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What does it mean?
Malraux notes that many great religions claim eternity without necessarily promising individual eternal life.
In plain terms
Many religions promise eternity but not necessarily a person's life after death.
What can you take from it?
Distinguish between collective eternity and individual immortality in religion.

Where it applies

  • theological study
  • comparative religion
  • existential inquiry

Putting it to work

  • research religious claims
  • define personal beliefs

Questions to consider

  • What does eternity mean to you?
  • Do religions promise individual survival?

Another view

It generalizes vague notions across diverse religious traditions.

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