RE: Sex vs. Christianity
July 21, 2012 at 9:48 am
(This post was last modified: July 21, 2012 at 9:51 am by Reforged.)
(July 21, 2012 at 9:38 am)catfish Wrote:(July 21, 2012 at 9:33 am)RaphielDrake Wrote: Who tells you you're supposed to cherry pick catfish? If one major plot point is untrue because you consider it immoral then do you understand how many others you'd consider to be untrue? If you went through with a marker and crossed out the bits you considered untrue because they're immoral it'd be at least 75% you blacked out. I promise you that.I came from a religious family too, but even when I was 4 years old, I NEVER fell for any of that bullshit.
Will you just read it? See how much good you see in it instead of allowing others to choose for you. If you allow them to how would you ever know for sure whats true and what isn't?
Do you realize that during this conversation you referenced the Bible to prove the Bible wasn't bullshit? On reflection you probably realize why that was abit silly. Who do you think drilled that into you?
It wasn't any of us cat.
You think we all just woke up one day and decided "I feel like burning in hell"? Alot of us come from religious backgrounds of all kinds you know. You think thats a fluke?
Hell's not real, in fact, the Bible predicts the introduction of myths. And the next passage contains a reference to Hades (hell) which we all know is a myth.
Did you at one time believe in "hell"?
Yeah I did and I once believed in a heaven and a God. Until I looked at it properly. Do you know what the best way to control people is? Shock and awe. Make them feel fear, make them feel wonder, make them feel anything to prevent them from questioning and from thinking.
Can you think of anything, anything quite so frightening as burning forever? Or anything quite so wonderful as the promise of eternal paradise? I can't. But you can't question it. No. Can't present evidence for it either. Got to believe as hard as you can or you might not see your loved ones again. I think thats what stops most theists in their tracks you know. They need to believe it isn't the end, that they can resolve everything they left undone in the next life. They fear death with every ounce of themselves if they think for one second that might not be true.
What better means to control someone with than that?
But its not the truth, no-ones ever proved it is. All we've got is a smile and a promise. Thats all. And what if it isn't true? What then? Do you waste your life pursuing it? Under the control of the bastards who would use your loved ones memories against you like they were tools to be used?
Wouldn't it be better to live free as you like? As moral as you like? As happy as you like? To live this life, the only one we can be certain that we have and use the memories of the dead as inspiration for us to live and one we can hand down to our children? Isn't that, in a way a form of eternal life? One we can prove is real?
Make no mistake, religions weapons of choice are shock and awe. If you deny them that, you're free.
"That is not dead which can eternal lie and with strange aeons even death may die."
- Abdul Alhazred.
- Abdul Alhazred.