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Old 11-06-2009, 12:48 AM   #171 (permalink)
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It's a bit weird to have someone almighty try and enforce morality like thou shalt not kill and then they don't really follow it themselves.

Furthermore, most of us would say "it may be your pet, but I don't think it's right to make it suffer". We make movies like Blade Runner and AI that question the morality regarding making something that thinks it has a life and then treat it as an object which we can own.

Are we more moralistic than God?
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Old 11-06-2009, 05:43 AM   #172 (permalink)
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It's a bit weird to have someone almighty try and enforce morality like thou shalt not kill and then they don't really follow it themselves.
The laws created by Abraham were to found a stable civilisation, and whether or not God exists is irrelevant to that matter.The means of enforcing the law was to invoke religion, and capitalise on people's fear of the afterlife in order to impose control.
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Old 11-06-2009, 06:03 AM   #173 (permalink)
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The laws created by Abraham were to found a stable civilisation, and whether or not God exists is irrelevant to that matter.The means of enforcing the law was to invoke religion, and capitalise on people's fear of the afterlife in order to impose control.
I don't think you understand. I was pointing out a possible paradox for people who believe that God enforces morality of the kind "thou shalt not kill".
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Old 11-22-2009, 08:16 PM   #174 (permalink)
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Oh my god, it looks like a giant cage.

When I was a lil' churchie, I thought Heaven and Hell were different for everyone. But I guess if we're all programmed to lose our free will and lick God's ass for all of eternity, what I like vs. what you like won't be a problem.
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Old 01-08-2010, 09:40 PM   #175 (permalink)
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I mean think about it, the more you ask a Christian what heaven will be like, the more repulsive the very idea becomes.

First there's the obvious stuff, the belief that there is no sex in heaven, or even gender, we will all have christ like bodies, whatever that means. I guess we all turn into mini Jesus's or something. We probably won't even be able to tell each other apart but thankfully god will make us too stupid to care because that's the great kinda guy he is.

And the reason there is no marriage in heaven is because we will have no time to mantain a relationship other than with god who we will worship 24/7 for all eternity because his ego requires it. Hooray.

I agree. If Paradise consists in playing the harp surrounded by winged eunuchs, then I prefer Satan's dodecaphonic Hell.
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Oh my god, it looks like a giant cage.
A little research into biblical symbolism, ecspecially in the most symbolic book, goes a long way.
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Old 01-09-2010, 04:52 AM   #177 (permalink)
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Call me crazy, but I'd take eternal joy in that oversized gamecube over eternal suffering in hell any day, but that's me. If only I believed, I'm sure I would make a good christian.
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Old 01-09-2010, 06:14 PM   #178 (permalink)
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I think you would make a good Christian. You have some misconceptions about the faith, but who doesn't, though I have to say some of the things you say come close to Christian thinking.
^ Have you any idea how arrogant that comment appears?
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Old 01-09-2010, 06:47 PM   #179 (permalink)
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christians are stupid etc etc, real original thread
Honestly, why do people around here get such a thrill for attacking religion? It's obviously a personal choice that everybody makes individually and certainly nobody is forcing Christianity on anybody these days, ecspecially not in the U.S...
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Old 01-09-2010, 10:17 PM   #180 (permalink)
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I'm not attacking religion, just some people's concept of heaven.

You're f*cking insane if you think religion of all things is immune to criticism. Just because a lot of people do it is a terrible excuse not to point out a problem I have with it personally.
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