(November 13, 2015 at 9:48 pm)drfuzzy Wrote: Right Wyrd. I don't believe god exists. I don't think that spirits go to an afterlife. I think that "god" is just a means of control - a way for priests to gain power, a way for warriors to imagine they have the protection of a powerful invisible being who is on their side, etc.
I was raised right-wing Protestant xtian. I'm pretty read up on the fairy tale. I know that some folks believe that the "good" people who lived before Jesus would be saved. (Most apparently believe that only applies to observant Jews though.) What I'm saying is, that I have never heard a good explanation from a Christian, a preacher, a priest, a theologian, etc., about what their church's stance is on the "other" nations. There are enough preachers on this forum, there are enough bible scholars, surely someone has run across an explanation that . . . well, some folks thought made some sense. Because I have never found a decent answer.
Religion 101:
we are right, everyone else is Wrong. And wrong is wrong, whether they are in error only to the extent of the excessive width of the brim of their hats, or if they have punted every single salient jot and tittle of Holy dogma.
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
