(August 30, 2018 at 9:31 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(August 30, 2018 at 2:07 am)robvalue Wrote: Can't we just be allowed to frigging die, if the alternative is spending an eternity with some dipshit God? Or be sent somewhere else where we'd be happy?
Since God is love, and therefore joy itself, the absence of Him would mean the absence of joy. So if that is true, then no, it is not possible for there to be any other alternative. The same way that you can't be wet but have an absence of water. It isn't a punishment, just a fact of life.
God is good, which is precisely why He allows us to choose Him, or to choose "not Him." He gives us the freedom and independence to be our own person and doesn't force us to accept something we don't want.
Now liberally insert 'allegedly' or 'I speculate' or 'I read in a book' into your post, and you'll immediately clear the air of that lingering odor of dishonest assertion that always accompanies Christian talk of the afterlife.
