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Theism is literally childish

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Theism is literally childish
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RE: Theism is literally childish
November 15, 2017 at 9:26 am (This post was last modified: November 15, 2017 at 9:33 am by Jackie.)
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RE: Theism is literally childish
November 15, 2017 at 9:47 am
(November 15, 2017 at 9:26 am)Brian37 Wrote: That is not a choice when it is under threat. Hell is a threat, which is not a choice of mutual consent. 

I'm talking about the saved, for whom hell is no longer a threat.
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RE: Theism is literally childish
November 15, 2017 at 9:57 am (This post was last modified: November 15, 2017 at 9:57 am by The Grand Nudger.)
A travesty of justice if ever there were one.  Good thing our courts don't work that way.  The world would be filled with free roaming deviants...........no wonder prisons are chock full of christians.
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RE: Theism is literally childish
November 15, 2017 at 11:53 am
(November 15, 2017 at 8:43 am)alpha male Wrote:
(November 14, 2017 at 12:01 pm)Mathilda Wrote: I am not saying that religious indoctrination explicitly states that the consequences of your actions are irrelevant, but it achieves this by trivialising the importance of your real-world life with the idea of an eternity of happiness and agony. And it is taught that this judgment is only carried out by your god.

You seem to be ignoring the fact that the Bible teaches that we get - or miss out on - eternal rewards based on our actions in this life.


I've always heard one could take a Mulligan on their death bed.  Did that rule change?
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RE: Theism is literally childish
November 15, 2017 at 11:58 am
(November 15, 2017 at 11:53 am)Whateverist Wrote:
(November 15, 2017 at 8:43 am)alpha male Wrote: You seem to be ignoring the fact that the Bible teaches that we get - or miss out on - eternal rewards based on our actions in this life.


I've always heard one could take a Mulligan on their death bed.  Did that rule change?

You have to apply for the Get-Out-Of-Hell-Free card.
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RE: Theism is literally childish
November 15, 2017 at 12:10 pm
I'll just get C_L to vouch for me. (She'd better, cuz I got some poop on her.)
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RE: Theism is literally childish
November 15, 2017 at 12:17 pm
(November 15, 2017 at 11:53 am)Whateverist Wrote:
(November 15, 2017 at 8:43 am)alpha male Wrote: You seem to be ignoring the fact that the Bible teaches that we get - or miss out on - eternal rewards based on our actions in this life.


I've always heard one could take a Mulligan on their death bed.  Did that rule change?

You don't understand the rules.

Salvation - yes, can be taken on the death bed. 

Rewards - nope, too late on the death bed. Person can still be saved as "one escaping through the flames," as Paul puts it. See 1 Cor 3.

Point is that, even if one believes in OSAS, there are still eternal rewards to motivate good behavior in this life.
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RE: Theism is literally childish
November 15, 2017 at 12:19 pm
(November 15, 2017 at 12:17 pm)alpha male Wrote: Rewards - nope, too late on the death bed. Person can still be saved as "one escaping through the flames," as Paul puts it. See 1 Cor 3.

Not so sure about that. I heard there aren't any tar-paper shacks in Heaven.
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RE: Theism is literally childish
November 15, 2017 at 12:54 pm
Ahh thats alright, massa Alpha, I jus need a few scraps from the table now and again. I sho do appreciate gettin out a that lake a fire. I won't be no trouble. Y'all jus go back in there an enjoy the party now.
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RE: Theism is literally childish
November 15, 2017 at 1:42 pm
You should do good out of gratitude to the Creator, nothing else is really that much "good".
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