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I came back here to mention that our Christian forebears grafted a Pagan afterlife (heaven and hell) onto the Yahwist universe in which the dead are destined for dark, joyless Sheol. So paganism is still with us and is not so controversial as a devout Christian might assume. And the nonexistence promised by atheism is a rebadged Yahwist belief.
I came back here to mention that our Christian forebears grafted a Pagan afterlife (heaven and hell) onto the Yahwist universe in which the dead are destined for dark, joyless Sheol. So paganism is still with us and is not so controversial as a devout Christian might assume. And the nonexistence promised by atheism is a rebadged Yahwist belief.
> I came back here to mention that our Christian forebears grafted a Pagan afterlife
Um, the pagan afterlife tends to be joyless Hades. As the shade of Achilles said after Odysseus summoned him "I'd rather be a serf among the living than king of all the dead".
I used to think this was the case but further reading has persuaded me that there are actually several different pagan afterlives. I'll include the one I'm going with in the next article.
I will say I was quite puzzled when I began to read Christian theology and discovered that the Christian afterlife was not only not what I thought, but actually there were several different ones that didn't all agree!
Valhalla is pretty cool.
Have you ever actually been in a battle where you stood a good chance of getting killed?
No but FWIW I have a crooked nose from a fight and would rather be killed every day, brought back to life and feast with bros and blonde babes every day in preparation for the ultimate cage match instead of rotting in jail all with a bunch of middle easterners missing an important body part. Pick your poison, weтАЩre all gonna die anyway.