Alluding to hell is a warning that a person can completely neglect his purpose in life. I don't believe in an eternal hell.
Hans KungAll historical experience demonstrates the following: Our earth cannot be changed unless in the not too distant future an alteration in the consciousness of individuals is achieved.
Hans KungI am firmly convinced that there is life after death, not in a primitive sense but as the entry of my completely finite person into God's infinity, as a transition into another reality beyond the dimension of space and time that pure reason can neither affirm nor deny.
Hans KungI don't cling to earthly life because I believe in eternal life. That's the big distinction between my point of view and a purely secular position.
Hans KungIn my view, the Catholic Church as a community of faith will be preserved, but only if it abandons the Roman system of rule. We managed to get by without this absolutist system for 1,000 years. The problems began in the 11th century, when the popes asserted their claim to absolute control over the Church.
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