(February 27, 2014 at 5:42 am)Alice Wrote:(February 27, 2014 at 12:32 am)Napoléon Wrote: It's more than that and you know it.
Is it? Do I?
Quote:Completing such a simple task would render the OP completely bollocks. At first I wasn't expecting it to have any success at all, but the more xtians like frods resist the more the point is made.
The point that people don't like to be manipulated?
I wouldn't do it, Nappykinz, and I'm not even a Christian.
Most people don't respond to 'jump, wimp' with 'how high?'.
Quote:We're also not talking about rape. We're talking about words. There's a bit of a difference between asking someone to say something that's a bit hurtful and going out and raping and traumatising someone else.
Yeah, you think I of all people don't know that? Have you forgotten that I often show an extreme example (following the same basis) to demonstrate why something is not reasonable?
Don't get caught up on the contents: there's a messed up formulae.
Would it make you happier if I just straight up called it 'bullying'?
Alice, isn't bullying nonconsensual whereas Christians are here on an atheist forum consensually?
-the white rabbit-
If I were to create self aware beings knowing fully what they would do in their lifetimes, I sure wouldn't create a HELL for the majority of them to live in infinitely! That's not Love, that's sadistic. Therefore a truly loving god does not exist!
Dead wrong. The actions of a finite being measured against an infinite one are infinitesimal and therefore merit infinitesimal punishment.
I say again: No exceptions. Punishment should be equal to the crime, not in excess of it. As soon as the punishment is greater than the crime, the punisher is in the wrong.
Quote:The sin is against an infinite being (God) unforgiven infinitely, therefore the punishment is infinite.
Dead wrong. The actions of a finite being measured against an infinite one are infinitesimal and therefore merit infinitesimal punishment.
Quote:Some people deserve hell.
I say again: No exceptions. Punishment should be equal to the crime, not in excess of it. As soon as the punishment is greater than the crime, the punisher is in the wrong.