(May 5, 2023 at 11:37 pm)Astreja Wrote: No church or community is "right" if the religion itself is nonsense. I'm not going to waste my time hanging out with people who believe in things like Original Sin, resurrection, heaven and hell.
(May 11, 2023 at 1:15 pm)Kingpin Wrote: Interesting. May I ask why exactly?
First of all, I would feel completely out of a place in a group of people who believe things that I think are ridiculous, unless they're deliberately playing a fun game (for example, engaging in science fiction/fantasy cosplay, dressing up as their favourite characters).
Secondly, here's a breakdown of the elements of Christian belief that I find intolerable and unacceptable:
- Original Sin: Supposedly humanity inherited bad behaviour from Adam and Eve - two obviously mythical proto-humans. I believe strongly in original neutrality, with no bias towards good or evil until the reasoning faculties of the brain are capable of making an informed choice on how to behave.
- Resurrection: From a medical point of view, utterly preposterous and totally lacking in evidence. Discarded as obvious mythology, and not even original mythology, as "god-man comes back to life" is a very common mythological trope in ancient religions.
- Heaven and hell: I believe both to be literally impossible. I do not believe in life after death, and have no desire to live forever anywhere. Furthermore, I am of the opinion that any god that would deliberately create a place of eternal torment is insane and cannot be trusted to do the right thing, particularly not over an eternal timespan. If a hell did exist, not even the most devout believer would be safe for long.