RE: Why I'm Still a Christian
March 5, 2015 at 2:11 pm
(This post was last modified: March 5, 2015 at 2:16 pm by Lek.)
(March 5, 2015 at 1:53 pm)robvalue Wrote: Life will make so much more sense once you stop having to twist reality to fit a fairy tale. I feel you have the potential to break out of this, an opportunity most theists on this board will never see. Come on man, you can do it!
That's just the thing. Life makes no sense to an atheist. We live in this world with all this pain and suffering absolutely no reason at all. We're just here by chance. We live through the suffering and try to make the best of it and then we die with no memory of anything that happened. And this goes on and on until the universe self-destructs and something else comes about. All this for absolutely no reason! What kind of sense does this make? I see you as being person who comprehend more than just what you can see on he surface. Maybe you're the one who needs to break out of it. Come out of your scientific box and see that there is more to the world than what floats on the surface. We are spiritual beings as well as physical beings - different from all the other creatures upon the earth.
(March 5, 2015 at 2:06 pm)robvalue Wrote: Oh boy.... Oh boy... He makes kids to starve and die of diseases as a sport for him to watch to see if we go solve the problem he created? If we fail, those kids suffer? Don't you see what kind of sick bastard you are not just describing but supporting? If I thought that was real, what you just said, the last thing I would do is worship that monster. I'd beg him to fucking stop it right now! Stop punishing kids for the supposed inaction of other people! What is wrong with you God?
Ugh. OK I give up for now. I'll try again another day.
Just think about this: what horrors would God have to unleash upon the world for you to stop and say this is not ok! Because fuck me, I think I've seen it all. I couldn't imagine anything worse than what I know already goes on. I literally have to delude myself into thinking it's not happening to be able to function, or else I'd collapse in despair and never get up.
I mean no disrespect by this, but you did mention that you suffer from depression. I know that my anxiety colors my view of the world. Could it be that your depression is a factor that causes you to see the world in an unreal way?
