Evidence receipt / prediction
Published · transcript-backedRoss Douthat: prediction
17 Jan 2018 Conversations with Tyler Ross Douthat on Narrative and Religion (Live at Mason)
“I think that there is a sort of sincere limit to human imagination when it comes to contemplating the idea of the beatific vision and so on, and that comes across.”
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…What should we infer from the narrative superiority of Dante’s Inferno within the Divine Comedy — but of course feel free to challenge the premise. No, I won’t challenge the premise. I think that there is a sort of sincere limit to human imagination when it comes to contemplating the idea of the beatific vision and so on, and that comes across. We don’t know how to tell stories about the story outside our story in quite the same way. And the Inferno is telling a story about the world that we’re all familiar with and that’s easier. Which American demographic will start the next Great Awakening?…
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