(November 14, 2017 at 10:13 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(November 14, 2017 at 8:05 am)Mathilda Wrote: To explain, I am saying that that your god does not exist, not that children are taught that your god is non-existent.
Isn't it the typical Christian belief that only God can truly pass judgment?
If so then a consequence of this is that everyone else's judgment is less important.
"Only God can pass judgement" means only God can pass judgement on a person's soul. Meaning we can't condemn people to Hell. We can't say "Sussie who died last night went to Hell," because we cannot judge the state of her soul. NO WHERE in all my lifetime as a Christian, being raised by Christian parents, going to church, and going to Catholic school, was I EVER taught that consequences of this life are "irrelevant." That is an absolutely ridiculous thing to say about all of us and our parents and our faith.
The religious trope of "judgment" is not original to Christianity not even the Hebrews. Prior polytheism such as the Ancient Egyptians had their ideas of judgment long before the monotheism of Abraham existed.
