As far as I know, I'm the only athiest in my family. Do I think my family is mentally ill? Question: aren't we all to an extent?
My dad, he's definitely mentally ill and religion is the crux of his entire persona. Every action he does, is based on his beliefs. His father before him had schizophrenia and killed himself and his wife, as a result. So now my father has taken on a different path: the god path. Suicide is not allowed but every year he becomes more and more secluded, every time I talk to him he's more extreme. He fears a worldwide muslim takeover. Any attempts I make at getting him to a doctor for his diabetes is met with "doctors are just playing god" scenario.
If you strip away god from the equation, I guarantee you'd see a paranoid schitzo in the making. But no one can see, it's hidden behind a cloud of belief. Sometimes reduction-ism is necessary to see the forest through the trees.
My dad, he's definitely mentally ill and religion is the crux of his entire persona. Every action he does, is based on his beliefs. His father before him had schizophrenia and killed himself and his wife, as a result. So now my father has taken on a different path: the god path. Suicide is not allowed but every year he becomes more and more secluded, every time I talk to him he's more extreme. He fears a worldwide muslim takeover. Any attempts I make at getting him to a doctor for his diabetes is met with "doctors are just playing god" scenario.
If you strip away god from the equation, I guarantee you'd see a paranoid schitzo in the making. But no one can see, it's hidden behind a cloud of belief. Sometimes reduction-ism is necessary to see the forest through the trees.
If I were to create self aware beings knowing fully what they would do in their lifetimes, I sure wouldn't create a HELL for the majority of them to live in infinitely! That's not Love, that's sadistic. Therefore a truly loving god does not exist!
Dead wrong. The actions of a finite being measured against an infinite one are infinitesimal and therefore merit infinitesimal punishment.
I say again: No exceptions. Punishment should be equal to the crime, not in excess of it. As soon as the punishment is greater than the crime, the punisher is in the wrong.
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Quote:The sin is against an infinite being (God) unforgiven infinitely, therefore the punishment is infinite.
Dead wrong. The actions of a finite being measured against an infinite one are infinitesimal and therefore merit infinitesimal punishment.
Quote:Some people deserve hell.
I say again: No exceptions. Punishment should be equal to the crime, not in excess of it. As soon as the punishment is greater than the crime, the punisher is in the wrong.
