RE: Heaven seems awful 2 me-"Theist laughs at loudly & with great cruelty"
May 14, 2016 at 4:20 pm
(May 14, 2016 at 4:09 pm)drfuzzy Wrote: I'm not angry at god. That seems as silly to me as saying that I'm angry at the tooth fairy. Or sparkly vampires, or Santa Claus. It's absurd. I am furious at religion though, for the damage it has done to me and my family and friends. And I'm no fan of people who disrespect my ability to study and choose my beliefs for myself, who tell me to my face that I'm deluded and misguided and need their help. People who have the unmitigated gall to tell me that a child, crying to god and Jesus each day and night of her life, was rejected by God. Well that poor little kid. It took her a long time to realize that nobody was listening. She's free now, and feels a lot better.
To be fair, I'm pretty angry at the concept of sparkly vampires. It's at least as bad as the characteristics attributed to Yeah-way.
A Christian told me: if you were saved you cant lose your salvation. you're sealed with the Holy Ghost
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
