tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post8469088920665478873..comments2024-03-28T19:56:42.305-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: Is eternal suffering in hell infinite?Alexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-53159093465145189042013-04-13T22:35:08.809-05:002013-04-13T22:35:08.809-05:00As a theistic satanist, I'm actually looking f...As a theistic satanist, I'm actually looking forward to suffering with my Hero.Small Heath Net_007784https://www.blogger.com/profile/16356795614086468790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-30363396901002012742011-12-04T05:18:22.217-06:002011-12-04T05:18:22.217-06:00It would be interesting to tie this to the Hebrew ...It would be interesting to tie this to the Hebrew word "olam" (I probably got that wrong...), which means "eternity" or an intense feeling. Jonah said that he was in the belly of the fish for "olam", but the same word is also used for eternity...iMentiethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12768970606105653772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-54880889072616541252011-03-12T13:35:39.659-06:002011-03-12T13:35:39.659-06:00After further research, it's less clear to me ...After further research, it's less clear to me what view has exactly been condemned. Mivart wrote an article where he argued that the folks in hell were happy, and even happier than on earth. The article was condemned <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=BkMPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA500&lpg=PA500&dq=mivart+%22happiness+in+hell%22+%22holy+office%22&source=bl&ots=L1OSU1cMjy&sig=2ZcAF59uR5Mxn2Gpg8MRlMtGnWo&hl=en&ei=ccp7TffaL-G70QHrucHbAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=mivart%20%22happiness%20in%20hell%22%20%22holy%20office%22&f=false" rel="nofollow">in general terms</a> as far as I can tell, and I do not know if there were any specifics in regard to the condemnation, so I may have been hasty in my comment.Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-19491196076323203252011-03-11T22:02:54.253-06:002011-03-11T22:02:54.253-06:00I withdraw the speculation that the pains of hell ...I withdraw the speculation that the pains of hell decrease asymptotically. Such a view has apparently been condemned (non-definitively) by the Holy Office in 1893.Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-78070214643421072082007-12-05T10:18:00.000-06:002007-12-05T10:18:00.000-06:00Oh right. Got ya. Thank you.Oh right. Got ya. Thank you.Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11364929893068291749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-12799213833703677602007-12-04T09:48:00.000-06:002007-12-04T09:48:00.000-06:00If we're aware of only a finite number of things i...If we're aware of only a finite number of things in any given interval of time, then we can't stretch out of a finite number of things to fit through eternity...Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-23268429984683612642007-12-04T09:18:00.000-06:002007-12-04T09:18:00.000-06:00I'm not clear on what "if the structure of our exp...I'm not clear on what "if the structure of our experience is discrete" means, at a glance anyway (and still here after several more). But as per your closing comment on argument 2, I was thinking the same thing about halfway through reading it. In fact it feels, subjectively, like I'm still thinking about it, even though I'm done.Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11364929893068291749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-31940436386744672312007-12-03T08:37:00.000-06:002007-12-03T08:37:00.000-06:00Argument 2 fails if the structure of our experienc...Argument 2 fails if the structure of our experience is discrete.Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.com