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RE: why worship god?
May 17, 2012 at 1:04 pm
If you refuse to worship this "god" of theirs (were he to be real), he would send you to a nice little vacation spot called Hell, which is short for 'Eternal Damnation'. So, if "god" were real... that is the reason to 'worship' it. Nice, eh?
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RE: why worship god?
May 17, 2012 at 1:16 pm
If he is that much of a douche that if I don't worship him then he's going to burn me for eternity I'd probably prefer the devil, seems like a pretty moderate guy by comparison...at least he's consistent. I don't think a vengeful murderer god really deserves much praise...
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RE: why worship god?
May 17, 2012 at 1:27 pm
If a God were to exist, especially the one of the bible, I would still refuse to worship it. The way the most popular ones are depicted are as petty tyrants. I'm sure I'd go to hell for some minor shit I'd done, so there's no point trying.
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why worship god?
May 17, 2012 at 1:32 pm
Why worship God? Because as a believer you are told to.
This is one reason religion never struck it off with me. If this God, whichever one I may be, requires the worship of such an insignificant race as ours then it speaks volumes of the type of being he, she or "it" is.
In reality religion is probably the greatest practical joke of all time. You spend your entire life worshipping a figment of human imagination only to die and never realise it was all for nothing. It's kind of like sending somebody somewhere having instructed them to ask for a 'long wait'... Only this one can last decades.
I respect you too much to believe that you could possibly hold those ridiculous beliefs. - Richard Dawkins, 2012
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RE: why worship god?
May 17, 2012 at 1:33 pm
Honestly, I'd rather be condemned than be submissive to a controlling god, or human for that matter.
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RE: why worship god?
May 17, 2012 at 1:46 pm
The god of the Bible is cruel and hateful to women and children. He doesn't deserve my worship.
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RE: why worship god?
May 17, 2012 at 2:45 pm
you forgot homosexuals, jews, atheists, women who wear trousers, long-haired men, poor people, rich people, ill people, tradesmen, samaritans, idols, prophets, wankers and free thinkers
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RE: why worship god?
May 17, 2012 at 3:50 pm
I think a lot of people worship god simply because they believe that's what he wants. That and the hell thing.
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