"It’s hard for me to think that I could be me and have a
relation to everybody else that’s the same as the relation to my wife. I just don’t see how I’m me. Not the me that [is] the life I’ve led. So even if there’s no marriage or giving in marriage
in heaven, . . . nevertheless I can’t imagine how I cease to be my . . . [how] that
history goes. I mean, that history seems
to be a part of who I am. There will be
a radical openness to all things, but I think I’m still me, and I don’t see how
that disappears. . . . I can’t imagine me being me without my history. . .
. So I would think Yes, we will remain
who we are, and I think who we are—who we’ve come to be—involves a set of
relations. They may be expanded, but I
can’t see them being erased, and we still are particular individuals."Saturday, August 17, 2019
"Marriage" in heaven
"It’s hard for me to think that I could be me and have a
relation to everybody else that’s the same as the relation to my wife. I just don’t see how I’m me. Not the me that [is] the life I’ve led. So even if there’s no marriage or giving in marriage
in heaven, . . . nevertheless I can’t imagine how I cease to be my . . . [how] that
history goes. I mean, that history seems
to be a part of who I am. There will be
a radical openness to all things, but I think I’m still me, and I don’t see how
that disappears. . . . I can’t imagine me being me without my history. . .
. So I would think Yes, we will remain
who we are, and I think who we are—who we’ve come to be—involves a set of
relations. They may be expanded, but I
can’t see them being erased, and we still are particular individuals."
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