(July 21, 2017 at 12:17 pm)Whateverist Wrote:(July 21, 2017 at 11:06 am)Dropship Wrote: KevinM1 quote- *decloak*
I can't be the only one who finds the classic guilt trip tactic of "Jesus just wants to be your friend... why don't you want to be friends with him?" equal parts laughable and despicable. It's the kind of thing that works on children and the weak-willed. "You don't want to let this fiction we've presented as an ever present authority figure down, do you?" Fuck off. That kind of shit won't find traction here.
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Not sure I understand what you're getting at mate, are you one o' them philosophers who don't take things at face value and are always trying to find hidden agendas and stuff?
Jesus's offer to us all was simply- "I'm throwing a big party in the sky and you're all invited".
Sounds good to me, I'd be nuts to refuse..![]()
No you'd be nuts to think it was true. Imagine that, the only purpose you can imagine for a 'higher' being is to host a party. This is what comes of having 'higher' beings thunk up by lower ones.
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Not to mention that not going to this imaginary party comes with the punishment of eternal torture.
But, yes, it's ridiculous to think that any kind of 'higher' being needs/wants the companionship of its creations in a different plane of existence rather than the one he created them in, and that if they refuse, well, eternal punishment.
The entire god/Jesus/heaven process is so utterly insane and inane, it's amazing that anyone actually falls for it.
And for me, even in just a mundane social sense, I hate parties. On the rare chance that I'm invited, I tend to decline. I'd much rather do my own thing, alone.
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