RE: How would you know?
August 7, 2012 at 6:58 am
(This post was last modified: August 7, 2012 at 7:01 am by Napoléon.)
(August 5, 2012 at 9:18 am)spockrates Wrote: My thought: Heaven is nowhere described as a prison. Hell is described as a place, or state of existence where God is not present. The Bible claims Jesus is God. I'm thinking this place, or state of existence where Jesus went cannot be either heaven, or hell. What do you think, hypothetically speaking, of course.
I honestly don't see how this justifies putting faith in an entire belief of purgatory.
Seems pretty ridiculous.
At best, it hints that jesus went somewhere. Where exactly? It's not stated, it's referred to as 'prison'. Well that could really be anything, it could be a physical prison, it could be hell, it could even be another term for this earth.
How anyone can take this verse, and construe it so that it forms this very specific idea of purgatory is beyond me.
Oh, and do carry on, I'm sure the next verse will be more specific
(August 7, 2012 at 2:45 am)CliveStaples Wrote: I asked you to estimate their response, not to give it yourself (i.e., to speak for them).
That strikes me as a bullshit dodge; are you embarrassed about the rate of bigotry among atheists-in-practice? Do you believe the rate of bigotry among atheists-in-practice is inscrutable?
Do you have anything to provide with regards to the OP? Or are you intent on turning this into a pissing contest?
