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He was told he could believe in anything he wants to, including a god, if that would make him feel better. Which is exactly the way his mother and uncle were raised. Try not to be too sanctimonious.
Eh. Lots of sanctimonious comments on this thread including your thread title.
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So you are super special to Jesus. That's nice. (Really). Little children who die of starvation, or disease, or are raped, or sold into slavery, are not at all special to Jesus. He doesn't lift a finger to help them. How do you reconcile that?
I don't know how to fully reconcile that. I'm not your teacher, Petunia. You have to figure this out for yourself.
I think they're in a better place.
Truly.
I think we're on this earth temporarily, that our spirits inhabit a body, and then go on to a better place.
You can be ugly about that, and ridicule me, but that's what I think. And I think I'm headed for a better place, as I think almost all of us are, whether they are believers in Jesus or not, based on how others in near death experiences describe it. Most, in virtual death experiences, have a very very positive experience. A few seem to be in hell before they're pulled back by medical intervention.
You're saying that belief in a god is the only possible higher purpose to life. How sad that you believe that.
And here's why it's so sad. If tomorrow we actually found out that there was no god, Clara would be left with nothing to live for. It's interesting that there are millions of people in this world who don't believe in god, yet have productive and meaningful lives.
And here's why it's so sad. If tomorrow we actually found out that there was no god, Clara would be left with nothing to live for. It's interesting that there are millions of people in this world who don't believe in god, yet have productive and meaningful lives.
Exactly. And if tomorrow a god all of a sudden showed itself to exist, in an unquestionable and verifiable way, most atheist would say, "Hm, guess those believers were right." Just like when we found out that there is water on the moon.
Exactly. And if tomorrow a god all of a sudden showed itself to exist, in an unquestionable and verifiable way, most atheist would say, "Hm, guess those believers were right." Just like when we found out that there is water on the moon.
So you support Christian scare tactics to get children to comply to the celestial slavemaster the adults fantasize about?
No.
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