In the Book of Daniel in the Hebrew Bible, prophet Daniel sees “The Ancient of Days” as saving the world, after which “his dominion shall be everlasting; it shall never be destroyed”. This is one of the more prominent pronouncements in Hebrew literature of the pursuit of “everlasting” glory undertaken in this world as against, say, the immortality of gods in Greek, Nordic or Roman mythology. The Greek gospels of the New Testament continued with endless intimations of immortality. What is this seduction of living eternally? What are the fault lines? If time is forever, can it be chopped, cut,
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