It is not certain that everything is certain, neither is it certain that everything is uncertain.
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 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 KungEven apart from the image of a truly merciless God that contradicts everything we can assume from what Jesus says about the Either of the lost, can we be surprised at a time when retributive punishments without an opportunity of probation are being increasingly abandoned in education and penal justice, that the idea not only of a lifelong, but even eternal punishment of body and soul, seems to many people absolutely monstrous.
Hans Kung