RE: Why be good?
June 4, 2015 at 5:59 pm
(This post was last modified: June 4, 2015 at 6:06 pm by Losty.)
As an adult I can read the bible for myself and find all sorts of things that make me want to vomit. When I was running the first time from shelter to shelter with my kids, when we were hiding, I took to my bible. I clutched it tightly because it was all I had. I read it day and night every chance I got. That is how I became an atheist.
Yes, of course, but these churches do not claim to be catholic.
Also, I disagree that hell is something to be taken seriously. If we are going to scoff at something let's scoff at the idea that a bunch of dead people are going to burn for an eternity without being completely burnt up and somehow maintain their sense of pain even though they're dead, because that actually is pretty ridiculous.
(June 4, 2015 at 5:55 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: However, I think it is fair to say that the Baptists, Methodists (that was me) and the non-denominational churches ALSO have a lot of things going on that you would not see in your typical American Catholic Church.
Yes, of course, but these churches do not claim to be catholic.
Also, I disagree that hell is something to be taken seriously. If we are going to scoff at something let's scoff at the idea that a bunch of dead people are going to burn for an eternity without being completely burnt up and somehow maintain their sense of pain even though they're dead, because that actually is pretty ridiculous.
