RE: On Hell and Forgiveness
August 30, 2018 at 5:19 pm
(This post was last modified: August 30, 2018 at 5:26 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
100% of the people on the earth have some delusional experience(s), idea(s), or position(s). It just so happens to be that the religious have a persistent delusion in common.
I would be surprised to find a religious person who wouldn't wish that their religion were true..if it weren't. Who wouldn't prefer that the universe be inhabited by their god. Who wouldn't prefer that the articles of their faith were true that the specific claims of their church were factual. We've heard as much expressed here a thousand times and a thousand ways. That if it weren't real, they would wish that it would be. That if it weren't real, life would lose all meaning. That if it weren't real, there would be no truth. That if it weren't real, there would be nothing..literally nothing. No love...for example........
On and on and on. Powerful wish-thinking, and horrible consequences informed by that wish thinking. That shit is positively downright no excuses delusional with a capital d.
I would be surprised to find a religious person who wouldn't wish that their religion were true..if it weren't. Who wouldn't prefer that the universe be inhabited by their god. Who wouldn't prefer that the articles of their faith were true that the specific claims of their church were factual. We've heard as much expressed here a thousand times and a thousand ways. That if it weren't real, they would wish that it would be. That if it weren't real, life would lose all meaning. That if it weren't real, there would be no truth. That if it weren't real, there would be nothing..literally nothing. No love...for example........
On and on and on. Powerful wish-thinking, and horrible consequences informed by that wish thinking. That shit is positively downright no excuses delusional with a capital d.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
