http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2010/12/on-the-making-of-lists-and-checking-them-twice/ A First Things Blog Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:35:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2010/12/on-the-making-of-lists-and-checking-them-twice/#comment-15491 Craig Payne Wed, 01 Dec 2010 15:07:03 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=9603#comment-15491 "We don't want to die." When we look over our list of children, we feel assurance of one sense of immortality. Eternal life provides assurance of the "individual" sense of immortality. Both are part of the culture of life. What happens in a society with neither sense of assurance, and which sees lists themselves as assertions of "power" over others? “We don’t want to die.” When we look over our list of children, we feel assurance of one sense of immortality. Eternal life provides assurance of the “individual” sense of immortality. Both are part of the culture of life. What happens in a society with neither sense of assurance, and which sees lists themselves as assertions of “power” over others?

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