihilistic rejection of all meaning to life . You may never consciously think about it or you may , with ...
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... better in your life . " Beware the beamish boy in these situations and treat every Mr. Joy - Boy with the charitable tolerance due the bumblings of the awkward or insensitive who might better adopt the approach of Job's comforters ...
... better in your life . " Beware the beamish boy in these situations and treat every Mr. Joy - Boy with the charitable tolerance due the bumblings of the awkward or insensitive who might better adopt the approach of Job's comforters ...
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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