RE: How to convert Christians to atheists in 30 seconds (ironically, using bible)
December 6, 2016 at 2:20 pm
(December 6, 2016 at 1:11 pm)Ignorant Wrote: 7) I don't know which question you are talking about.The ones you answered in 1-6. Without sufficient knowledge of heaven or hell, we can't really grasp what the afterlife is like. You gave a more complete answer than I've seen before, which I appreciate, though there are areas where you are not sure. My questions and descriptions, while facetious, were intended to explain that there is a lot we don't/can't know about them. The most basic concepts that most people have are very simplistic and indicate that they have not thought about it much, which is mystifying in light of what it's supposed to represent (where you will spend the rest of an eternity).
Quote:10) Yes, it is all or nothing in the sense that, either you will live a divinely eternal life, or you won't. Either way, you will KNOW that the divine life was possible, but your life chose otherwise.This implies that there are those who will not KNOW this truth until it is too late. Is this what you meant? If so, do you think that god will still sentence them to hell for an eternity?
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