The absence of something is not evidence that it does not exist.
Read it.
Created 15 years ago2009-04-14 11:03:05 UTC by satchmo
It doesn't force it, but it does promote it.But it does threaten (as in, go to Hell if you don't join us).
I don't believe that he exists until he shows up in front of me and give me a high-five.Aye, you deserve it.
Stab her in the faceWould have worked equally well imo.
I don't get the whole heaven and hell thing either. Bad people go to Hell, and God made everything how he wanted it. That means that he made them bad, with the express purpose of sending them to Hell.Remind me not to be standing anywhere near you during a lightning storm.
What a douchebag.
This made me think a lot because I agreed with him. Than I realized that we really don't know what hell is or how punishment for sins is handled in the afterlife if it even is.It should be perfectly clear to everyone that everything we know about faith and religion is made up by human.
are you by any chance fan of Louis Armstrong, Satchmo?I am too lazy to search through TWHL, but there was a whole thread on this topic. And yes, I picked my alias from Armstrong's official nickname. I picked "satchmo" (by the way, I intentionally did not capitalize satchmo to distinguish it from the real "Satchmo") because I wanted to retain some anonyminity in various forums at first. If you Google "satchmo", all you're going to get is a bunch of Louis Armstrong stuff.
Also, TWHL and religion, haha.What, this forum has a great history of religion-debate threads. Well, sort of. Maybe.
I think 'punishment' in all its forms is a very human thing to do. That being said, as my religious teachers so often put it "God is above us humans". The only proper way of dealing with people who have done wrong in a humane, rather than human, fashion, would be rehabilitation and reform.Well, here is the view from a religious standpoint: God does not want to you suffer in eternity, but would rather rehabilitate and reform you through Christ. However, God leaves you with the choice - and just like refusing a surgery that will save your life, there are consequences for your choice.