Re: [asa] Religious brainwashing

Merv mentioned: "So put another way, we can't stand the thought that an
unrepentant
Hitler or Pol Pot wouldn't suffer for their crimes any more than they
did if they just die. As a staunch Atheist friend of mine put it with
Shakespearian reference --- you have to have your pound of flesh, don't
you, Merv. This mysterious currency "of principle" runs stronger in us
sometimes than even our own desire to enjoy reward or avoid punishment
for ourselves."

There is a recent book, IF GRACE BE TRUE, which argues that God will win
out in the end, and therefore everyone (including Hitler) will be saved.
Otherwise, argues the author, God, in a sense, fails, and that is
absurd. He makes a decent (but not persuasive to me) case for this
position and the book (I disremember the author and the book is packed
away) is worth reading. There is a whole chapter on Adolf.

Burgy

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Received on Wed Sep 26 11:27:40 2007