sick of your threats Christianity!

[Mudhammam]

"I agree, it is very unlikely that a place we understand as "hell" actually exists, but if you want to make a finite claim about its existence, you need evidence for it."

I guess Lord of the Rings and Star Wars do not belong in the fiction section either until space explorers have thoroughly investigated all possible universes and galaxies.

[vorlon13]

Hell should be, IMO, entirely 'real' to atheists when debating Christian cafeteriaists (and that would be just about everyone last one of them), to the extent that the backsliding Christers are going to be condemned to go there for disappointing Jesus, and it needs to be emphasized during the debate.


Seems like any audience would be impressed to see the atheist notice in a debate with Christers that they are all Hell bound, BY THEIR OWN INERRANT SCRIPTURES. If they really were filled with the True Spirit of Christ, they would be unable to eat shrimp, mixed fabric clothing would burst into flames when it touched their skin, and they would not fear to handle snakes and drink strychnine.

Interesting if atheists started carrying around vials of Holy water, claimed they were actually cyanide, and see if they can find any Christers willing to drink it.


hock:

[Jenny A]

Oh be fair and choose something people actually believe or believed is true. There's lots to pick from. So why aren't these true?

The Metamorphosis, Ovid or better yet Hesiod's Theogony , because it's older than the Bible. Cronus created the world, but Zeus killed him.

Gilgamesh, also predating the Bible.

The Koran, Bible 2.1 according to the Muslims.

The Book of Mormon. Bible 4.0 according to the Mormons.

Or going back to ancient times there's the Hindu texts: The Vedas, The Upanishads, The Mahabharata and Ramayana. They fill a library, not just a single book, but hey when it comes to the word of god, more is better.