Quote:You have to stop mocking God and listen to God as if God may exist, treat God with respect, then God will listen to you.
Done that, done all of that. I haven't always been an irreverent bunster. I took him seriously, I was the the best daughter he asked for, and how did he treat me? Well, he didn't. That's the problem. He didn't listen. Because he wasn't there, and I was prayin to air. I "felt" his presence for years, but where was he? In my brain. Nowhere else, and everything I saw in life that was "Him" could easily be rationalized as wishful thinking and skewed viewpoint. I know it's hard to believe, but, good things do happen to you in life without an all powerful god orchestrating them. You can be at the right place at the right time, without him changing all of space/time and people in order for that one thing to take place. You know you can get your brain to release certain chemicals, praying? Masturbating too, but that's another matter altogether especially if you're a baptist or a catholic.
PS. I want a hundred dollars
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.
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.