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Why do some people condone hell?

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Why do some people condone hell?
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RE: Why do some people condone hell?
May 21, 2020 at 3:43 pm
Lying and stealing and cheating? Three more explicitly normative constructs.
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RE: Why do some people condone hell?
May 21, 2020 at 3:57 pm
(May 21, 2020 at 3:37 pm)Drich Wrote: can't lie with out consequence can't steal without consequence.

You can if you are Donald Trump.
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RE: Why do some people condone hell?
May 21, 2020 at 5:12 pm
Quote:can't lie with out consequence can't steal without consequence.
Justify that ought by hell  ?
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RE: Why do some people condone hell?
May 22, 2020 at 10:45 am
(May 19, 2020 at 6:51 pm)Belacqua Wrote:
(May 19, 2020 at 6:45 pm)SuicideCommando01 Wrote: "Hell" is merely our species childish fantasy of revenge.

Exactly

Since you've chosen not to learn anything about the concept and its history, and instead pass judgment on your straw man version, your judgment no doubt seems true to you.

How is this a wrong assessment. Seems bang on to me.



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RE: Why do some people condone hell?
May 22, 2020 at 12:07 pm (This post was last modified: May 22, 2020 at 12:09 pm by Mister Agenda.)
(May 21, 2020 at 3:57 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote:
(May 21, 2020 at 3:37 pm)Drich Wrote: can't lie with out consequence can't steal without consequence.

You can if you are Donald Trump.

The consequence is having to be Donald Trump.
I suppose a straw man version of hell would be one very few religious people actually hold.
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RE: Why do some people condone hell?
May 22, 2020 at 6:14 pm (This post was last modified: May 22, 2020 at 6:15 pm by Rev. Rye.)
(May 21, 2020 at 3:57 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote:
(May 21, 2020 at 3:37 pm)Drich Wrote: can't lie with out consequence can't steal without consequence.

You can if you are Donald Trump.

You know, every time I hear about Trump doing bad things and getting away with it, I think about Ethan Crouch, remember him? The teen who killed four people in a DUI and whose lawyer claimed his privileged upbringing led to him being incapable of understanding the consequences of his actions? I now laugh at the people who thought this argument was preposterous.
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