(January 14, 2015 at 3:36 pm)IanHulett Wrote:
Don't be afraid.
Think about it, you are not responsible for other people. Let's assume Christianity is correct, your fear that you will not see your family again is based on the assumption they will all follow the Christian rules in both mind and deed. you are not responsible for that.
Think about it, what if a different denomination of Christianity is right and yours is wrong? Maybe the Jehova's Witnesses are right, maybe the Seven Day Adventists are right, they all claim to be right and their followers all believe them to be right.
Think about it, it doesn't make any sense. Why would a loving god need his followers to emotionally blackmail people and guilt them into believing they will not get to see their families in the afterlife when they have no control over the actions of others, that's just cruel. And why would a loving god allow so many people to believe in nuanced differences that split the family of the church into at least 32,000 fragments (yes, there are 32,000 different denominations of Christianity).
Think about it, these are clearly the actions of humans scrabbling for control over other humans and have nothing to do with a god type figure.
Think about it.
MM
"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions" - Leonardo da Vinci
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
