RE: Animal torture
May 16, 2018 at 11:07 am
(This post was last modified: May 16, 2018 at 11:13 am by henryp.)
(May 16, 2018 at 10:48 am)purplepurpose Wrote: Animals can't even beg people for mercy, they just get hell till death just because they provide profit, which is a really depressing situation.
Think of it this way. How many animals seem thrilled to be a part of 'getting hell till death'? Contrast with some theists. A lot of those people are happy as fuck. Way happier than any of us clowns. So there must bes a disconnect between how you're portraying the relationship between God and people, and how they are experiencing their relationship with God.
Clearly, there is another way to frame the relationship.
(May 16, 2018 at 11:01 am)purplepurpose Wrote:(May 16, 2018 at 10:58 am)henryp Wrote: Really? A 6yo wants to stay home and watch cartoons all day. But we send them to school. Kid wants to play outside, but we make them clean their room. They want to eat ice cream, but we make them eat vegetables. If they refuse, they'll probably be punished. From their perspective, even good parents can seem like they are torturing them.
Also with the idea of God, you don't have to pick the worst theist's opinion. There are theists who believe in God who aren't sure what the afterlife will be like, or how the 'judging' system works.
It's fine to look at some fire and brimstone southern baptist preacher, and say "Oh, I can't believe in THAT God." But that one God doesn't represent all the versions. It's sort of like watching Meryl Streep in Mama Mia, and saying you could never like a movie she's in.
You don't sound like an average atheist. You sound like deist, agnostic, or some other hippy believer.
You basically say that God is cool and hell might not exist. I don't like you.
You're saying you don't see how anyone can like Unicorns because their farts smell bad. And I'm saying some people say unicorns fart rainbows, so not liking unicorns because of what a few people say their farts are like is silly.
