RE: New religion
November 22, 2011 at 6:56 am
(This post was last modified: November 22, 2011 at 6:56 am by Epimethean.)
Fuck the utter rubbish you continue to spout. Wherever it is convenient, you play ignorant, and wherever you like, you wax pious. THIS is what I fucking hate about theists, this combination of ignorance and arrogance.
Here is an example where you just ducked out of a proper dialogue:
"Given this belief, how could a little torture be a bad thing. If torturing someone in this life leads them to salvation for eternity, isn't that a good thing? If burning an unrepentant heretic at the stake can silence criticism of holy doctrine and therefore save more souls for all eternity, isn't that a good thing?"
"I do not know who suggests that. I know that in Islam people are tortured etc to renounce their faith in Christ, but there is no indication that it would be an action sanctioned in the Bible. Again, this would be accepting that you could make somebody a Christian by merely accepting a certain doctrine– whether it be voluntary or under compulsion."
The fact is, proselytizing using the fear of hell on people-especially on impressionable children IS a torture. The fact that you don't see it as such but, rather, a duty you are obliged to perform, only makes you a good hangman. I would hazard that as many people come to xtianity out of coercion and fear-based reasoning as do for the "love fest" it purports to be.
Here is an example where you just ducked out of a proper dialogue:
"Given this belief, how could a little torture be a bad thing. If torturing someone in this life leads them to salvation for eternity, isn't that a good thing? If burning an unrepentant heretic at the stake can silence criticism of holy doctrine and therefore save more souls for all eternity, isn't that a good thing?"
"I do not know who suggests that. I know that in Islam people are tortured etc to renounce their faith in Christ, but there is no indication that it would be an action sanctioned in the Bible. Again, this would be accepting that you could make somebody a Christian by merely accepting a certain doctrine– whether it be voluntary or under compulsion."
The fact is, proselytizing using the fear of hell on people-especially on impressionable children IS a torture. The fact that you don't see it as such but, rather, a duty you are obliged to perform, only makes you a good hangman. I would hazard that as many people come to xtianity out of coercion and fear-based reasoning as do for the "love fest" it purports to be.
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