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#91 Tom‘s problems with Platonism

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Theology - Is Peter a Platoonist?

First peter is a classic passage which has been so often read in the usual platonic way that we now assume that must be what it really meant. The idea of something being kept in heaven, you get that in paul in second corinthians five as well. Jesus speaking about treasure in heaven doesn't mean you have to go to heaven to get the treasure. It means god has got all his r plans safely in store. And when he makes the new heavens ad new earth, then they will be joined together. Sooh my goodness, it's up there, and i've got somehow to get up there. No, heaven is not far away. Heaven is god's dimension

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