RE: Atheists, tell me, a Roman Catholic: why should I become an atheist?
December 16, 2016 at 9:06 am
(This post was last modified: December 16, 2016 at 9:07 am by Whateverist.)
(December 15, 2016 at 7:55 pm)Balaco Wrote: God's "need" for love/worship again seems to be in accordance with his supposed nature. He wants us to worship Him so that we may grow closer to Him, strengthening ourselves morally by obeying Him.
Reading this out of the blue I have to wonder if his supposed nature is that of a flaming narcissist. I mean who else expects/wants our worship. I am not even sure what "strengthening ourselves morally" even means. This is just so foreign to my experience.
(December 15, 2016 at 7:55 pm)Balaco Wrote: Why exactly God would send us to Hell for not sufficiently worshipping Him (rather than making it optional to live "immorally" without the consequence of Hell)...I'm not sure, and I don't even know if any theists I ask will have an answer that extends past simply claiming something like "we don't know, but God has a perfect reason."
I'm glad you can appreciate why this strikes so many of us as glib.
(December 15, 2016 at 7:55 pm)Balaco Wrote: As for Heaven, I've had thoughts in the past about how we'd feel knowing so many people would burn in Hell for eternity. Christians justifications claim that in Heaven, even though we can't understand it right now, we'll be completely without negativity/negative emotions. We'd fully understand God's reason for sending so many people to Hell and be able to move on. Of course, this is based off of the basic ideas of Heaven and doesn't necessarily support the idea of Heaven.
Again, a fairly glib response. Hell should be a non-starter for believers. It is just a whack idea. Reading the bible literally must be such a nightmare.
