Monthly Archives: April 2018

Dante’s PURGATORY, Canto 21: PURGING SINS TAKES TIME

Posted on April 30, 2018 by davidbruceblog

https://pixabay.com/en/time-time-management-stopwatch-3222267/ *** PURGING SINS TAKES TIME *** Purging sins takes time: One thousand two hundred and Four years to purge his *** NOTE: The Mountain of Purgatory shook because Statius’ sins have been purged after his spending 1204 years on … Continue reading →

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NOTES on Bertrand Russell (1872-1970): Do We Survive Death? No

Posted on April 30, 2018 by davidbruceblog

Bertrand Russell has a simple answer to the question “Do we survive death?” His answer is, “No.” According to Russell, “When I die, I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive.” Despite the flat denial, Russell is a … Continue reading →

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Dante’s PURGATORY, Canto 21: GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO

Posted on April 29, 2018 by davidbruceblog

https://pixabay.com/en/praying-church-christian-prayer-1319101/ *** GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO *** Mountain is shaking The highest glory to God A soul has been purged *** NOTE: The Mountain of Purgatory shakes when a soul has purged its sin and is ready to ascend to … Continue reading →

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Dante’s PURGATORY, Canto 20: UNETHICAL TREATMENT OF A POPE

Posted on April 29, 2018 by davidbruceblog

Depiction of the death of Boniface in a 15th-century manuscript of Boccaccio’s De Casibus.  *** UNETHICAL TREATMENT OF A POPE *** Bullies will beat up The Pope: Boniface the Eighth So unethical *** NOTE: Souls on the Mountain of Purgatory know … Continue reading →

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NOTES on C.S. Lewis: The Problem of Pain

Posted on April 29, 2018 by davidbruceblog

Divine Omnipotence One person who has addressed the problem of evil in a way convincing to me is C. S. Lewis, author of the popular Narniachildren’s books. One of the things he did was to analyze the concepts “omnipotent” and … Continue reading →

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Dante’s PURGATORY, Canto 20: MIDAS’ GOLDEN TOUCH

Posted on April 28, 2018 by davidbruceblog

https://pixabay.com/en/egg-golden-egg-gold-red-gold-2885370/ *** MIDAS’ GOLDEN TOUCH *** Midas’ golden touch All that he touched turned to gold Food, drink, and his son *** NOTE: The sinners purging the sin of greed meditate on examples of greed. King Midas of Phrygia, in … Continue reading →

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John Stuart Mill (1806-1873): The Divine Attributes

Posted on April 28, 2018 by davidbruceblog

John Stuart Mill was an original thinker. In fact, his father brought him up to be an original thinker, teaching him Latin and Greek at a very early age. By the time he became a teenager, Mill had learned both … Continue reading →

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Dante’s PURGATORY, Canto 20: GAIUS FABRICIUS LUSCINUS

Posted on April 27, 2018 by davidbruceblog

Illustration by Harold Robert Millar (1869–1942) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons *** GAIUS FABRICIUS LUSCINUS *** Refused to take bribes No money for funeral Romans paid for it *** NOTE: Gaius Fabricius Luscinus was incorruptible, refusing to take bribes, and … Continue reading →

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David Bruce: Names Anecdotes

Posted on April 27, 2018 by davidbruceblog

A family photograph of E. B. White, cropped from a photo of him and his wife. Source White Literary LLC When Elwyn Brooks White, who is better known as E.B. White, author of Charlotte’s Web, attended Cornell University, its president … Continue reading →

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NOTES on John Hick (1922-2012): Evil and the God of Love

Posted on April 27, 2018 by davidbruceblog

John Hick (1922-2012): Evil and the God of Love A theodicy is an attempt to justify the goodness of God despite the presence of evil in the world. John Hick is an important philosopher/theologian who has developed what we can … Continue reading →

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