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Where do we go when we die and are you afraid?
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RE: Where do we go when we die and are you afraid?
July 28, 2020 at 2:31 pm
(July 28, 2020 at 2:24 pm)zebo-the-fat Wrote:
(July 28, 2020 at 2:01 pm)Shazzalovesnovels Wrote: Prove it

Prove that goblins and pixies don't exist

pffft...Silly...they don't exist because they aren't mentioned in the Bible.
  
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RE: Where do we go when we die and are you afraid?
July 28, 2020 at 2:43 pm
(July 28, 2020 at 2:07 pm)Shazzalovesnovels Wrote:
(July 27, 2020 at 8:04 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Nah, she proved her point, "atheists are sad, lonely creatures that just need a Good Christian to shine the light on them."


If you're happy then you're happy. You're probably happier than I am because you're at peace with your life and comfortable with the idea that whatever you do on earth, you won't be punished for when you die.
Yeah, I realized a long time ago that your god would be cool with me killing hundreds of people because I was comfortable with that.
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RE: Where do we go when we die and are you afraid?
July 28, 2020 at 2:44 pm
(July 28, 2020 at 2:07 pm)Shazzalovesnovels Wrote:
(July 27, 2020 at 8:04 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Nah, she proved her point, "atheists are sad, lonely creatures that just need a Good Christian to shine the light on them."


If you're happy then you're happy. You're probably happier than I am because you're at peace with your life and comfortable with the idea that whatever you do on earth, you won't be punished for when you die.
(July 28, 2020 at 2:06 pm)Lawz Wrote: You can't prove a negative - there is zero evidence for an afterlife does for most rational minds. Good to have you back Shazza!
 If you can't prove that there's no afterlife, then how can you say definitively that there is no God. Can't you be open to options?

Have an open mind. But don't let your brain fall out.

There are many, many things I cannot *prove* are not the case: elves in my garden, pixies that remove socks from laundry, angels that move the moon around the Earth, etc.
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RE: Where do we go when we die and are you afraid?
July 28, 2020 at 2:45 pm (This post was last modified: July 28, 2020 at 2:47 pm by Shazzalovesnovels.)
(July 28, 2020 at 2:24 pm)zebo-the-fat Wrote:
(July 28, 2020 at 2:01 pm)Shazzalovesnovels Wrote: Prove it

Prove that goblins and pixies don't exist


you first Smile
don't push it on me, just prove it. and goblins and pixies very well may exist, but not on this planet, not in this dimension.
(July 28, 2020 at 2:31 pm)arewethereyet Wrote:
(July 28, 2020 at 2:24 pm)zebo-the-fat Wrote: Prove that goblins and pixies don't exist

pffft...Silly...they don't exist because they aren't mentioned in the Bible.

Hehe
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RE: Where do we go when we die and are you afraid?
July 28, 2020 at 2:57 pm
(July 28, 2020 at 2:45 pm)Shazzalovesnovels Wrote:
(July 28, 2020 at 2:24 pm)zebo-the-fat Wrote: Prove that goblins and pixies don't exist


you first Smile
don't push it on me, just prove it. and goblins and pixies very well may exist, but not on this planet, not in this dimension.
(July 28, 2020 at 2:31 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: pffft...Silly...they don't exist because they aren't mentioned in the Bible.

Hehe

If goblins and pixies exist on other planets and in other dimensions, then they aren’t goblin and pixies. Goblins are Anglo-Norman and pixies are British.

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RE: Where do we go when we die and are you afraid?
July 28, 2020 at 3:06 pm
(July 28, 2020 at 2:44 pm)polymath257 Wrote:
(July 28, 2020 at 2:07 pm)Shazzalovesnovels Wrote: If you're happy then you're happy. You're probably happier than I am because you're at peace with your life and comfortable with the idea that whatever you do on earth, you won't be punished for when you die.
 If you can't prove that there's no afterlife, then how can you say definitively that there is no God. Can't you be open to options?

Have an open mind. But don't let your brain fall out.

There are many, many things I cannot *prove* are not the case: elves in my garden, pixies that remove socks from laundry, angels that move the moon around the Earth, etc.

Pretty sure orbital mechanics sufficiently explains the Moon going around the Earth.
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RE: Where do we go when we die and are you afraid?
July 28, 2020 at 3:32 pm
(July 28, 2020 at 2:07 pm)Shazzalovesnovels Wrote:  If you can't prove that there's no afterlife, then how can you say definitively that there is no God. Can't you be open to options?

People can believe in an afterlife and not believe in a god.  The majority of people who believe in the afterlife do not believe in your god.  There are people who believe in god who do not believe in an afterlife. There is no necessary connection between the two such that one would be indication or demonstration for the other.  

If you can't prove that there's no City of Gold, then how can you definitively say that werewolves don't exist?  Can't you open to options?
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RE: Where do we go when we die and are you afraid?
July 28, 2020 at 3:44 pm
(July 28, 2020 at 2:14 pm)Shazzalovesnovels Wrote:
(July 23, 2020 at 10:39 pm)SUNGULA Wrote: 1.Depends on the atheist 

2.I fail to see how the existence of a heaven or hell would determine good or bad

ok then, substitute good for godly. because no godly thing can enter hell.
So that whole jebus entering hell tale is BS? Or jebus is not godly?


(July 28, 2020 at 2:14 pm)Shazzalovesnovels Wrote:
(July 24, 2020 at 6:17 am)Porcupine Wrote: Onto a live DVD and/or live Spotify playlist some time later.

There are some things you can't compare.
Not there aren't. Anyone can compare anything to any other thing.
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#219
RE: Where do we go when we die and are you afraid?
July 28, 2020 at 3:55 pm
(July 28, 2020 at 3:44 pm)Abaddon_ire Wrote:
(July 28, 2020 at 2:14 pm)Shazzalovesnovels Wrote: ok then, substitute good for godly. because no godly thing can enter hell.
So that whole jebus entering hell tale is BS? Or jebus is not godly?


(July 28, 2020 at 2:14 pm)Shazzalovesnovels Wrote: There are some things you can't compare.
Not there aren't. Anyone can compare anything to any other thing.
I have no idea who jebus is.
I'm not talking about people's ABILITY to compare things.
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RE: Where do we go when we die and are you afraid?
July 28, 2020 at 4:14 pm (This post was last modified: July 28, 2020 at 4:15 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
No one else took you up on it, so I will. Here's what you're asking us, if we, as you suggest, substitute godly for good.

Quote:Do atheists believe in a heaven or hell? A -godly- place or -not godly- place?

If not, then what's the purpose of the distinction between -godly- and -not godly-?.

I'd like to have a respectful conversation about this.
Respectfully, there is no distinction between what is godly and what isn't godly to a person who doesn't believe in gods. A person who, by default, doesn't believe in godly places. You might notice that the substitution fails to strike at your question at all, and that might be because substituting godly for good or vv is nonsensical.
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