Towards Acceptance: Some Thoughts: Pain, Suffering, Death, and Immortality |
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... expect justice , although his own wont ( under extreme provocation ) has been to forgive rather than to condemn . Besides , he has always had defense attorneys before whom quibbling shysters will cringe . The jury may be rigged , but ...
... expect justice , although his own wont ( under extreme provocation ) has been to forgive rather than to condemn . Besides , he has always had defense attorneys before whom quibbling shysters will cringe . The jury may be rigged , but ...
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... expect to catch up on neglected reading ( including their " serious " thinking ) while lying abed in the expected idyllic peace of an imaginary hospital . Others look forward to making up for prayers missed in the hustle - bustle of a ...
... expect to catch up on neglected reading ( including their " serious " thinking ) while lying abed in the expected idyllic peace of an imaginary hospital . Others look forward to making up for prayers missed in the hustle - bustle of a ...
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... or , better , ex- ternal accommodations for incorporation of the hospice . It would be too much to expect that they have overnight adopted the con- - cept of a hospital as an inn for pilgrims " New Kid on the Block ” 141.
... or , better , ex- ternal accommodations for incorporation of the hospice . It would be too much to expect that they have overnight adopted the con- - cept of a hospital as an inn for pilgrims " New Kid on the Block ” 141.
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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