(December 18, 2013 at 12:26 pm)Esquilax Wrote:(December 18, 2013 at 12:24 pm)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: Perhaps I should add that I asked as sincerely as any man could, I was terrified of going to hell and I was seeking god to make me a better christian.
None of that's going to change the answer you get, because the answer isn't based on reality at all. Rather, it's based on keeping the christian dogma safe from interference at any cost.
It's not an answer for you, it's a method of shutting down the conversation before difficult questions have time to make an impact.
But if two people follow the same instructions from the same bible, and it works for one and not a another, should it not be called into question wither or not the instruction is sound? How much more so for a god?
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
