Originally posted by Breno
Maybe you don't but I guarantee that if god did exist and were to manifest himself to mankind, telling everyone there will no longer be eternal life. That we only got one life and that when you died you were truly dead, you wouldn't find many people still going to their churches, mosques, synagogues or temples. Very few would be happy or greatful and few would glorify god for their one and only life.No one would live a life of dedication and denial for zero reward. Organised religion is a persuit for the foolish and feeble minded. It's a curse that imprisons the mind!
I mostly agree with this.
That is why I argue religion. It is or should be the expression of all moral people so I do not see why you said religion should ne be argued. How else are we to save our friend for idiocy and stupidity?
For the evils of religion to grow, read any scripture literally.
Any and all harmless beliefs are allowed by Gnostic Christians. We know that any myth can be internalized for good results and as esoteric ecumenists, we enjoy knowledge of all the myths that man has created about Gods.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR02ciandvg&feature=BFa&list=PLCBF574D
When there is a victim is when that view changes. Then you see why Christianity annihilated Gnostic Christianity. We do not let the evils of forced literalism go unopposed. To a tyrant like Constantine, we were poison. One of his first commands to his new Church was to kill off the free thinkers and of course, his new tool, his Church, did as bid. It was quite a ride for free thought for the next 1,000 years.
How can a Gnostic Christian, --- and any other free thinking moral person, --- not judge other's morals when seeing someone hurt other because of the same Church's teachings today?
Can you ignore such things if you have decent morals? Impossible. Especially with Islam pulling the same murderous, freedom stifling ****.
We must discriminate and judge constantly. Every law is a compulsion on all of us to judge.
It is my view that all right wing literalists and fundamentals hurt all of us who are moral religionists, --- as well as those who do not believe. Literalists hurt their parent religions --- and everyone else, be he a believer or not. Literalists and the right wing of religions make us all into laughing stocks. Their God of talking animals, genocidal floods and retribution has got to go. So must beliefs in fantasy, miracles and magic. These are all evil.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2zhlDbMfDg
They also do much harm to their own fellow adherents.
African witches and Jesus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlRG9gXriVI
Jesus Camp 1of 3
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=48b_1185215493
Death to Gays.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyuKLyGUHNE
For evil to grow my friend, all good people need do is nothing. Fight literalism when you can. It is your duty to our fellow man.
Regards
DL
Originally posted by Greatest I am
Really!Why then does scriptures have him sending the vast majority of us to hell then the lake of fire and thus killing the vast majority of souls instead of curing them?
Regards
DL
i have overlooked this...
you're dead wrong! see how many people are saved:
"After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no man could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands,
Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, Who are these, clothed in white robes, and whence have they come?
I said to him, Sir, you know. And he said to me, These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb."
Revelation 7:9, 13-14
the people saved are a great multitude which no man could number - from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and tongues...