RE: Poor Fundies.....Hell is A Literary Construct, Too!
May 22, 2013 at 1:34 pm
(This post was last modified: May 22, 2013 at 1:38 pm by Faith No More.)
(May 22, 2013 at 1:18 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: 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.
Are you equating the detriment from a hard drug addiction to living life as an atheist?
(May 22, 2013 at 1:18 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: 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.
Likewise, speaking what you consider the hard truth opens you up to how others perceive and feel about it.
(May 22, 2013 at 1:18 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: 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.
As I hold out hope that you will come to the realization that you simply become worm-food when you die.
(May 22, 2013 at 9:59 am)John V Wrote: So do you prefer Tender Vittles or Meow Mix?
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell