“Imagine a world where everything changes to match the state of your mind, where evidence never pushes back against your theories, where your every thought is correct simply because you think it so. Can there be any better definition of hell for a man of learning? ”
You might find C.S.Lewis’s “The Great Divorce” interesting, at least the part where dead scientists choose to remain in Hell, rather than go to Heaven where God will give them all the answers.
Sounds like a lot of people would like to live in this world quite a lot. Imagine how happy the creationists would be! Hell, most people want that world.
“Imagine a world where everything changes to match the state of your mind, where evidence never pushes back against your theories, where your every thought is correct simply because you think it so. Can there be any better definition of hell for a man of learning? ”
-- Bradeline, Fall From Heaven
That world is called dreams, and we visit it every night.
You might find C.S.Lewis’s “The Great Divorce” interesting, at least the part where dead scientists choose to remain in Hell, rather than go to Heaven where God will give them all the answers.
Sounds like a lot of people would like to live in this world quite a lot. Imagine how happy the creationists would be! Hell, most people want that world.
...until they saw the result and realized -why- it is hell. Assuming they didn’t all explode from each other’s wishes of mutual annhilation.