michaelcurzi comments on Rationality Quotes March 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: michaelcurzi 02 March 2012 04:01:53AM *  1 point [-]

When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

1 Corinthians 15:54-57

(I like this quote, as long as it's shamelessly presented without context of the last line: "But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." )

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 03 March 2012 01:04:42AM 2 points [-]

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

How do you interpret that line?

Comment author: RichardKennaway 12 March 2012 11:23:09AM *  2 points [-]

The sting of death is ignorance, and the power of ignorance is the indifference of the universe. We do not yet know how to stop death, and until we do, we will go on dying.