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Subject: I suppose not...


Author:
Wade A. Tisthammer
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Date Posted: 07/13/04 9:23pm
In reply to: QUITTNER 's message, "Re: Is ETERNAL the same as INFINITE?" on 06/25/04 11:14am

>>>>How does this apply to religious literature? I'm
>not sure that it does. Why should it? <<<
>..... There is mention of ETERNAL LIFE.

Yes, but that means "life everlasting," i.e. immortality of life (you never stop living). It doesn't mean that you magically become an entity that has existed for an infinite amount of time.


>>>> Should, perhaps, as far as Christian literature is
>concerned, the proviso have been added: "... provided
>it is not terminated by the Romans"? [You] don't see
>why. <<<
>..... Probably this refers to "eternal(?)" life within
>the artificial families (the "Kingdoms of God") of the
>FIRST version of Christianity. Members pooled their
>resources and property, all getting FREE food, shelter
>and clothing in exchange for unpaid work. It required
>FAITH that all members would be looked after by these
>artificial families for as long as the members
>lived
They had "eternal (spiritual) life".
>..... But the Romans very likely eventually
>confiscated the accumulated funds of these unfortunate
>artificial families

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And exactly how is this relevant to anything I've been talking about (the metaphysical impossibility of an infinite past)?

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