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Quote by: christianmathew I may evangelize, or tell aethists about hell, but I am spreading my opinions. If you don't want me to, then too bad. If you really are getting offended, maybe I won't post on this topic. You are the authority, after all. |
Fair enough, mathew. Have at it. Just a little advance warning, however. If you think that quoting the Bible is going to help you make your case, be prepared to be met with a lot of blank stares. If atheists don't believe in God, then we obviously don't believe that an anthology of chronicles written 2,000 years ago is the word of God. It contains some nice stories and all, but don't expect atheists to be any more impressed with carefully selected quotes than you would be if we quoted Wodan's impressions of Valhalla or Mother Goose to you.
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Quote by: christianmathew So maybe this girl was different, how would I know, I never met her? Maybe she was mature enough, but that is not for you or I to decide, but that is between her and God. Because if she was, I guess she would go to hell. But my guess is she wasn't mature enough to make her own decision about god. |
Well actually it
is for me to decide, since I created the story, and yes, this is a precocious 13/14 year old, kind, sweet and completely innocent, as well as mature and wise beyond her years, as some young people are. And listening to the missionary, she understood what he was saying, understood the parables, and understood the significance of Christ's resurrection. Yet she chose to remain faithful to the religion of her parents, grandparents, friends and community.
And for which you say she deserves to suffer in horrifying agony for all eternity.
Dood, you have a cruel, vindictive and evil God, which I want nothing to do with. But thanks all the same.
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Quote by: christianmathew So you may go to that horrible place, hell. (Matt w, I'm not threatening him, please don't delete my post!) |
Don't worry about it, mathew. The fact is, we're ALL going to Hell, even you. Because somewhere there's a religion other than yours that's condemned you to Hell for not accepting
their belief.
"I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." -- Stephen F Roberts
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