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Quote by: Mr.V Yes, actually, it (not believing in God) is evil. And is the point of the thread btw. Satan through his influence has placed Huminism and Secularism as a viable path for people to take, the misguided flock of sheep. The worst part is, by taking this path, no accepting there is a God and Jesus was your savior, you cannot see Satan paving the road before you. |
Well there we are, then. Not believing in what Mr.V believes is evil, the moral equivilent of being Adolf Hitler... no, wait, Hitler apparently accepted that there is a God and Jesus is our savior. Well, never mind that.
But it does lead me to a few questions... fer instance, what of the countless generations of peoples around the globe who existed before God decided to introduce Jesus to a small, insignificant backwater of the world? Or for that matter, the countless generations of souls who came after Jesus, but lived in corners of the globe beyond the knowledge of western religions, or who, even after being exposed to Christianity, chose to remain faithful to the beliefs of their families and people? Dupes of Satan? Endless legions of misquided and expendable souls for God to play with so that in the end faithful souls like Mr.V could feel good about himself?
Let me retry to my test question. Some may have heard it before:
After school, a young Thai girl is walking home along the streets of Bangkok. She's 13, a very bright, cheerful girl who loves her parents, is kind, helpful and generous to everyone, chaste, and is devout in the non-theist, Buddhist faith of her parents, her extended family and her community. As she walks along, she comes across a small knot of people gathered around a Christian missionary, who is holding forth about the story of Jesus and Christianity. Naturally curious, the young girl stops and listens in. An hour later, having clearly understood what the missionary was explaining, she leaves, deciding that while it was all very interesting, she'll remain faithful to her Buddhism, thank you very much. Pleased with having made the correct decision, she steps into the crosswalk, directly in the path of a careening bus, and is killed instantly.
So, what shall be the punishment for her evil?
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The path to hell is paved with Good Intentions... That sums up the secularist movement in a nutshell.
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Such as the Inquisition and the Medici Popes? Southern preachers who defended the institution of slavery with the Bible, which does in fact defend slavery? Mr.V, I think your statement is just a way of saying that morality isn't in what we do or don't do, it's in accepting the correct dogma. So it doesn't matter whether or not I have a strong sense of right and wrong and have lived a moral life, because you have already decided that I am - by definition - immoral. Heck, you have it even better, right? You can live a completely immoral life, just so long as before you die, you tell God you're sorry and all will be forgiven.
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