RE: Better reasons to quit Christianity
August 22, 2012 at 5:10 pm
(This post was last modified: August 22, 2012 at 5:27 pm by spockrates.)
(August 22, 2012 at 4:54 pm)Rhythm Wrote:(August 22, 2012 at 3:49 pm)spockrates Wrote: Of course not, for choice is an illusion and as unreal as God! But don't you mean you cannot honestly say you had any choice at all? If someone asks why you don't love them, I suppose you can sincerely say, "It's not I who chose to hate you; Time made me do it!"
LOL, no, because I don't remember choosing those whom I love or those whom I do not, regardless of whether or not I make real choices or illusory choices, I don't recall ever having had this one even as an illusory option.
No, I tell them "because I don't".
So when you love, would you say you don't choose to be patient or kind; you just are. You don't choose to not be envious, boastful, or proud; you just aren't. You don't choose to avoid being rude, self-seeking, easily angered, or avoid keeping a record of wrongs; you just don't. You don't choose to delight in evil; you just don't. Nor do you choose to rejoice in the truth; you just do. You cannot say you choose to protect, trust, hope and preserver, because you never do choose to love; you just do. Is this true?
"If you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains (no matter how improbable) must be the truth."
--Spock
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