Our server costs ~$56 per month to run. Please consider donating or becoming a Patron to help keep the site running. Help us gain new members by following us on Twitter and liking our page on Facebook!
Current time: March 28, 2024, 8:38 am

Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Where do we go when we die and are you afraid?
RE: Where do we go when we die and are you afraid?
Shazza. You know that your divine ONE TRUE GOD™ is strictly a geopolitical decision, right?
It's just by sheer luck that you were born where you were, otherwise you'd be swearing black and blue that Allah is God. Or Vishnu?

But be grateful that you hit the jackpot and are worshipping the correct ONE TRUE GOD™! Dodgy because the other 4 billion pilgrims devote their lives to false Gods. And die for him. And kill others for him.
How lucky are you! Big Grin

Sorry matey, your indoctrination has tied your logic circuits in a knot. True story™.
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear.
Reply
RE: Where do we go when we die and are you afraid?
I cannot imagine a female deity existing, because no way would she have messed things up this much.
"Never trust a fox. Looks like a dog, behaves like a cat."
~ Erin Hunter
Reply
RE: Where do we go when we die and are you afraid?
At work.

(July 29, 2020 at 3:41 am)Eleven Wrote: I cannot imagine a female deity existing, because no way would she have messed things up this much.

Unless this reality is what's left after that rather messy divorce..... ?
Reply
RE: Where do we go when we die and are you afraid?
(July 28, 2020 at 7:14 pm)polymath257 Wrote:
(July 28, 2020 at 3:06 pm)Sal Wrote: Pretty sure orbital mechanics sufficiently explains the Moon going around the Earth.

And the rest of science nicely explains things about the universe without invoking any deities.

Except Alan Guth. Hehe

(July 29, 2020 at 3:41 am)Eleven Wrote: I cannot imagine a female deity existing, because no way would she have messed things up this much.
Yahweh was originally married. Then guys like Winterhold got involved and she was shunted.
Reply
RE: Where do we go when we die and are you afraid?
There have been plenty of female deities, they all cocked it up - pretty much the same way that the male deities cocked it up. Deity, ultimately, stands in as archetype for fundamental human interests and compulsions. The kind of things that cross gender and sex, also, conveniently a common theme for gods.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
Reply
RE: Where do we go when we die and are you afraid?
Men don’t know how to write female deities any more than they know how to draw female superheroes.
"Never trust a fox. Looks like a dog, behaves like a cat."
~ Erin Hunter
Reply
RE: Where do we go when we die and are you afraid?
(July 28, 2020 at 2:01 pm)Shazzalovesnovels Wrote: Prove it

Glad to see you back, Shaz! I was a little concerned that you might already be finished with us.

I'm sure others have already pointed out the double standard here since you can't prove any of your theological claims. The 'when you're dead, you're dead' hypothesis has the advantage of being consistent with everything we know about the universe, but sure, it's conceivably possible that you have an immortal soul. I think the idea started in ancient times, we have dreams and it seems like we're out 'doing stuff' while our bodies stay put. Now we understand that brain activity accounts for dreaming, but it can feel like we have a self that doesn't depend on our bodies. We've never been able to pin down anything that backs that idea up, though.

Personally, I like to have more than 'conceivable possible' as my standard for thinking something is actually real.

(July 28, 2020 at 2:07 pm)Shazzalovesnovels Wrote:  If you can't prove that there's no afterlife, then how can you say definitively that there is no God. Can't you be open to options?

“I mean, you could claim that anything's real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody's proved it doesn't exist!”
― J.K. Rowling

(July 28, 2020 at 2:14 pm)Shazzalovesnovels Wrote: ok then, substitute good for godly. because no godly thing can enter hell.

I hope you're not too attached to that idea. This is about Jesus (in case you're not familiar with the Homer Simpson spelling):

In Christian theology, the Harrowing of Hell (Latin: Descensus Christi ad Inferos, "the descent of Christ into Hell") is the triumphant descent of Christ into Hell (or Hades) between the time of his Crucifixion and his Resurrection when he brought salvation to all of the righteous who had died since the beginning of the world.[1] After his death, Jesus descended into the realm of the dead.
Christ's Descent into the world of the dead is referred to in the Apostles' Creed and the Athanasian Creed (Quicumque vult), which state that Jesus Christ "descended into the underworld" (descendit ad inferos), although neither mention that he liberated the dead. His descent to the underworld is alluded to in the New Testament in 1 Peter 4:6, which states that the "good tidings were proclaimed to the dead".[2] The Catholic Catechism interprets Ephesians 4:9, which states that "[Christ] descended into the lower parts of the earth", as also supporting this interpretation.[3] These passages in the Christian Bible have given rise to differing interpretations.[4] The Harrowing of Hell is commemorated in the liturgical calendar on Holy Saturday.[5]

--Wikipedia
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
Reply
RE: Where do we go when we die and are you afraid?
(July 29, 2020 at 3:41 am)Eleven Wrote: I cannot imagine a female deity existing, because no way would she have messed things up this much.

I can. I saw how bad Maggie the milk thief was (Thatcher).
Urbs Antiqua Fuit Studiisque Asperrima Belli

Home
Reply
RE: Where do we go when we die and are you afraid?
(July 29, 2020 at 5:48 pm)Nomad Wrote:
(July 29, 2020 at 3:41 am)Eleven Wrote: I cannot imagine a female deity existing, because no way would she have messed things up this much.

I can.  I saw how bad Maggie the milk thief was (Thatcher).

Are you implying that Thatcher was a diety? Hilarious
Reply
RE: Where do we go when we die and are you afraid?
It's amazing how the most powerful being in space and time is reduced to 'can't you be open to the possibility'

What we want to know in this day and age is why such a being is introduced as a possibility at all ?
'Those who ask a lot of questions may seem stupid, but those who don't ask questions stay stupid'
Reply



Possibly Related Threads...
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  Are some theists afraid of atheists? Der/die AtheistIn 146 47987 June 21, 2018 at 6:29 pm
Last Post: The Valkyrie
  Why people afraid to ask questions about their beliefs? Torin 21 4411 August 13, 2016 at 1:08 am
Last Post: robvalue
  Wish this nutjob would hurry up and die. Spooky 30 5926 August 11, 2015 at 12:38 am
Last Post: Iroscato
  Why are Atheists afraid to insult Islam and Jews? superAtheistnut 107 16039 April 22, 2015 at 12:55 pm
Last Post: Hatshepsut
  Ultimate purpose without religion... "If I Die on Mars" Mudhammam 0 964 February 12, 2015 at 11:35 pm
Last Post: Mudhammam
  Well what happens after we die? JohnNelson98 54 9130 August 16, 2014 at 7:28 am
Last Post: DeistPaladin
  You wake up in the hereafter after you die. Mudhammam 29 7163 May 25, 2014 at 12:36 pm
Last Post: Faith No More
  What Do You Believe Will Happen To You Once You Die? Revelation777 154 19713 May 10, 2014 at 3:54 pm
Last Post: Elskidor
  Christians Hope I Die Tomorrow LivingNumbers6.626 12 3811 April 29, 2014 at 8:12 pm
Last Post: MJ the Skeptical
  The internet: A place Religion comes to die Gooders1002 15 5904 April 3, 2012 at 12:19 pm
Last Post: Minimalist



Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)