RE: Hell and the Play Nice Christian
February 17, 2015 at 8:53 pm
(This post was last modified: February 17, 2015 at 8:54 pm by Simon Moon.)
(February 17, 2015 at 8:38 pm)emilynghiem Wrote:(February 17, 2015 at 7:11 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: I'm loving that we have 2 people, LEK and Godschild, both call themselves 'Christians', both get their beliefs from the same texts, both believe in the same deity, yet they both have differing views of one of the most important tenets of their religion.
Doesn't this say a lot about the god that created their text, the most important document in the history of the universe (according to them), so badly that no 2 believers get the same message?
Simple:
by God's law, you get the justice you give.
So if you believe in judgment and punishment, then you get that.
If you believe in forgiveness and correction, then you get that.
both paths exist. retributive justice and restorative justice.
And the point of life is to learn the difference, by experiencing
the cause and effect, how you reap what you sow. And you
are judged by how you judge others, or you are forgiven
by how you forgive others. Either way, Justice is served!
Do you have any demonstrable evidence and reasoned argument that any of that is true?
Because to me, that sounds an awful lot like a bunch of unsupported assertions.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
