A little questionnaire is in order, I think. All of the following questions come from strawmen jstrodel built in this thread.
I'm disappointed that I spent so much of my life believing in something that doesn't exist.
Do you indeed sit down to pee? Fair question, considering all of your questions..
Quote:1. What is your age?26
Quote:2. Are you married? Kids?engaged and waitin till marriage, and nope: no kids yet
Quote:3. Are you angry or disappointed at "God"?
I'm disappointed that I spent so much of my life believing in something that doesn't exist.
Quote:4. Do you subscribe to hedonism?Ummmmmm, I don't know what this word means. So, no? Is it like heathenism? Cuz in that case, yeah
Quote:5. Are you an atheist because you want to be, without eternal consequences, sexually promiscuous? A drug addict? An alcoholic?Not sexually promiscuous, don't drink, don't do drugs (anymore). I quit all those things incidentally, when I deconverted from christianity.
Quote:6. Do you like "psychedelic" music?*Giggles. You grew up pretty sheltered, huh? Its fine, so did I. I like Pink Floyd, but only when I'm high. Which is never.
Quote:7. Was atheism "transmitted" to you from a "Marxist"?ROFLOLOLOLOLololOLOLololOLOLol You um, wow. Ha. No words. that's a no if you're still wondering (which I'm pretty sure you are).
Quote:8. Are you selfish?Not in the slightest. I'd give my heart away if I had a backup.
Quote:9. Is your "community" centered around pornography?I live in the bible belt, so the most pornographic thing for miles is a strip club outside of city limits where the girls gotta wear pasties and panties.
Quote:10. Is your atheism a political statement?I too am a closet athiest. No one need bother their sweet little Jesus hearts about me goin to hell, so I don't tell them their religion is bullshit and hope they don't tell me something horribly racist, judgemental, or sexist.
Quote:11. Were you recruited into atheism by the promises of sex and drugs?Again, the magnitude of ridicule that I could put here is enormous. Just, exorbitant in every way imaginable. WOW.
Do you indeed sit down to pee? Fair question, considering all of your questions..
If I were to create self aware beings knowing fully what they would do in their lifetimes, I sure wouldn't create a HELL for the majority of them to live in infinitely! That's not Love, that's sadistic. Therefore a truly loving god does not exist!
Dead wrong. The actions of a finite being measured against an infinite one are infinitesimal and therefore merit infinitesimal punishment.
I say again: No exceptions. Punishment should be equal to the crime, not in excess of it. As soon as the punishment is greater than the crime, the punisher is in the wrong.
Quote:The sin is against an infinite being (God) unforgiven infinitely, therefore the punishment is infinite.
Dead wrong. The actions of a finite being measured against an infinite one are infinitesimal and therefore merit infinitesimal punishment.
Quote:Some people deserve hell.
I say again: No exceptions. Punishment should be equal to the crime, not in excess of it. As soon as the punishment is greater than the crime, the punisher is in the wrong.