I didn't "take sides with the Christians."
@PopeADope 's position is no less cruel than the mainstream Christian position; he isn't saying that it's wrong to torment non-Christians in Hell; he's saying that people who we think of as non-Christian are actually Christians now that they're dead, so it's acceptable not to torment them. It doesn't do anything to address the cruel, inhumane doctrine of Hell.
IOW:
@PopeADope is still saying that atheists end up in Hell; he just thinks there are a lot fewer atheists. He's replacing threats of torture with defamation.
Implicit in what
@PopeADope is saying is that there's something wrong with being an atheist: it's something God will "fix" after the person is dead. It's insulting and demeaning to all atheists, along with being disrespectful to every deceased non-Christian.
The fact that other Christians are no less insulting, demeaning and disrespectful in their own ways doesn't change this fact.
Thank you for explaining [you are sharper than I am, I really thought
@PopeADope was not judgemental. My mistake]. I did see his religion is "amish taliban" and looking it up, it seemed extreme [so I did have a little doubt], but I was happy he seemed so tolerant [I did put in 1 extra line because of this doubt "You might even get infected by them and start critisizing back". But didn't check [were too many replies].
So thank you for correcting me. And if that is the case, then
@PopeADope better follow his own advise "not critisizing".
Many people don't like Sai Baba. But I believe Him. And Sai Baba has declared that atheists have same chances as any religious person [because it's only about respect for creation], and that there even is a group in India practising this belief system. When I read this I was very happy. And when I flew back to Holland there was a beautiful woman sitting next to me, and we started talking and she said "I don't believe in God, our belief system is that we should be respectful towards other humans and all of creation". I like these coincidences. First time I heard about such a belief-system, and then a few days after, meeting someone. Needless to say, I liked the beautiful woman even more hearing this.
And according to Sai Baba Hell does not exist either. That's only a creation of humans in their mind. Makes sense to me. Smart plan to induce fear to control the people who could not read and earn money[that is a fact]. And when Christians want to believe Hell it's fine with me. But they have no right to tell me or others to goto hell. They can tell me that they themselves goto hell, that's fine for me. I won't stop them. Even wish them a good journey and plenty of Blessings [they definitely will need those]
So I am totally convinced that all humans have the same chance. No need to believe in God IMHO.
Now I really understand, you were quite upset with
@PopeADope. I will read the post again, a bit more careful.
Love, Peace and Blessings
Namaste