RE: Why Catholics Are Right
May 27, 2011 at 7:37 pm
(This post was last modified: May 27, 2011 at 7:37 pm by Rev. Rye.)
(May 27, 2011 at 4:15 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote: Again, prove that hell is a real place and that I'm going to spend eternity there. Otherwise you're just wasting time here.Yes. I think I addressed this point in my guide for theists on an atheist forum.
1) Atheists tend to not believe in Hell or Heaven, and so the threat/warning isn't going to be effective.
2) As Sagan said so eloquently, "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." If you ever expect atheists to believe something like this, you're going to have to show proof that A) It exists, B) Atheists go there if they don't convert, and C) The existence of Hell is somehow reconcilable with an all-powerful, all-knowing, benevolent God, in descending order of importance.
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I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.