RE: Poor Fundies.....Hell is A Literary Construct, Too!
May 21, 2013 at 1:40 pm
(This post was last modified: May 21, 2013 at 2:57 pm by Faith No More.)
(May 21, 2013 at 12:55 pm)John V Wrote: What specific wording indicates delight and psychopathy in your opinion?
This entire part.
(May 21, 2013 at 12:55 pm)John V Wrote: My point is that around here Christians aren't the ones bringing up hell.
Which is irrelevant to my point that Christians seem unaffected by the consequences of preaching hellfire.
(May 21, 2013 at 12:55 pm)John V Wrote: I'll add that, even if we were saying you were going to hell all the time, I wouldn't be concerned about the effect, as I'm not affected by the thought of other religions' hells. If I don't believe it's real, I'm not affected by it.
It's not the threat behind the statement that is insulting. Just as you said, it's hard to be bothered by places you believe to be imaginary. No, the insult comes with the implied sentiment behind the statement, namely that non-believers deserve to be punished.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell