James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) American poet, critic, editor, and diplomat
A Glance Behind the Curtain (1843)
“Work is man's original vocation. It is a blessing from God, and those who consider it a punishment are sadly mistaken.”
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The Furrow (1986)
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Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, known for his works of science fiction …
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Context: If I were not an atheist, I would believe in a God who would choose to save people on the basis of the totality of their lives and not the pattern of their words. I think he would prefer an honest and righteous atheist to a TV preacher whose every word is God, God, God, and whose every deed is foul, foul, foul.
I would also want a God who would not allow a Hell. Infinite torture can only be a punishment for infinite evil, and I don't believe that infinite evil can be said to exist even in the case of Hitler. Besides, if most human governments are civilized enough to try to eliminate torture and outlaw cruel and unusual punishments, can we expect anything less of an all-merciful God?
I feel that if there were an afterlife, punishment for evil would be reasonable and of a fixed term. And I feel that the longest and worst punishment should be reserved for those who slandered God by inventing Hell.
“Blessed is trust, for it blesses both those who have it to give and those who receive it.”
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916) Austrian writer
Source: Aphorisms (1880/1893), p. 29.
