(June 20, 2018 at 5:37 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote:(June 20, 2018 at 2:57 pm)KevinM1 Wrote: I do think it's interesting that Neo compared sinning to muddy shoes. It's almost as though an all-powerful deity would simply be slightly inconvenienced by sin, and that a proper response to it isn't permanent banishment and eternal suffering....
The analogy is really pretty simple. It takes real effort to distort it like some here have done. The only thing preventing the child (anyone) from entering the house (the presence of God) is to clean-up. We make the choices and most choices have consequences. The concept of eternal torment versus blessedness is predicated on the idea that people cultivated lifelong habits of choose to cling to what they love, for better or worse, to the point that they cannot do otherwise than continue on going down the road they have chosen. If you love wearing muddy shoes more than a roof over your head and being with people who love you, then you will voluntarily stay outside with the rest of the belligerents. A similar analogy would be parents that refuse to enable their alcoholic adult child.
The problem is that "cleaning up" involves ignoring things that are both fundamental to Human nature, and hurt no one. Or that someone just wants concrete irrefutable proof that there is a guy that wants them to keep their shoes clean, before they take all the time and energy to do it. It's not as easy to love a woman when you're only attracted to men, as it is to just take your shoes off on the porch.
Poe's Law: "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."
10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/
Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50
A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html
10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/
Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50
A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html