(October 16, 2014 at 11:12 am)Stimbo Wrote: This is the same issue we have with the oft-expressed hope that we outside the bubble deserve postmortem punishment simply for not being a member. It's not that we think for a moment that that's anywhere close to reality, or that you have or even want the power to make it happen - it's the expression of that wish that we deserve the fate.
If I went around saying that I think all religious people deserve to be boiled alive in a vat of acid, what would that say about me as a person? Now take that assessment and multiply it by the infinity of the theist threat. Or in this case, the body count necessary for the scenario. That's what I for one think of you.
Again, you guys are assuming things about me. I don't want anybody to go to hell. I don't take any pleasure in thinking that anyone is suffering. You all have preconceived notions about me and other christians that aren't true. Why wouldn't I want the end of the world to come if I expected eternal happiness after that? It has nothing to do with your situation. I do want you to be saved. That's why I'm always reaching out to people. But if someone is going g to hell, they are going to go there whether they die now or die 50 years from now.
