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RE: If Hell is Not Real
March 14, 2011 at 9:13 pm
(March 14, 2011 at 9:06 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: . Unfortunately, it's about as likely as there being any real-life accountability for them on this earth.
No, the likelihood of accountability in the afterlife is much smaller then even the likelihood of it here. So we should make the most of such chances as there are to hold them accountable here.
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RE: If Hell is Not Real
March 14, 2011 at 9:20 pm
(March 14, 2011 at 9:13 pm)Chuck Wrote: (March 14, 2011 at 9:06 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: . Unfortunately, it's about as likely as there being any real-life accountability for them on this earth.
No, the likelihood of accountability in the afterlife is much smaller then even the likelihood of it here. So we should make the most of such chances as there are to hold them accountable here.
Agreed. I'll support the idea of a war crimes trial at the Hague for these bastards. I was just being cynical.
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RE: If Hell is Not Real
March 14, 2011 at 10:25 pm
Quote:Rayaan, I refuse to believe that you are that dense.
You're a kind man Min.
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RE: If Hell is Not Real
March 14, 2011 at 10:55 pm
I know....getting soft in my old age.
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RE: If Hell is Not Real
March 15, 2011 at 12:33 am
(March 14, 2011 at 2:32 pm)Rayaan Wrote: Assuming that Hell is a man-made idea, why do you think someone would invent such a thing?
So, I would've made the afterlife a lot more nicer than eternal punishment if I wanted to increase the chance of converting people into my invented religion instead of making them feel threatened by the religion.
Christianity didn't become so entrenched and so powerful from the promise of heaven, it grew out of the fear of eternal damnation and burning forever, along with threats, torture, execution and Inquisitions. It was implanted in the minds of the ignorant and uneducated. Most modern day educated people, I feel sure would not believe a word of it.
We don't need to "assume" that hell was a man-made invention, it most definitely was.
There are many intelligent Christians, no doubt, but an "intellectual Christian", is surely an oxymoron.
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RE: If Hell is Not Real
March 15, 2011 at 2:20 am
(March 14, 2011 at 8:01 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Rayaan, I refuse to believe that you are that dense.
Because maybe you just underestimated my density a little bit. Sorry if that disappoints you, Min, but thanks for trying to give me the benefit of doubt.
(March 15, 2011 at 12:33 am)ozgoat Wrote: We don't need to "assume" that hell was a man-made invention, it most definitely was.
I'd like to assume since I believe in it.
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RE: If Hell is Not Real
March 15, 2011 at 11:51 am
Quote:Because maybe you just underestimated my density a little bit. Sorry if that disappoints you, Min, but thanks for trying to give me the benefit of doubt.
Yeah....every time I try this 'milk of human kindness' shit it turns sour.
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RE: If Hell is Not Real
March 15, 2011 at 1:31 pm
(March 15, 2011 at 11:51 am)Minimalist Wrote: Yeah....every time I try this 'milk of human kindness' shit it turns sour.
The belief in a invisible sky dictator who must always be obeyed, thanked and praised is the germ genetically engineered to sour any milk of human kindness.
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RE: If Hell is Not Real
March 16, 2011 at 9:16 am
(March 14, 2011 at 7:46 pm)Rayaan Wrote: There's no evidence for Heaven and Hell, but they don't sound that much improbable to me either because even in theoretical physics there are models of the existence of other "branes" outside of our universe. The Earth is quite an improbable place, too, and I think Hell would be even less improbable to exist since it is simpler than the Earth and just contains of a lot of fire, smoke, and boiling water. Nothing that complicated it seems.
Ryaan wins the "taking science out of context award" for atheist forums.org. He does not understand "branes", he is absolutely wrong on Earth being an improbable place, and thinking a mythological place has a better chance of existing than a place that actually DOES exist.
FAIL!
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RE: If Hell is Not Real
March 16, 2011 at 11:38 am
(March 15, 2011 at 11:51 am)Minimalist Wrote: Quote:Because maybe you just underestimated my density a little bit. Sorry if that disappoints you, Min, but thanks for trying to give me the benefit of doubt.
Yeah....every time I try this 'milk of human kindness' shit it turns sour.
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