There are few things more mysterious than endings. I mean, for example, when did the Greek gods end, exactly? Was there a day when Zeus waved magisterially down from Olympus and Aphrodite and her lover Ares, and her crippled husband Hephaestus ) I always felt sorry for him), and all the rest got rolled up like a worn-out carpet? Salley Vickers
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I always felt sorry for him), and all the rest got rolled up like a worn-out carpet? You must have been a very young child when the Greek gods fell. At that time, you would say “The Greek gods ended” without giving much thought to what it meant. Now you would see it as a major catastrophe. It is a similar story with those of us who believe in life after death.

We can say that those who die go to heaven or hell or limbo, but we do not know if they really go there. In fact, many people think they do not.

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