MTL:
"They only really do it to save their own bacon, which, forgive me, is a pretty tawdry purpose.
A true god wouldn't need to bribe...or threaten...people into allegiance."
Yes. And what Cecelia said in the post before.
Oh how many times I have had a friend say: "But what if there IS a hell? How can you risk it?" Which means "I'll keep going to church just in case."
And yet, they say they believe in a God who knows their thoughts. There is a huge disconnect there. Even we don't respect someone who is being
fake to save their own ass. A God who created hell . . . is going to give that a pass? (Ooh, I should go write another limerick.) I don't think so.
"They only really do it to save their own bacon, which, forgive me, is a pretty tawdry purpose.
A true god wouldn't need to bribe...or threaten...people into allegiance."
Yes. And what Cecelia said in the post before.
Oh how many times I have had a friend say: "But what if there IS a hell? How can you risk it?" Which means "I'll keep going to church just in case."
And yet, they say they believe in a God who knows their thoughts. There is a huge disconnect there. Even we don't respect someone who is being
fake to save their own ass. A God who created hell . . . is going to give that a pass? (Ooh, I should go write another limerick.) I don't think so.
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein