(May 31, 2013 at 12:21 am)Consilius Wrote: I'm going to skip the argument about suffering in Hell and say this:
Praising God is not forced labor. It is a voluntary reaction to the goodness people see in the world.
My voluntary reaction is to praise the people responsible, when I see goodness in the world. Because people are actually real, and it's a waste of time praising an invisible, not real, being.
Quote:To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams." 1 Samuel 15:22
The term 'sacrifice' can cover physical offerings to God as well as praise, worship, and other things done FOR God.
Now, to obey…obey what?
"A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another." John 13:34
If God saw any need for punishment (Hell not included), it would be because someone failed to obey THAT commandment.
My eyes glaze over when people start quoting the bible. I couldn't put into words just how unimportant an opinion based on that book is to me.
You are currently experiencing a lucky and very brief window of awareness, sandwiched in between two periods of timeless and utter nothingness. So why not make the most of it, and stop wasting your life away trying to convince other people that there is something else? The reality is obvious.
