RE: The Problem of Evil combined with the problem of Free Will
May 31, 2017 at 11:16 am
(This post was last modified: May 31, 2017 at 11:23 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(May 31, 2017 at 10:07 am)Drich Wrote: Death has no bite for me my confused brother. I was a very sickly kid and quite frequently on deaths door either via beating or illness. I have welcomed it more than once in my life. It's the following resurrection/accountablity I always had trouble with.Mea culpa, it seems that you have a more internally confused position on matter than I expected. Even though you've often commented on the disturbing meaninglessness of life and death in the absence of god..you also seem to harbor fear of future suffering in the event that god -does- exist. I don't. I don't harbor fear of future suffering if god does exist, or if god doesn't. It seems to me that death will be difficult for you regardless, but..I guess, you think not.
If there is no God there is no time or conscientiousness. it would be no different than the 1970's back for me. That's easy. the suffering and fear come in when we are promised to be judged as we have judged others.
Quote:Your right dying is the easy part.it the reawaking that's the bitch.Meh, that doesn't concern me either.
Quote: So because you talked yourself out of belief in God.. make death easier.. Isn't that what I said your condition would be?I never believed in god to begin with, so I didn't have to talk myself in or out of anything. You say alot of things.....lol. Death, meanwhile is just as difficult, or easy...to me, regardless of the god question.
Quote:Indeed, but never the less we are all given one life to live and for that life we must all give an account.You have faith based fears in that regard. I don't. If your beliefs were even remotely accurate, I guess I'd be standing there giving an account of my life. And? Is this the part where I'm supposed to quiver with fear and gnash my teeth and beg for gods grace? Probably not what's going to happen, eh, certainly hasn't happened yet.
As I mentioned previously, these little fears of yours have a limited subset of applicability. Namely, yourself. It may be easier, for you (lol?) to die if there's no god..fearing that gods judgement of you...but I don't fear judgement. I'm afraid of stuff like the dark, and snakes...judgement, from a god or any other thing....just doesn't show up on that list.
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