Well, “vitrified” literally means made glassy, and the process involves melting the silicates in the clay, so there are some similarities.

you’re not supposed to enjoy life’s pleasures or joys “too much”

That’s a rather puritanical view. I would say the dangers of pleasure are similar to the dangers of heroin – the problem is not enjoying it too much, but becoming single-minded in its pursuit.

As for sin in heaven, I guess you would not want to because all of your deepest needs are met without sin.

A common image of heaven is a bunch of saints playing harps. Nowadays this looks boring; imagine instead a giant jam session with everyone rocking out.

I have been aſſured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy Child well Nurſed is at a year Old a moſt delicious, nouriſhing, and wholeſome Food, whether Stewed, Roaſted, Baked, or Boyled, and I make no doubt that it will equally ſerve in a Fricaſie, or a Ragout.

That’s why ~Everything is Securities Fraud~

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