(May 22, 2013 at 8:37 am)Faith No More Wrote: ...mild compared to being told your lifestyle dictates that you deserve to burn in hell for eternity. I'll take being called an "asshole" over that any day.A friend of mine called me an "asshole" (among other things) when I told him that his blow habit was ruining his life. In that case, I couldn't keep my mouth shut because I knew he needed to hear it. Not that it made a dent. Fortunately, his poor choices caught up with him. He had a breakdown and was forced into treatment.
I do think it is rude to volunteer your belief that someone that the consequences of their beliefs will lead them to hell. But if you are an atheist and you are participating on a debate forum about the topic, then I say you have opened yourself up to hear what most religious believers consider the hard truth.
Now personally, I hold out the hope that at least some of the godless will be shown mercy for reasons I explained earlier, even if it goes against sound doctrine.
