(March 6, 2016 at 7:41 am)FebruaryOfReason Wrote:Sounds familiar.(March 6, 2016 at 5:08 am)AJW333 Wrote: For others, they would deny it, even if they saw the dead raised, nothing would break down their prejudice.
I am a convinced Atheist. I'll make you a deal.
You show me an instance of someone who starts to live again after being clinically dead for say a week, in a way I can investigate myself* - so that I can rule out any obvious physical explanation - and I will believe in the supernatural.
"And he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ He said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.’” Luke 16:30
(March 6, 2016 at 7:41 am)FebruaryOfReason Wrote: But there's another half to the bet. If you believe that you are going to spend eternity in heaven, you obviously don't need all your worldly goods. Any possession you have is irrelevant next to the eternal bliss that awaits you.I don't follow the logic. It sounds like you're saying, "because your afterlife is going to be better than this life, you should make this life a whole lot worse for yourself." Why would a rational person want to do that?
So give all your money to me, except a bit to feed, clothe and house you. If you know that - ultimately - you're going to be rewarded with far more than money, then anything you have now doesn't matter at all.
Deal?