(June 25, 2015 at 1:45 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote:(June 25, 2015 at 1:41 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: No. I think sometimes you can't help but believe/disbelieve in certain things.
Good. So if I lack a belief in God, it's not because I've 'chosen' to disbelieve in God, it's because I can't believe in God. I can't believe in God until I've become convinced; just like I can't suddenly choose to believe that up is down and down is up, I can't choose to believe in God.
Lacking that belief is a part of me over which I have no control. Yet I will still end up in hell/not entering heaven/being destroyed after death/etc based on that?
I agree completely, and have brought it up on my own in a different thread. I have talked about how I don't think atheists are going to Hell simply for not being able to believe. I think a person who lives a life of virtue will go to Heaven. :-)
Is there anything I said that made you think I believed differently?
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
