RE: The prize of Christianity
March 23, 2013 at 11:03 am
(March 23, 2013 at 10:34 am)Texas Sailor Wrote: To begin with it was actually more of a plea for explanation. I described your beliefs as I saw them with hopes that a believer could make them seem less pathetic.
That my beliefs are as you see them, and that such beliefs are pathetic, is an argument. You contradict yourself in two sentences. Considering the whole didn’t offer an opinion thing, I’m not surprised.
Quote:No, Fear is a choice. It is a necessary feeling that drives many other ones.
Whiskey tango foxtrot Willis, you did it again. If it’s a necessary feeling, it’s not a choice.
Quote: No, because when giving an example of a time fear motivates you, your job was the first thing that came to mind.
I work 70 hours/week this time of year. Of course it’s the first thing that came to mind.
Quote:Also, the fact that you described the only thing motivating you to continue your job on those days was fear of being homeless. Some people like their jobs, and it is enough to look forward to accomplishing something that drives them into work, not a fear of being homeless.
Millions of people like weekends better than Mondays. If you think they’re all pathetic, that’s your choice, but I’m sure you’re describing plenty of atheists here as well.
(March 22, 2013 at 6:14 pm)John V Wrote: You have no evidence for such a prediction. My guess is that I'll be an older version of me.
An older version who found out that work and wife and kids took up too much time to pursue other things he wanted to do. Again, it’s just a matter of hours in the day.
Quote:Humility in the form of being humble
Just an aside – that sounds like something the Ben Stiller character in Dodgeball would say.
Quote:can be a positive, but the way you subscribe to it is that of a cowardly beaten dog.
That’s not how I describe it, that’s how you interpret it through your bias. The fact that we’re having this discussion on an atheist board shows you’re wrong.
Quote: By the way, How does your wife feel about the whole-Love me or I'll beat you- outlook on relationships? Lol, I hope its only Gods that are authorized to beat love out of you in that house. No actual physical effects could ever come from that. Just self deprecating beliefs.
Ah, now I’m a wife beater. So long, douchebag.
