Thanks Jrsm, I can tell you're a beautiful person too.
Cthulhu, did you ever figure out where the home-state of Coors is?
As for life being precious: Every single moment is now
When I was a believer I felt like I was waiting out my time on earth, and on my especially dramatic or tragic days I would sing "in the arms of the angels" and,
"I'm coming home, I'm coming home. Tell the world I'm coming home. Let the rain wash away, all the pain of yesterday. Where my kingdom awaits. I've been forgiven my mistakes, I'm coming home. I'm coming home. Tell the world I'm coming.....home."
God, was that depressing
You know my life outlook has gotten so much better not believing that there's some god above allowing every single hit through to me for some unknown reason that I wont find out until I'm dead? It's not much of a consolation (when you're dying) that there's a massive fortune of treasure I'm building up at the end of the tunnel. Nor is it consolation to go to heaven knowing those you love will be left without you, and that some of them may not ever reach heaven. In the end what lost my faith, I think, was all those who wouldn't make it to heaven but didn't deserve hell.
I'm totally fine with living here, now, making every moment I have with those I love count.
Cthulhu, did you ever figure out where the home-state of Coors is?
As for life being precious: Every single moment is now
When I was a believer I felt like I was waiting out my time on earth, and on my especially dramatic or tragic days I would sing "in the arms of the angels" and,"I'm coming home, I'm coming home. Tell the world I'm coming home. Let the rain wash away, all the pain of yesterday. Where my kingdom awaits. I've been forgiven my mistakes, I'm coming home. I'm coming home. Tell the world I'm coming.....home."
God, was that depressing
You know my life outlook has gotten so much better not believing that there's some god above allowing every single hit through to me for some unknown reason that I wont find out until I'm dead? It's not much of a consolation (when you're dying) that there's a massive fortune of treasure I'm building up at the end of the tunnel. Nor is it consolation to go to heaven knowing those you love will be left without you, and that some of them may not ever reach heaven. In the end what lost my faith, I think, was all those who wouldn't make it to heaven but didn't deserve hell.
I'm totally fine with living here, now, making every moment I have with those I love count.
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.
