RE: Christian "purpose" and "meaning" in life.
June 3, 2014 at 11:25 pm
(This post was last modified: June 3, 2014 at 11:27 pm by Cyberman.)
(June 3, 2014 at 11:19 pm)Lek Wrote: Been through this a million times. I say "unless he a pussy cat and doesn't hold us accountable for anything, then he doesn't love us"? Then you say "how can he hold babies accountable"? Then I say "they're in heaven and are much happier". Then you say "what about all those people he killed who had never heard of him"? And I say "read chapter 1 of the book of Romans where he says he reveals himself to everyone through creation and no one is without excuse". Then you say "if that's what you call a loving God, the he can go *!#*! himself".
This is a textbook example of Battered Housewives' Syndrome - “Yes, I know he treats me like shit and beats me, I know he makes me beg for death... but that's how he shows me he loves me.“ Now, that's fine if you're happy enough with that such that you don't want help, but don't try to sell others on what you consider its merits.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
