In other cases, we may repurpose old elements, like reusing disposable plastic containers as flower planters or old tires as building materials. This is what some of us are doing with the ideas of heaven and hell. We see how this binary was used to devalue the work of social justice here on earth, so we are repurposing heaven: it is not an escape clause from a doomed and unsalvageable earth but encouragement that even if we suffer for justice in this life and don’t see the full results of our labors, our labor will not be in vain, longer term. Similarly, we are repurposing hell: it is not a
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