(May 5, 2011 at 6:19 pm)Rwandrall Wrote: First, this post may be a bit emotional since i'm a bit shaken up, my brother, who i am really close with and who is not a fundie by any stretch of the imagination (he rarely even goes to Church) told me that i will be going to Hell when i die, and that i deserved it for being an atheist.
I simply don't get it...i mean Christians are always the first to talk about pity, and love, and acceptance...How can any Christian not go completely mentally insane about the idea that most people they see every day are going to burn forever in agonizing pain...the guy you pass on the bus, the co-worker who you talk about sports with...
I don't see how anyone can stay sane with that kind of fatality that the idea of Hell implies...
How can you be okay with anyone not sharing your beliefs ? How can you have someone you love not believing in God and not do every single thing you can to convert them ?
Is it that they just don't really believe it, or is it that they are entirely devoid of human emotions ?
It's usually that most people are just confused,
the system that we live in is designed that way. I don't mean to make light of your situation, but this brings up a funny point made by comedian Eddie Griffin(sp?) in one of his recent stand up routines. He said that Christians are always the first people to tell you that you're going to hell, as if God needed some help, and gave you special permission..."Uhm could you please let him know that he's going to hell...I'm a little busy at the moment!
I'm brand new to this forum, and I don't personally know any atheists. I was just curious, if you don't believe in a God, what, do atheists believe in?
