(February 22, 2020 at 9:37 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(February 22, 2020 at 9:28 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: And people who tell me I will go Hell should go to Hell and wait for me.

When someone tells me I'm going to Hell, my usual response is, 'I'll save you a seat by in the fire.'

Boru

Thank you.

Boru

(February 20, 2020 at 2:34 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: When presented with a hypothetical - generally speaking - the respondent is not allowed to add provisos of his own.  

Boru

Kobayashi Maru my friend. Ehhhh, whatabout kobayashi boru.

(February 22, 2020 at 1:02 pm)LastPoet Wrote:

(February 20, 2020 at 2:34 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: When presented with a hypothetical - generally speaking - the respondent is not allowed to add provisos of his own.  

Boru

Kobayashi Maru my friend. Ehhhh, whatabout kobayashi boru.

‘Kobayashi Boru’ is SO going on a t-shirt!

Boru

(February 22, 2020 at 4:58 am)AtlasS33 Wrote:

(February 21, 2020 at 6:27 pm)Mr Greene Wrote: My own view is that the opposite of love is grief, these are the most powerful emotions a person can experience as far as I'm aware.

Love's opposite is hate; it's the very well known -and official- antonym of the word.
It's not even the topic of discussion in this topic; i.e the OP is not discussing the "hypothetical parallel meanings of famous words". In other words: discuss the OP; it's better for the reader.

Only in the sense of 'love'meaning 'to like'.
Whilst hate might appear to be the opposite of love it isn't anywhere near as powerful an emotion and grief is quite literally the loss of love.
The greatest moments of your life will be those defined by love, the worst will be those defined by grief.

(February 22, 2020 at 9:00 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(February 22, 2020 at 8:49 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: The importance of the indifference is a God of the whole Universe does or does not notice us? Utterly unlikely. Totally indifferent. Leaving believers to piss in the wind with their prayers and hopes.

Given that God has the wherewithal to end (or at least ameliorate) human suffering and clearly does not, an indifferent God would be the very definition of psychopathy that the OP was going on about.

Therefore, God deserves to be in Hell.  It's, you know, justified.

Boru

I'll wade into the water a bit then. You seem to be assuming that suffering is inherently bad. People here are also assuming that injustice demands punishment, when it could also demand reconciliation. I believe that hell is justified. I also believe Hell is a freely embraced condition rather than a forcibly induced punishment. I also believe the doors of hell are locked from the inside to be more poetic.

If needless suffering isn't inherently bad, what is?

Looks like I won't have to worry about hell; I've got a pretty good idea of how well I would stand up to excruciating torture and will be looking for the doors forthwith should I find myself there. I'll worship whatever you want if you hurt me bad enough.

Hell is merely that which we psychologically inflict upon ourselves in this life. That people want to extend it to after death, well they are entitled to their brand of crazy.

(February 24, 2020 at 11:35 am)tackattack Wrote:

(February 22, 2020 at 9:00 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Given that God has the wherewithal to end (or at least ameliorate) human suffering and clearly does not, an indifferent God would be the very definition of psychopathy that the OP was going on about.

Therefore, God deserves to be in Hell.  It's, you know, justified.

Boru

I'll wade into the water a bit then. You seem to be assuming that suffering is inherently bad. People  here are also assuming that injustice demands punishment, when it could also demand reconciliation.  I believe that hell is justified. I also believe Hell is a freely embraced condition rather than a forcibly induced  punishment. I also believe the doors of hell are locked from the inside to be more poetic.

Congrats, you demonstrate again that everybody makes up their own religion.

(February 24, 2020 at 11:35 am)tackattack Wrote:

(February 22, 2020 at 9:00 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Given that God has the wherewithal to end (or at least ameliorate) human suffering and clearly does not, an indifferent God would be the very definition of psychopathy that the OP was going on about.

Therefore, God deserves to be in Hell.  It's, you know, justified.

Boru

I'll wade into the water a bit then. You seem to be assuming that suffering is inherently bad. People  here are also assuming that injustice demands punishment, when it could also demand reconciliation.  I believe that hell is justified. I also believe Hell is a freely embraced condition rather than a forcibly induced  punishment. I also believe the doors of hell are locked from the inside to be more poetic.

Tell it to a toddler with bone cancer.

Boru