RE: How much pain can atheists withstand ?
May 2, 2023 at 6:47 pm
(This post was last modified: May 2, 2023 at 6:49 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(May 2, 2023 at 3:39 pm)The End of Atheism Wrote: As I leaf through dozens of miserable pages of discussions, I see some atheists go so far as to challenge the Almighty God and declare that they are prepared to go to Hell, that they would rather go to hell than -according to these weirdos- worship an unjust deity.I don't see how I have any input in the matter. Fundamentally...if I want to go to hell and a god wants to send me to heaven, that's what it's going to do. If I want to go to heaven and a god wants to send me to hell...that's what it's going to do. More personally, I don't find that I can actually choose what I do and don't admire, what types of authority I perceive to be justified, or what sorts of acts or demands or plans I find good or worthy.
Point being that both god and I are apparently locked into who and what we are, particularly with respect to each other. I suppose I could try to fool it? I guess it could take a shine to me and break the rules on my behalf...but...really.....I doubt that's what you have in mind.
Quote:Hell is one of those concepts that the human mind can't really understand when it's defined generically. So here is a really down to earth example:No trouble at all, and it's a good example of why I'm going to go to hell in this scheme, actually. I'm not going to cosign any hells..and..supposing I break, because people always do - well what would that show? That the god in question is exactly the piece of shit it's contended to be and I'm.....human?
Holy...holy...holy.
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