Are Angelic Visitations a Natural Disaster?

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When people die, you can actually see whether their soul ascends to heaven or to hell. When they descend to hell, am chang describes it as sort of like the the ground becomes transparent,. And it turns out, hell isn't that different rom our everyday world. M if you're pregnant when one of these visitations happens, something might happen to your fetus.

David and Tamler return to the TCU (Ted Chiang Universe) to talk about his short story “Hell is the Absence of God." How would we behave if we had unequivocal proof of God, heaven, hell, and angels? Would that answer our questions about meaning and purpose and justice? Or would those same questions reappear in a different guise? Plus, the hard problem of breakfast, Jewish Space Lasers, and more…