RE: My Wife's Christian Co-worker
February 11, 2014 at 6:32 pm
(This post was last modified: February 11, 2014 at 6:37 pm by Mystical.)
(February 11, 2014 at 1:40 pm)Rampant.A.I. Wrote: The only belief that actually posits nothing greater than the self exists is solipsism.
I would say the kind of Creationists who can only dream up a 6,000 year old earth, in comparison to the massive size and age we know the universe to be are the ones who do not believe in anything more powerful than themselves. They merely believe in a slightly more powerful anthropomorphized force that thinks the same way they do, and hashtag it omnipotent and omniscient to feel good about their own small minds and the prejudices they were raised with.
I think it's far more than just self assurance and prejudice, that god provides though. Actually I know a few people who hold no prejudices and don't take the Bible as the unerring word of god (or history or a science book) and thrive on their belief in a higher power force for good in the understanding of our primal need for equality. It's those people whom I consider at the very least benign and therefore equally deserving of my respect. Its those people who can move forward not backward, and have the same goals as I for one, have myself. A communal brotherhood of humanity is needed in a now globalized society, along with universal respect for the environment we live in. Love, patience, kindness--these are the best humanity has to offer and therefore I can see why Biblicans or Koranians or whathaveyou find peace and understanding in the Bible. There is good in there, truths about ourselves to be recognized --on the other hand it represents the other spectrum of our emotions, too. Fear, hate, descriminate; punish, avenge, revenge -- just to name a few. Theists don't have small minds for believing as they do, they have weakened minds for believing that pieces of paper can tell them what to do, and in kind feel they can tell others what to do. Shaggys wife's coworker is not wrong by fiat of religion, but rather has self inflicted upon themselves a theological handicap of free thought. I think she should give him/her one of these
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If I were to create self aware beings knowing fully what they would do in their lifetimes, I sure wouldn't create a HELL for the majority of them to live in infinitely! That's not Love, that's sadistic. Therefore a truly loving god does not exist!
Dead wrong. The actions of a finite being measured against an infinite one are infinitesimal and therefore merit infinitesimal punishment.
I say again: No exceptions. Punishment should be equal to the crime, not in excess of it. As soon as the punishment is greater than the crime, the punisher is in the wrong.
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Quote:The sin is against an infinite being (God) unforgiven infinitely, therefore the punishment is infinite.
Dead wrong. The actions of a finite being measured against an infinite one are infinitesimal and therefore merit infinitesimal punishment.
Quote:Some people deserve hell.
I say again: No exceptions. Punishment should be equal to the crime, not in excess of it. As soon as the punishment is greater than the crime, the punisher is in the wrong.
