(July 28, 2017 at 12:56 am)Astreja Wrote:(July 28, 2017 at 12:17 am)Godscreated Wrote: Sadly that is your choice. We both can't be right and I'm certain I've made the right choice.
Well, I happen to have science on my side. Awareness requires brainwave activity within a certain frequency range. Dead brains do not generate any brainwaves; hence, no thought, no memory, no sensation and no belief. (To put this in perspective, we don't experience those things in deep, dreamless sleep either.)
Therefore, if your alleged god wanted to punish someone for what they did in their mortal lifetime, it would have to deliberately and with malice of forethought recreate that person's neural network, complete with memories of that person's deeds, solely for the purpose of torturing them forever. When one considers that it would be just as easy to recreate a heaven-worthy personality, your god is *ahem* without excuse.
I am so sure that heaven and hell are utter bollocks, though, that I actually took a vow to go to hell if for some reason it exists (although I doubt that very, very much). It's been 10 years since I made that vow and I have no regrets and no fear.
Well it's been said, hell can't be much worse than heaven when you really think about it. Come to think of it, I think I'd make that choice too. At least I'd spent my time burning knowing I was as far away from that monster as possible, and as morally and intellectually superior to it as it is possible to be.
Religions were invented to impress and dupe illiterate, superstitious stone-age peasants. So in this modern, enlightened age of information, what's your excuse? Or are you saying with all your advantages, you were still tricked as easily as those early humans?
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There is no better way to convey the least amount of information in the greatest amount of words than to try explaining your religious views.
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There is no better way to convey the least amount of information in the greatest amount of words than to try explaining your religious views.
