(November 16, 2017 at 11:23 am)SteveII Wrote:(November 15, 2017 at 10:16 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: A genocidal dictator can save his 'soul' on his death bed, but an extremely ethical, moral atheist gets eternal punishment for a thought crime.
Why is this constantly mis-characterized? We are not punished for any one sin. We are separated from God for not being holy nor accepting the atonement that will make us so. No "punishment for a thought crime", just consequences for decisions we make.
I'll play this game. Why IS it constantly mischaracterized? By other christians with a personal relationship with their god? Don't blame us for not getting your version of the story straight.
"The last superstition of the human mind is the superstition that religion in itself is a good thing." - Samuel Porter Putnam