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Originally Posted by Og  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. |
I'm not angry or confused OG. No reason to be angry. And I know what the bible says about our immortal soul. So, I'm not confused either.
But, the idea of being willing to risk eternal damnation still seems dumb to me.
Why would folks do that, knowing what the consequence will be? Maybe that part is confusing to me. So in a sense, maybe I am confused about that part.
When someone knows the path to Heaven, and still curses HIM. Why don't you try to help me to understand that?
Seeing all that's going on in today's world, how can one not see the prophesies of the bible coming to pass? Wars and rumors of war. Natural disasters on the rise. Famine and pestilence. The dramatic increase in man's knowledge. These things are all foretold. How can you all still deny HIM?
The bible says that every person will see the coming of the Lord. Obviously, that wasn't possible back when that was written. But, now with the advent of news media around the world and the internet, it is completely possible. Everything IS coming to pass just as GOD said it would in the bible.
The beasts of the world will rise up against man. There is an increase in biological disease around the world. The bible is completely true and accurate.