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(February 24, 2015 at 8:56 am)professor Wrote: Hey Stimbo- why not?
That's what the Impostor has been doing for 6 years.
SOW, I never made an Armageddon prediction in the first place- it was a Rapture prediction.
First come the Rapture -after that comes Armageddon.
If you are here for the first event, make sure you do not attend the other one.
I'm sure your Armageddon prediction will be just as accurate as your Rapture prediction.
I'll not be losing any sleep.
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February 24, 2015 at 2:55 pm (This post was last modified: February 24, 2015 at 2:58 pm by Fidel_Castronaut.)
(February 22, 2015 at 12:14 am)Wiggy Wrote: So many damaged and misinformed people here with regards to God and the bible. This must be therepitic for some to God bash. Fact is bible strongly suggests that God loves us. The greatest act of love is self sacrifice for someone. Jesus died for us. You cant accuse God of nothing at judgement day. God offered you eternal life and you refused. Yes there Iis ahell like there is life imprisonment for commiting murder. Reward and punishment is a part of life.
are you referring to people who have never read the bible and who represent this ignorance when talking to people who have?
You mean you?
You need to remember that we don't take any of your beliefs as literal. So when you accuse those who don't believe in your God as being angry with it, I think you might be fundamentally missing the point.
(February 21, 2015 at 5:57 am)Norman Humann Wrote:
This has probably already been done to death, but I don't care.
I have a question for all of you Christians out there. How the fuck do you sleep at night? You're subscribing to a religion which bases its survival on people's weaknesses and exploits them. Does that bother you at all, or do you refuse to acknowledge it?
The very idea that you need to baptised before you're a human being is disgusting. We're god's perfect creation, but we're born sick? God is merciful and forgiving, but won't let you into his VIP club in the afterlife if you don't get water poured over your head?
The idea of confession isn't any better. Because the priests are obviously such better people than you, they will listen to all your human little misdeeds and oh so mercifully forgive you. It's sickening.
Religion also enforces the idea of thought crime. That's nothing more but a neat little trick to make people feel even more guilty for something they can't control. Your very thoughts are sinful. It does make a lot of sense, though: if you punish people for thinking, they might stop doing it, eventually.
The question that bugs me is, do all those priests, pastors and bishops really believe the bullshit they're preaching or did they just get a neat deal of deceiving the gullible and making money off of it?
So do you agree with Sartre that "Hell is other people?"
(February 21, 2015 at 5:57 am)Norman Humann Wrote:
This has probably already been done to death, but I don't care.
I have a question for all of you Christians out there. How the fuck do you sleep at night? You're subscribing to a religion which bases its survival on people's weaknesses and exploits them. Does that bother you at all, or do you refuse to acknowledge it?
The very idea that you need to baptised before you're a human being is disgusting. We're god's perfect creation, but we're born sick? God is merciful and forgiving, but won't let you into his VIP club in the afterlife if you don't get water poured over your head?
The idea of confession isn't any better. Because the priests are obviously such better people than you, they will listen to all your human little misdeeds and oh so mercifully forgive you. It's sickening.
Religion also enforces the idea of thought crime. That's nothing more but a neat little trick to make people feel even more guilty for something they can't control. Your very thoughts are sinful. It does make a lot of sense, though: if you punish people for thinking, they might stop doing it, eventually.
The question that bugs me is, do all those priests, pastors and bishops really believe the bullshit they're preaching or did they just get a neat deal of deceiving the gullible and making money off of it?
So do you agree with Sartre that "Hell is other people?"
Well a hell couldn't physically exist the closest thing you would get to is well the bottom of a volcano.
(February 21, 2015 at 5:57 am)Norman Humann Wrote: This has probably already been done to death, but I don't care.
I have a question for all of you Christians out there. How the fuck do you sleep at night? You're subscribing to a religion which bases its survival on people's weaknesses and exploits them. Does that bother you at all, or do you refuse to acknowledge it?
The very idea that you need to baptised before you're a human being is disgusting. We're god's perfect creation, but we're born sick? God is merciful and forgiving, but won't let you into his VIP club in the afterlife if you don't get water poured over your head?
The idea of confession isn't any better. Because the priests are obviously such better people than you, they will listen to all your human little misdeeds and oh so mercifully forgive you. It's sickening.
Religion also enforces the idea of thought crime. That's nothing more but a neat little trick to make people feel even more guilty for something they can't control. Your very thoughts are sinful. It does make a lot of sense, though: if you punish people for thinking, they might stop doing it, eventually.
The question that bugs me is, do all those priests, pastors and bishops really believe the bullshit they're preaching or did they just get a neat deal of deceiving the gullible and making money off of it?
Well to be absolutely honest...It is only since I gave my life to Jesus that I can sleep at night! It was no baptism, priest - Only God....Yep the creator of the universe. To think that God took pity on me? I was given a second chance. It must be daunting for a non believer not knowing what happens in the afterlife....If you believe that you can take this once in a lifetime chance, please carry on.......
(March 17, 2015 at 5:27 pm)Jesusislord Wrote: Well to be absolutely honest...It is only since I gave my life to Jesus that I can sleep at night! It was no baptism, priest - Only God....Yep the creator of the universe. To think that God took pity on me? I was given a second chance. It must be daunting for a non believer not knowing what happens in the afterlife....If you believe that you can take this once in a lifetime chance, please carry on.......
To the contrary, I find it quite reassuring -- to say the least -- that there likely isn't a fiery pit of eternal torture that I will be sent to after I die for something I have no control over.
And funny thing, it is only since I abandoned the irrational beliefs I held I can sleep at night.
(March 16, 2015 at 10:40 pm)daver49 Wrote: So do you agree with Sartre that "Hell is other people?"
Can you explain what it was in my post that made you think I do?
I tend to lean towards the belief that there is no hell.
The "What if you're wrong" argument goes both ways, even if one side doesn't believe it. I have too much to deal with in this life to worry about the next. Nobody's doing me any favors, except the family and friends I make. I don't give credit to people that may not even exist, and I don't fear judgement from someone who doesn't know how to differentiate himself from every other mythology in the world. If the devil managed to screw the world up so much that in the end only a minority will get to where Yahweh actually wants them to be, i think we know who the smart one is.
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(March 17, 2015 at 5:35 pm)Pandæmonium Wrote: Daunting? Why would it be daunting? Nobody knows what happens when we die,including you. So why worry about it?
If you spend your entire life worrying about death, you'll never live.
I do not worry about death at all and I don't classify myself as a 'Sunday actor'. You can live your whole life and not worry about a thing...That is your choice. However with me I too was on this road and one day I looked at my life and asked God for help....We have all been there ie Whether emotional, financial etc - Nobody in their lifetime can say that they have never been at a low point. When I prayed for help (In my own way) the response was swift - But not in the way that I expected! What I received was an incredible peace....A peace beyond belief. It was supernatural and I knew from that moment that I would never be the same. Naturally once you get off the wide road and take the narrow path you get the insults (And yes the attacks at night...This is normal) lose friends etc. One thing is for sure, you will know that finally you are free and it is the strength of the Holy Spirit that takes you forward...He is then your constant companion. So yes I don't know what happens after death but as I have been accepted into God's family I am guided by the word of Jesus and there are many examples of what Jesus said about the afterlife. So in closing I cannot force anybody to change their beliefs - I can but recount what happened to me and that peace that was bestowed on me in 1994 is still with me today - I would not change it for anything and is more precious than my own life. Anyway my friend - May God bless you and I pray that you too will receive the peace)
Quote:1 John 5
7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one
But the most important number is missing. All true believers understand that 42 is the meaning to life, the universe and everything else!
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