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Post by papamihel on Apr 21, 2024 14:09:11 GMT
This isn't Hell?!!
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Post by mowlick on Apr 21, 2024 14:26:08 GMT
In the unlikely event that Hell exists, I will be EXTREMELY pissed off if that is where I end up just for not believing in God and for a bit of fornication and in spite of having been generally a good person who never intentionally harmed anyone. According to the faith, just one unrepentant sin lands one in the same fire as Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and Jeffery Epstein and OJ.
That sounds like one of those weird American religions.
Try the Church of England. You sin all week, apologise on Sunday and you are good to go.
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Post by Lux on Apr 21, 2024 14:39:35 GMT
And yet you still might get stuck in Purr-gatory. That's the pits! That's one hell of a good joke. |
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Post by thekindercarebear (C/F/M) on Apr 21, 2024 14:48:44 GMT
That's one hell of a good joke. It was really burning to be said. |
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Post by scream on Apr 21, 2024 14:51:25 GMT
In the unlikely event that Hell exists, I will be EXTREMELY pissed off if that is where I end up just for not believing in God and for a bit of fornication and in spite of having been generally a good person who never intentionally harmed anyone. According to the faith, just one unrepentant sin lands one in the same fire as Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and Jeffery Epstein and OJ. Which is why the whole thing is so hard to believe in. If one little mistake that you may have forgotten to ask forgiveness for will land you in Hell with the likes of those monsters, that's a pretty Draconian policy. Total obedience and submission... the ultimate in control. I bought it when I was a kid. Then I grew up. |
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Post by thekindercarebear (C/F/M) on Apr 21, 2024 14:53:27 GMT
According to the faith, just one unrepentant sin lands one in the same fire as Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and Jeffery Epstein and OJ. Which is why the whole thing is so hard to believe in. If one little mistake that you may have forgotten to ask forgiveness for will land you in Hell with the likes of those monsters, that's a pretty Draconian policy. Total obedience and submission... the ultimate in control. I bought it when I was a kid. Then I grew up. Sounds like a flame war to me! |
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Post by scream on Apr 21, 2024 14:56:09 GMT
Good question! Lately, it seems more likely. |
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Post by scream on Apr 21, 2024 14:58:38 GMT
And Catman helps other kitties in need. |
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Post by lunda2222 on Apr 21, 2024 14:59:33 GMT
- Lucien Greaves (head of the Satanic Temple)
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Post by Rob801 on Apr 21, 2024 15:00:34 GMT
According to the faith, just one unrepentant sin lands one in the same fire as Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and Jeffery Epstein and OJ.
That sounds like one of those weird American religions.
Try the Church of England. You sin all week, apologise on Sunday and you are good to go.
So if you don’t die on Sunday on the way home from church you’re still screwed 😅. |
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Post by Isapop on Apr 21, 2024 15:06:00 GMT
According to the faith, just one unrepentant sin lands one in the same fire as Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and Jeffery Epstein and OJ. Which is why the whole thing is so hard to believe in. If one little mistake that you may have forgotten to ask forgiveness for will land you in Hell with the likes of those monsters, that's a pretty Draconian policy. Total obedience and submission... the ultimate in control. I bought it when I was a kid. Then I grew up. I think the large bulk of Christian churches don't teach that kind of Draconian policy. (Not that being less Draconian necessarily makes it deserving of our belief.) |
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Post by abbey1227 on Apr 21, 2024 15:13:01 GMT
Which is why the whole thing is so hard to believe in. If one little mistake that you may have forgotten to ask forgiveness for will land you in Hell with the likes of those monsters, that's a pretty Draconian policy. Total obedience and submission... the ultimate in control. I bought it when I was a kid. Then I grew up. Sounds like a flame war to me!
Sick burn, dude!
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Post by peachy on Apr 21, 2024 15:18:05 GMT
I believe people make their own heaven or hell.
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Post by scream on Apr 21, 2024 15:20:14 GMT
Which is why the whole thing is so hard to believe in. If one little mistake that you may have forgotten to ask forgiveness for will land you in Hell with the likes of those monsters, that's a pretty Draconian policy. Total obedience and submission... the ultimate in control. I bought it when I was a kid. Then I grew up. I think the large bulk of Christian churches don't teach that kind of Draconian policy. (Not that being less Draconian necessarily makes it deserving of our belief.) I think differently. Once you give up the idea of critical thinking, and subscribe to something for which there is no empirical evidence, you are under the control of whoever is in charge of the religion you subscribe to. And this isn't limited to Christianity, it applies to all religions. I don't just reject Christianity, I reject all religions. I follow the science. And science is constantly learning more about the way the world works. I am fact-based, not faith-based. I was miserable as a believer, constantly worried that I would go to Hell for one tiny infraction. And I was a kid. That's a heavy load of crap to burden a kid with. Now, I'm no 'happier', given the state of the world - it's a mess - but I no longer think I might be going to Hell for eternity. I just try to make this world, the here and now, a little bit better to the extent I can. Lessen the suffering of sentient beings. A fairly simple idea. |
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Post by abbey1227 on Apr 21, 2024 15:24:00 GMT
I think the large bulk of Christian churches don't teach that kind of Draconian policy. (Not that being less Draconian necessarily makes it deserving of our belief.) I think differently. Once you give up the idea of critical thinking, and subscribe to something for which there is no empirical evidence, you are under the control of whoever is in charge of the religion you subscribe to. And this isn't limited to Christianity, it applies to all religions. I don't just reject Christianity, I reject all religions. I follow the science. And science is constantly learning more about the way the world works. I am fact-based, not faith-based. I was miserable as a believer, constantly worried that I would go to Hell for one tiny infraction. And I was a kid.
Now, I'm no 'happier', given the state of the world - it's a mess - but I no longer think I might be going to Hell for eternity. I just try to make this world, the here and now, a little bit better to the extent I can. Lessen the suffering of sentient beings. A fairly simple idea.
Seems like a pretty blinkered state of affairs. ![[grin]](http://storage.proboards.com/6870873/images/CBubFSUbXfyoLMZUjeBb.gif)
Good luck making things better, Sisyphus
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