(August 21, 2009 at 4:13 pm)maxbigwood Wrote:(August 21, 2009 at 12:24 pm)Retorth Wrote: I was a christian in my younger days and no, I did not abandon religion because of the issue of hell. It is the entire religion on a whole that, to me, is distasteful. I'm a realist, so I believe in working hard to become successful in life.
If I commit wrong doing, I take full responsibility for it. I do not blame the devil or evil beings or any kind. It is my own doing therefore my own fault. If I am liable for punishment, I take it with full responsibility. If I succeed in life, do well in examinations, help an old lady across the road for no reason other then the fact that I want to help her, I will take full credit for it. As simple as that.
I do not allow imaginary beings to control me, neither do I blame them for my actions or give them credit for any good that I do in my life.
You have some misunderstanding in your post. Do you really think that when a christian sins they blame it on the devil? I know 200+ christians and not one of them would ever think about doing something that stupid.
Well I happen to know Christians who always think that something good that happens HAS to be because of god and when a person commits a crime it is always because he or she had 'evil' influencing them in one way or another.
The dark side awaits YOU...AngryAtheism
"Only the dead have seen the end of war..." - Plato
“Those who wish to base their morality literally on the Bible have either not read it or not understood it...” - Richard Dawkins
"Only the dead have seen the end of war..." - Plato
“Those who wish to base their morality literally on the Bible have either not read it or not understood it...” - Richard Dawkins
