RE: Better reasons to quit Christianity
August 14, 2012 at 5:29 pm
(This post was last modified: August 14, 2012 at 5:35 pm by spockrates.)
(August 14, 2012 at 3:56 pm)Thor Wrote: Why quit Christ-inanity? How about so you can sleep in on Sunday morning? How about so you put to better use the money you are throwing into the collection plate? How about so you don't waste your time talking to a deity that isn't there? How about so you have the freedom to eat what you want during Lent? How about so you don't feel guilty for being human?
These are just a few quick reasons off the top of my head.
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Let's see:
More sleep, more money, more time not wasted, more food choices, more guilt-free good times. Curious about one of those: How can I know the deity does not exist? I mean, if I'm not pretty sure God is not, I might be taking a big risk:
- God exists, I don't give a hoot about God - I lose after I die
- God exists, I do give a hoot about God - I win after I die
- God does not exist, I don't give a hoot about God - I break even after I die
- God does not exist, I give a hoot about God - I break even after I die
Seems to me that if I play the odds, the best I can hope for if God does not exist and I don't care is to break even (for I won't exist, either). If God does exists and I don't care, the best I can hope for is to lose (for I might end up in hell). Unless, of course Catholics are correct, then I might break even in Purgatory.
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Thanks everyone. Don't have time to reply to everyone else right now (promised to spend time playing the XBox with my son). I'll reply later.
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