(April 29, 2014 at 5:35 pm)FreeTony Wrote: From what I gather, people give you the same weird look when you say you're an Atheist in America, as you do when you say you're a Christian to a normal person over here.
Most Christians over here don't mention it, possibly in case people think they are a bit crazy. I don't think I've ever heard a Christian (bar one nutter I met) mention God or Jesus. I have friends (actually a gay couple), one of whom is religious. They make the very occasional joke about the others beliefs, and it is all very amicable.
The whole Christian America thing I find funny and scary in equal measure. The idea of George Bush standing over the nuclear armageddon button, thinking what Jesus* would do is terrifying.
*The racist, homophobic and warmongering Jesus in his imagination.
Well said, and absolutely true. It is indeed frightening how close we can be to 'Armageddon!' when a loonie is in charge.
Murica, rather. We're a whole new generation of people who "are afraid of what we don't know".
I can only hope my 20 something year old generation takes over and flushes out all those individuals in government positions that are mentally unbalanced enough to allow religion to dictate their action.
Too bad you can't be an atheist and president! Man, we atheists sure know how to persecute, don't we?
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.
