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Old 05-15-2008, 09:29 AM   #21 (permalink)
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Calling an idea "stupid" is just slightly less useful than calling the person stupid (at least in your case above, calling a person stupid can tell us quite a great deal about you).

Perhaps you could clarify why the act of rejecting your specific notion of punishment for disbelief is somehow any different than your rejection of the islamic or hindu notions of after-life punishment or any of the other myriad rejections.

You seemed to indicate that you weren't "brave" enough to take the stance against your specific religion. I can only imagine that your reasons are cultural as I'm sure that many muslims have just as strong a conviction as you do about their path to heaven. But somehow, you have the courage to reject their notions of the afterlife and their god's judgment for your behaviors.

I'm just trying to flesh out your sarcastic condemnation from above. You indicate that the agnostic idea is stupid yet you take an atheistic stance to all manner of opposing hell ideas and thus risk your eternal damnation. It seemed like you were a bit confused, and angry about it.
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