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RE: The Christian view of life being superior to the Atheist one
October 26, 2014 at 12:22 pm
Life is fun because it is NOT everlasting. Pick your favorite movie, and only watch that for a month whenever you wanna watch TV.
True hell would be an eternal life, even if it is in the paradise.
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RE: The Christian view of life being superior to the Atheist one
October 26, 2014 at 1:09 pm
As for christers believing they are saved through faith alone, i wonder how visceral that faith is ??
For an individual sitting in a pew Sunday morning at Pillar of Fire Repentance Southern Baptist Church of Miscellany Arkansas, he occasionally will have the uncharitable thought, "those poor DAMNED Mormons and Catholics !!!". And maybe once or twice a year, he might go a little further and think, "I bet they think the same about ME . . . "
S'pose he wonders who's right ?? Ever ??
And if he does, that faith he has in his One True Church is not inviolable.
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RE: The Christian view of life being superior to the Atheist one
October 26, 2014 at 7:27 pm
the only reason and big reason why there is religion.
is the fear of the unknown if we hadn't had that fear there wouldn't
be a religion or religions to begin with.
Atheism is a non-prophet organization join today.
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RE: The Christian view of life being superior to the Atheist one
October 26, 2014 at 7:55 pm
(October 26, 2014 at 10:28 am)Dolorian Wrote: Very much the claim of the Christian runs along the lines that the Christian view provides a superior context more in tune with our desire to continue living than the Atheist view. Since, under the Atheist view we will all eventually die it will all be for naught in the end. Whereas in the Christian view the afterlife avoid this pessimistic outcome.
Obviously this approach ignores which view is true and better supported by the evidence so it is more judging both views in a vacuum so to speak. It seems to be just a variation of the "without God there is nothing to live for" claim.
Have you ever encountered this claim before? If you were to judge both views in a vacuum, would you choose the Christian view due to your desire to continue living and because what you did in your life would have mattered "more"?
What a depressing choice. But no, I would not choose the Christian view due to my compassion and love for humanity and life.
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza