I don't want to exist for eternity even if it was some place good, because eventually everything loses its appeal and there's no new experiences. Also the idea of spending time with the God of the bible is a terrifying proposal.
Oh yes that's love. You better love me or I will eternally torment you. It sounds no different from when someone holds a gun to person and tells them if they don't have sex the person holding the gun will shoot them.
As someone who is outside the Christian faith, I speculate this kind of question comes up when you add another god figure to a monotheistic religion and forget to hire an editor to make sure you have no plot holes.
From my experience and witnessing my former members of my church organizations. Due to their interpretations of the bible they feel superior to others because they accepted Gods calling in their life and now do the Lords work. People like to feel special and I don't blame them. In my opinion I...
This is not an attack of your faith or anything, but it's one of the reasons why I stopped believing in your god. Christianity has so many apologist running around trying to find the right excuses when the answer from an all knowing all powerful God that a lot Christians claim Jesus to be...
I think it's because of creationist trying to fit this story into reality instead of seeing it as a fable of the lost of child like innocence as we mature and grow up and how we can never get it back.
But thats just your interpretation and if you excluded those people from the discussion because of their interpretation could allow yourself to fall into a fallacy.
I don't know if Charles would support your faith.
In the story where the quote you use came from "The Generous Gambler" a man lose his soul to the devil in a game of chance, but the thing is the man doesn't care he finds the soul useless and boring. He ends up asking the priest who says the...
I would say we both support Gun Control, but different level or variations of it.
I would say we both support free press and Separation of church and state within the first amendment
I would say were both against slavery