(April 29, 2016 at 3:54 pm)Chad32 Wrote:(April 29, 2016 at 3:52 pm)drfuzzy Wrote: Nope. I have a cousin who lives near to her - she loves him, he's a preacher - who has promised to let me know when she kicks the bucket. The only bad thing about the afterlife not existing is that she'll never know that she threw away most of her family and most of her life for a stupid fantasy.
Yeah, kind of annoying when my grandmother says you lose nothing if you choose christianity. Except all the time, money, and relationships you threw away because of a book.
To be fair, I think that's what the Wheel of Time series did to me. Hehe.
A Christian told me: if you were saved you cant lose your salvation. you're sealed with the Holy Ghost
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
