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RE: You die one day and you reach the heavenly gates, God says to you, "
June 15, 2017 at 2:13 pm
(June 15, 2017 at 7:29 am)mh.brewer Wrote: OP: I'd wake up, shake off one fucked dream, and get on with it.
Besides, that whole scenario sounds like a Twilight Zone episode. Sure heaven sounds like the obvious choice but once you make it a hideous hidden twist emerges. Dick no longer functions, loose every bet, all games cancelled due to weather, the booze is tainted with ipecac and every show is Andy Dick. Dude, dont knock Twilight Zone. Sooooo fucking great! The old black and white ones of course 
I was a born-again christian for many years then I got woke.. and now life is better in so many ways. It's taking me time to see my value and find my voice, but the reward is liberating knowing my path is not dictated or controlled by fear of death and the unknown. Casting off the shackles of religion is pretty fucking awesome. The beautiful people I've met on this forum have more heart and compassion than any group of people I've been apart of. So back off Jesus and followers, because this bitch is done with Chu. 
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RE: You die one day and you reach the heavenly gates, God says to you, "
June 15, 2017 at 2:46 pm
Can I take a test drive?
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RE: You die one day and you reach the heavenly gates, God says to you, "
June 15, 2017 at 4:22 pm
I'll take oblivion over infinite anything without exit. Eternal paradise is indistinguishable from eternal torture and would very quickly become such.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: You die one day and you reach the heavenly gates, God says to you, "
June 15, 2017 at 9:21 pm
(June 15, 2017 at 2:46 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: Can I take a test drive?
In heaven you get 2 test drives
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RE: You die one day and you reach the heavenly gates, God says to you, "
June 16, 2017 at 1:46 am
(June 15, 2017 at 2:13 pm)JamieB Wrote: (June 15, 2017 at 7:29 am)mh.brewer Wrote: OP: I'd wake up, shake off one fucked dream, and get on with it.
Besides, that whole scenario sounds like a Twilight Zone episode. Sure heaven sounds like the obvious choice but once you make it a hideous hidden twist emerges. Dick no longer functions, loose every bet, all games cancelled due to weather, the booze is tainted with ipecac and every show is Andy Dick. Dude, dont knock Twilight Zone. Sooooo fucking great! The old black and white ones of course
Indeed. That and the three stooges. They be giving a marathon of the twilight zone every new years eve and fourth of july.
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RE: You die one day and you reach the heavenly gates, God says to you, "
June 16, 2017 at 4:47 am
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(June 14, 2017 at 11:02 pm)The Gentleman Bastard Wrote: Doesn't fucking matter what the afterlife would be like. Who the fuck wants to live forever? When the curse is eternity (yes, I said curse), the initial conditions don't fucking matter.
It is quite often said, "Only boring people get bored".
Well I've come to conclude that "If you've never been bored yourself, then you are the one who is boring."
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I think the question is, do we have a limited potential? Because unlimited potential is a very powerful concept. Who knows who or what you'll be after an eternity? When you hit a boredom millenia, its merely a time for retrospection, introspection, and recreation of oneself! Living eternally is perhaps a blessing and a curse, but definitely better than nothing.
(June 15, 2017 at 4:22 pm)Cyberman Wrote: I'll take oblivion over infinite anything without exit. Eternal paradise is indistinguishable from eternal torture and would very quickly become such.
YOU, good sir, have been watching the movie "Interview with a vampire" one too many times. But having lived a lifetime of suffering like we have, I can still honestly say that I'd live it again, just for the sunrise, or the look in someone's eye when they know I'm about to make them laugh. The big things too.. but mostly the little things are what keep me going.
To the OP, I'd be one of those "explain yourself" kinda people. I doubt I'd hear anything worthwhile in terms of vindication for their actions or intent--so I'd test this beings hold on non rèality, look for weak spots, and choose whichever door that leads to the best case scenario in which I could kill/lock up said god. If impossible, escape to anywhere I can, as far away as possible.
I'm currently prepared to tell the Abrahamic god to go fuck himself with a pineapple, should I die and find him there unrepentant (him).
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!
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.
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RE: You die one day and you reach the heavenly gates, God says to you, "
June 16, 2017 at 11:04 am
I can assure you, good my lady, that watching that dreck even one time would qualify as one time too many fir me. Other than Brad Pitt being in it, fittingly enough in a Cockney sort of way, the only thing I know about it is that everyone gets the title wrong.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: You die one day and you reach the heavenly gates, God says to you, "
June 16, 2017 at 1:26 pm
(June 16, 2017 at 4:47 am)Luckie Wrote: [edit]
I'm currently prepared to tell the Abrahamic god to go fuck himself with a pineapple, should I die and find him there unrepentant (him).
Half god/half pineapple baby? Now that I'd like to see. Got to be better than the last time!
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RE: You die one day and you reach the heavenly gates, God says to you, "
June 16, 2017 at 3:14 pm
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Famous last words, I fear. Just look at the evil bastard:
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"Appease my spiteful wrath, puny mortals, and despair! Bring forth the sacrifice of virgin rusks and Sunny D!"
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: You die one day and you reach the heavenly gates, God says to you, "
June 16, 2017 at 10:54 pm
I'm good for heaven to just be a peaceful idyllic beach somewhere, where I can selectively have it to myself when I feel like privacy or summon specific people I know when I want company.
But I'll still take Vegas (as tacky as the real life version is) over permanent torture
Not sure what chances I have being a filthy sodomite though
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