Ross Douthat
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I was incredibly blessed to be quickly at peace.
I kept hearing the Pauline phrase, to live is Christ, to die is gain.
And death is terrible.
We should never sugarcoat it.
It is not how things are meant to be.
But it is great that death can be called the final enemy.
It's an enemy, but it's a final enemy, and there will then be no more tears.
I believe in the resurrection, and I believe in a restoration of this world.
And so I did not...
feel great fear about my death.
I didn't want the pain I was going through.
I didn't want to be a pansy in the final moments.
You're doing okay right now with that.
I am doing okay.
So far.
Oh, thank you.
But I did immediately feel... He goes on.
From New York Times Opinion, I'm Ross Douthat, and this is Interesting Times.
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