Friday, November 19, 2010

the gallery of the morbid

Just in time for American Thanksgiving (next week), Dr. Hodges has been meditating on the all-consuming nature of death (see here, here, here, here, here, and here). Dr. Vallicella, meanwhile, has written a cheerful (cough) post about the nature of hell. Both Malcolm and Elisson have written RIPs in recent days.

What is it with everyone? Me, I think I've had my fill of death and hell for one year. Call me again next year, when I'll be, as Matt Groening so aptly put it in one of his Life in Hell collections, "ready for more abuse."




(In case it's not obvious: the above isn't meant to make anyone feel guilty. As Mike would say, "Carry on.")


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7 comments:

Horace Jeffery Hodges said...

Mine is a purely professional undertaking, Kevin. Apologies if I've let anybody down.

Jeffery Hodges

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Kevin Kim said...

I understand. I just found it strange that, as a happy holiday was approaching, almost all the elder statesmen on my blogroll saw fit to write about gloomy topics-- at roughly the same time.


Kevin

Elisson said...

Elder statesmen? Elder statesmen? Does that mean I have to start acting like a grownup?

Kevin Kim said...

Special exemption for you, Son of Eli.

Horace Jeffery Hodges said...

Not that I consciously intended any of those puns . . .

Jeffery Hodges

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$bill said...

If you want a carefully considered glimpse of Hell, read this book. The writer is well-respected and I think you might be favorably surprised by how skillfully he unpacks what the Bible says about Hell and Heaven. I think the book would resonate with you. Try the excerpt that Amazon provides, see if you agree.

Kevin Kim said...

As a nontheist who doesn't believe in either heaven or hell, I'm sure I'll find it interesting on an academic level. I appreciate the recommendation.