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How do you deal with religious folks who use hell to convert you?(Nevermind)
July 24, 2015 at 10:35 pm
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So, I'm sure we all encountered that fundie who uses the threat of eternal torture to win converts. They say things like:
Actual quotes from a fundie I've encountered on YouTube
E***ah
"Dusty and atheists like him have a much more pressing issue at hand, eternal damnation at the moment of death."
*I respond to him, then he responds with:*
"And when you arrive there, you will have only yourself to blame."
I've received other "you'll burn in hell" comments, from other youtubers, not just him, but in order for me to list those, I'd have to put them into the correct context for them to make sense.
What is the best way to deal with these folks? Thanks a bunch.
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RE: How do you deal with religious folks who use hell to convert you?
July 24, 2015 at 10:38 pm
Tell them that god doesn't exist. Trust me, if they believe as much as to vehemently tell you you're going to hell for not believing, they'll be really mad if they hear someone saying god doesn't exist. And if they punch you in response, don't fight back - Sue them for a compensation.
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RE: How do you deal with religious folks who use hell to convert you?
July 24, 2015 at 10:38 pm
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Nevermind. I already asked this a long time ago. I totally forgot. 
If pinkie pie isn't real, then how do you explain the existence of ponies, huh? If ponies are real, then that's proof that Pinkie Pie is real. Checkmate, christians!
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RE: How do you deal with religious folks who use hell to convert you?
July 24, 2015 at 10:40 pm
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(July 24, 2015 at 10:38 pm)Dystopia Wrote: Tell them that god doesn't exist. Trust me, if they believe as much as to vehemently tell you you're going to hell for not believing, they'll be really mad if they hear someone saying god doesn't exist. And if they punch you in response, don't fight back - Sue them for a compensation.
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I forgot I asked this question. I feel like an idiot. I didn't even see it in my "My Posts" history. It took me to see it in the "possibly related threads" section at the bottom of the page.
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RE: How do you deal with religious folks who use hell to convert you?(Nevermind)
July 24, 2015 at 11:12 pm
I just tell them it's not something I can accept as just. Generally people say god wants to be worshiped willingly. Not through fear. Not because I would wet myself at the very presence of this psycho, so I'd better grovel even while wishing someone would kill it with fire.
Since I can't willingly worship someone like that, then I can't help it. If I'm doomed to hell, I can't do anything about it, because I can't love someone who does that to people.
This is why I have never feared hell. You can't have a deity that threatens you with torture, but also wants you to willingly come to him. It doesn't fit together. If he wants me to be afraid of him, I can be afraid of him, but if he doesn't want that then there's no point in threatening me. I have to come to him because I love him, or he'll set me on fire. But I can't love him because he sets people on fire.
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RE: How do you deal with religious folks who use hell to convert you?(Nevermind)
July 25, 2015 at 12:32 am
"Fuck you and your fucking god," always seems to get the point across.
And follow it up with "go blow the holy spirit out your ass."
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RE: How do you deal with religious folks who use hell to convert you?(Nevermind)
July 25, 2015 at 12:48 am
Start talking about graphic and hideous torments to the anus and rectum involving fantastically over-sized objects with grotesquely abrasive and/or sharp edges heated beyond scalding incandescence and pounded viciously inside the damned with enormously powerful engines.
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RE: How do you deal with religious folks who use hell to convert you?(Nevermind)
July 25, 2015 at 1:25 am
(This post was last modified: July 25, 2015 at 1:42 am by dyresand.)
(July 24, 2015 at 10:35 pm)IanHulett Wrote: So, I'm sure we all encountered that fundie who uses the threat of eternal torture to win converts. They say things like:
Actual quotes from a fundie I've encountered on YouTube
E***ah
"Dusty and atheists like him have a much more pressing issue at hand, eternal damnation at the moment of death."
*I respond to him, then he responds with:*
"And when you arrive there, you will have only yourself to blame."
I've received other "you'll burn in hell" comments, from other youtubers, not just him, but in order for me to list those, I'd have to put them into the correct context for them to make sense.
What is the best way to deal with these folks? Thanks a bunch.
Look them dead straight into their eye's and just smile. And i follow it with something like this, Hell you says of that's quite ironic actually i worship satan. And then i walk away.
It is the shock factor i like but this is the best way without getting into a shouting match.
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RE: How do you deal with religious folks who use hell to convert you?(Nevermind)
July 25, 2015 at 1:28 am
Point and laugh.
Ignore them.
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RE: How do you deal with religious folks who use hell to convert you?(Nevermind)
July 25, 2015 at 3:48 am
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Oh, wow, that sounds wonderful!!
You're simultaneously going to 4,999 different hells and one heaven when you die. I'm going to 5,000 different hells. We're in for some fun!!
I can't wait!!
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