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originally posted by: daskakik
a reply to: neoholographic
Really, if someone says they have a different point of view, you are saying it is not a different point of view. How is that not you telling them what their POV is?
originally posted by: neoholographic
Again, I was responding to what you said:
I'll say they are challenging in the sense that they have a different point of view and want to explain why that is.
They're not challenging because it's a different point of view. We're all one Spirit in Jesus Christ.
I'm just responding to your words.
Quote the part where I show hatred and vitriol. I'll wait....
originally posted by: daskakik
a reply to: neoholographic
Saying: "Flyintheoinment is saying your works is all that you need and that's just a lie." seemed overly harsh.
Why can't you just let their relationship with god be theirs without getting all worked up about it not being by the book?
originally posted by: neoholographic
It's funny that the same people who say some of the meanest things about God and those who believe in God are complaining that I'm harsh. Really?
I Just pray that if you hear God's calling, you will listen to it.
originally posted by: KindraLabelle2
As an atheist I'm not angry with something that does not exist.
I am angry about how the 'idea' of a God still divides people, still is cause for war and hatred, and still inspires people to harm one and other in the name of whatever religion, still is used to spark fear in children (and adults!), still dictates on how to live our lives... an idea that is so primitive that it's actually hilarious that it is still around anno 2022.
I get that people need something to hang on to, something that gives them hope and comfort, especially the hope for some kind of afterlife because the idea of permanent death is maybe the most frightening of all... So for all the believers out there, can simply 'believing' not be enough?
Even as an atheist I still hope for something more for our souls after this life, I don't want to believe that death is the end and sometimes I can even 'feel' that it is not. My guess is on simulation theory, no Deities in the sky involved. Seems more plausible to me... but I never hated someone for telling me it isn't true, I never started a war over it, never used it to frighten my children with...
originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: Vroomfondel
I won’t pretend to be an expert in religion but….
It’s hard to imagine a god that would punish someone that didn’t believe instead of someone that claims to believe and is constantly committing sins.