Saying this to an religious fanatic

[wwjs]

"God does not want anyone to go to hell. If they go to hell is because they chose to go. They did not want to be with God. That was their choice and he lets us choose what we want to do. " ~ that is what I would expect to hear.

Right, just like a robber doesn't want to kill a guy but if he doesn't give him money he will

[NomenMihiNon]

"God does not want anyone to go to hell. If they go to hell is because they chose to go. They did not want to be with God. That was their choice and he lets us choose what we want to do. " ~ that is what I would expect to hear.

So that would mean I somehow chose for the notion of a god who punishes his creation for his own mistakes to not make sense to me...or for that matter, to be fooled by the complete lack of evidence for the existence of him or indeed anything supernatural.

Or, God designed my brain knowing fully well what conclusions it would reach...therefore, if Christianity is true, then God wants me to go to hell.

[catfish]

"God does not want anyone to go to hell. If they go to hell is because they chose to go. They did not want to be with God. That was their choice and he lets us choose what we want to do. " ~ that is what I would expect to hear.

So that would mean I somehow chose for the notion of a god who punishes his creation for his own mistakes to not make sense to me...or for that matter, to be fooled by the complete lack of evidence for the existence of him or indeed anything supernatural.

Or, God designed my brain knowing fully well what conclusions it would reach...therefore, if Christianity is true, then God wants me to go to hell.

Or, it means you took a strawman and built a false dilema out of it...

[NomenMihiNon]

So that would mean I somehow chose for the notion of a god who punishes his creation for his own mistakes to not make sense to me...or for that matter, to be fooled by the complete lack of evidence for the existence of him or indeed anything supernatural.

Or, God designed my brain knowing fully well what conclusions it would reach...therefore, if Christianity is true, then God wants me to go to hell.

Or, it means you took a strawman and built a false dilema out of it...

No dilemma here. While I know I can never be 100% certain that there is no god, I am 100% certain that Christianity is a fallacy. Unfortunately, sarcasm doesn't always translate to the written word.

[catfish]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_dilemma

[Dena]

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So that would mean I somehow chose for the notion of a god who punishes his creation for his own mistakes to not make sense to me...or for that matter, to be fooled by the complete lack of evidence for the existence of him or indeed anything supernatural.

"God reveals himself to you in his word (alternative also often used: in nature). If you are open to him, he will speak to you."

They can go on all day like this you know.

[Angrboda]

[KichigaiNeko]

[Colanth]

"God does not want anyone to go to hell. If they go to hell is because they chose to go. They did not want to be with God. That was their choice and he lets us choose what we want to do. "

Which is why he allowed me to choose to have a genotype that would cause me to have various physical problems. Had I accepted Jebus, I would have known to have chosen different genes.

</fundy moron> for those who don't know me.

[ReasonableRuben]

This is not a good thing to say to a religious person. It amounts to asking "Do you really think God would do something that I don't think He is justified in doing?" There is no explicit argument within the question, and when a derogatory caricature(which is what this is and which also, may I remind you, atheists themselves seem to detest) of a belief system one little understands is spoken with an air self-congratulation, as if one had asked a significant question, one is liable to embarrass oneself.

If you think there is an implicit argument, do yourself and others a favor and just render it explicit.