(February 17, 2019 at 6:43 pm)Astreja Wrote:(February 17, 2019 at 1:55 pm)MilesAbbott81 Wrote: I'm not trying to scare anyone, but I can't help but warn.
Oh, I'm not the least bit scared. I do think that you're a jerk, though, who gets his jollies by pretending to be a spokesman for a god.
Quote:If you're not afraid, you will be. Everyone comes to fear the Lord eventually.
Au contraire, monsieur Abbott. One cannot fear something that one believes is fictional, and I think that your god is fictional. I read the Bible 55 years ago, and it's never been anything more to me than a work of very, very old fiction from a comparatively primitive culture.
I believe wholeheartedly that you will never get to meet your god in person, no matter how hard you pray. Never. Not in an infinity of infinities. At the end of your life you will fall unconscious, your heart will stop, hypoxia will cause your brain circuitry to break down, and literally everything you ever believed will simply vanish as if it never existed.
Live life as if this is the only one you will ever get -- because it probably is. The molecules that comprise your body may eventually become part of some other life forms, but "Miles" has a best-before date.
We'll see who's right in the end. You will be glad when it isn't you.
I do think I came in here with a bit of a chip on my shoulder, and I apologize for that. I think I've said all that I should say, so I'm going to stop posting in this thread now. Others are free to have the final word.
