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George Walsh on Protestant Fundamentalism, Lecture 2: Ethics and Politics

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The Insecure Nature of Human Life

A hypothetical astronaut looks out and sees some two-footed creatures approaching. He is struck by a sudden fear that his instruments are perhaps damaged, or simply won't work in this very strange looking world. So he turns away from his instruments. Soon he begins to lose any desire to do anything. It is best he feels not to rack the spaceship, but to wait for something to turn off anyhow. Let the astronaut be anyone who decides not to trust his instrument of survival. That is his reason.

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