Quote:To me if God does not exist then this life is nothingBut if this life is nothing are u contemplating suicide. What essentially you are saying is that you are one of those fragile Christians who would rather die than live up to the realization that your God does not exist.
Quote:fade into nothingness would sooner or later be forgotten .I have no problems fading into nothingness. It’s what everyone has done since the dawn of time. You need to remember when you cease to exist you don’t know that you’re dead lol.
Quote:will be in paradise, enjoying the riches of God's kingdom for eternityActually the bible does not say you will go to Paradise. Jesus mentioned that Explicitly to the thieves on the cross.
What it says in Revelation is what you have to look forward too. That is that you will worship / sing and pray to God for ever and ever.
However although this might be your ideal can I then ask why is it that you think it’s fair for God to put you through this world when your mind is so made up about the next?
Quote:being right, and will soon fade like other countless generations.Unfortunately I am seeing that your little story here looks a lot like Pascal’s Wager. Please prove me otherwise.
Quote:fiery lake of burning sulfur for not accepting the love and forgiveness of his Father in HeavenDid you know what you have Just said smacks God in the face of everything. You cannot possibly say that he is a Father and Loving when he would consign me to a fiery lake of burning sulphur. What father do you know lets their son die so that he can forgive those people that hate him.
And also if God is truly a ‘Father’ then what father would consign his children to burn as a punishment. God should definitely win father of the Year.
Son 1 – Adam Rebelled
Son 2 – Had to be murdered by him
Quote:It's also hard to explain that if God really loves us, then why would He let such great physical and mental disasters rip through His creationSee with regards to what you are saying about the Church I believe this is a problem for most atheist and even Christians so I think that God would allow my lack of belief on the basis that for me to believe I need to have something firm to base it upon.
Quote:He's omniscient, knows the future and the past and is beyond our comprehensionGod does not know the future or the past. Common guy seriously if he did you are honestly saying that God is responsible for the people who don’t believe in him as he knows each person so he would know what little it would take to make each person believe.
Quote:this world is full of sinners, of whom i am the worstSo why do you think that God will forgive you don’t you know that when you have seen the light and continued in your sinful way there is no sacrifice left for you. Or do you omit that verse in Romans lol? Are you a paedophile or something?
Quote:and my life has been saved many times from deathWith regards to your life being saved many times from death. What are we talking about here – Something that medical science cannot cure?
Quote:God never said that it would be easyWhy would God let his children who love him endure pain so just when they die they can thank him for it.
Quote:believe there's a 1 in 10^70. To me that chance is worth taking, if I'm wrong, I'm wrong, but I refuse to believe that this is it.And back we are to Pascals wager. Ok so I want to believe in God help me work out which one is the most credible?
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