(July 29, 2014 at 8:08 am)alpha male Wrote:(July 29, 2014 at 7:52 am)Ben Davis Wrote: No, the premise of the OP is that having parts of one's personality forcibly changed by an outside agent, either against one's will or without full disclosure of the impacts of the changes, is necessarily bad.In this case it's voluntary, not forcible, and I'd say it's up to the volunteer to decide what level of disclosure is adequate.
It's not really voluntary if the only other choice is being tortured by fire for eternity. That's pretty much the definition of blackmail.
Poe's Law: "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."
10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/
Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50
A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html
10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/
Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50
A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html