(May 10, 2010 at 2:31 pm)fr0d0 Wrote:(May 10, 2010 at 5:08 am)Scented Nectar Wrote: I can only attack the common root of it, the rulebook that clearly says you will be tortured forever for not thinking thoughts about how wonderful your god is.Please show me that part
(May 10, 2010 at 5:08 am)Scented Nectar Wrote: Control your thoughts or be tortured forever.Please show me this part
(May 10, 2010 at 5:08 am)Scented Nectar Wrote: Believe in him all you want, but would your all loving god really torture people forever just because they were not able to think praises about him without faking it?Would you really get wet if you didn't use an umbrella? Yes.
Is doing bad stuff detrimental to yourself? Yes
Is God counter natural? No
One of the 10 Commandments is : "You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor." There is nothing in there about ACTION. It is purely about controlling your thoughts.