(January 16, 2016 at 11:07 am)ktrap Wrote: HAHA !! LOL!! That is your misunderstanding about it. Asking for forgiveness, whether it be with the individual or God, does not excuse the punishment you will receive. Yes, I agree a lot of religions (or more precise the religious leaders) try to state that God has forgiven you for your sins. But that is not true at all.
Everyone (including myself) will be punished and rewarded based on our actions, no one gets free pass
Nobody will be punished in the end. Sorry to disappoint you. Nor will anyone be rewarded. When we all die, we are no more. What we leave behind on this earth is of our own choosing. People don't get their comeuppance. This is not a fairy tale, where the bad guy loses everything and the hero goes home to riches. This is the real world, where bad people get away with doing bad things. The idea that Hitler will be punished for putting six million people through pure misery is a nice fantasy. But that's all it really is.
Atheists do not hope to escape accountability. On the contrary, we are more accountable to ourselves. And we also directly realize that we are accountable to one another.
If someone cheats on their spouse, they've hurt their spouse, and therefore hurt their relationship with that person. That's accountability right there.
If someone has sex with someone of the same gender, they've hurt absolutely nobody. Why should they be held accountable for such an act? Because some allegedly divine being said so? Ha! Now that's hilarious. If someone has sex before getting married, they've hurt nobody. Religious folks will argue that they've 'hurt themselves', but that's completely an Oscar Meyer Product.
