Rant against anti-atheist agnostics.

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1) What do you mean by literal mistranslation of Genesis?
2) What am I being forgiven for?

For a full answer, see the book by John H Walton (no relation haha): the lost world of genesis one.
Short answer: genesis deals with function and setting up the scene for God at the controls. The story follows that pattern, rather than one where cosmos and origins would be. It matches comparative religions of the time. Pseudo literalists insist that this was an exact date in history with precise days where a man was made out of mud. This is utter garbage. Walton makes his point thoroughly and respectfully. Note that no other contending scenarios offer any support for their ideas.

You're being forgiven for what you might hold yourself back for. Guilt, for example. Holding on to hatred. Lying. I dunno. Those things suck the life out of you. You're not functioning as well as you might. All of those things could possibly be resolved naturally, by making amends with the injured party. If they can't, you're left with the life draining burden.

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That's illogical, as there's no objective proof of a god as far as all can tell, and if one should exist, there's no proof that he created heaven/hell, etc. It's illogical to take your opinion or your faith beliefs, and hand them to me as fact.

I never claimed that there was objective proof of God, in fact I claim that there can't be. All this is is dogma language that enables us to have a common reference. I state that hell is primarily right here and right now. That is, separation from God, if we choose not to accept help.

I'm not claiming any place or being as fact. I'm dealing accurately with the point of Christianity: to give humans a full life. Period.