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Mayhem wrote:

SuperKing wrote:

dont insult CHRISTANS or  GOD will punish u!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You'd think he'd have better things to worry about, like punishing people who actually do harm to others and yet, curiously, have to be punished by entirely mortal justice systems.

OMG! you fell for it! XD You can't take a guy seriously when he adds over 10 explanation points to the end of a sentence.

Anyway, No it's not wrong, though you can't dodge that fact that some people do think it is and tend to inflict their beliefs on yours. I can just see, like, thirty comments saying that I am wrong and that Christians are the only ones that that attack other religions. Oh joy! I'm gonna enjoy seeing where this topic heads!

GoogleplexPlus wrote:

Note: I am a different kind of Christian, one that actually understands the bible and knows what it means, unlike you athesists (who probably spawned from people who gave up on trying to understand it) and a lot of mislead people.  In my life, I have heard a lot about that.  Some simple misunderstandings which are not for malicious intent are using God's name in swearing (it was actually suppose to mean do not use God's name in malicious intent), and do not harm any living thing, which doesn't mean you should cry for animals that become food and especially for the broken branches of trees.  That's just stupid.  Being Christian doesn't mean you go to heaven.  You have to be a good person (forgot that "person" there), not nessescarily a Christian.  Parr0t, if God is real and you haven't brutally murdered someone, you might go to heaven.  That's just a few things.

By the way, athesists, where do you think you go when you die?  I can only think of 3 answers.
A. You get reborn to live through the miserable cycle of life once more.
B. You go to heaven or hell somehow, even though (you think) there is no God.
C. You just disappear.

Please tell me the answer!

Just disappear? Smart.


How would they go to Heaven or Hell if theoretically God doesn't exist? Again, very smart.


Lastly, live again?  If Atheists believe life was caused based on Science theories, when does a theory ever state that they somehow come back?

Where to atheists go when they die? 9 feet under I suppose, your mind is dead and there is nothing left to sustain you. I don't believe in ghosts and whatnot.

cheddargirl wrote:

GoogleplexPlus wrote:

Is it a crime?

If I may ask... what makes you think that following Christianity a crime?

Cheddargirl's right. I don't think its a crime. What in the world makes you think that?

TimeFreeze wrote:

SuperKing wrote:

dont insult CHRISTANS or  GOD will punish u!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Um...

1. You still spelled Christian wrong.
2. What if you don't believe in "god"? Who will "punish" us?

I find it kind of funny that most atheists know how to spell Christian better than Christians do.

Bit of a logical flaw there...Even if I say that I don't believe in tigers, it won't matter if one decides that I would make a good meal.  I do believe in tigers however...that was just an example 

SuperKing...I find the tone of your post rather threatening.  And I certainly hope that there is no insulting or disrespectful behavior taking place here in the forums.  Please keep the discussion friendly.  Thanks!

Wow, I'll bet you aren't very old, GoogleplexPlus.  Only the very young can be that arrogant.

GoogleplexPlus wrote:

Note: I am a different kind of Christian, one that actually understands the bible and knows what it means,

Oh really?  Answer the following questions:
How many version of the story of Genesis are there in one Bible, and which is the correct one?

From what bone did God make Eve?  Is man missing that bone?

What were Jesus' last words? 

Do the teachings of Jesus over-rule the laws in the Old Testament?

Why did Jesus curse the fig tree?

Does the earth move (according to the bible?)

What was the Nicene Creed?

How is the Old Testament more correctly known?

Is the Catholic Bible the same as a Protestant Bible?

GoogleplexPlus wrote:

unlike you athesists (who probably spawned from people who gave up on trying to understand it) and a lot of mislead people.

"Spawned", I like that. A superior word from a not-very-humble person.  Suffice to say that I probably understand the origins of the Bible better than you.

GoogleplexPlus wrote:

In my life, I have heard a lot about that.  Some simple misunderstandings which are not for malicious intent are using God's name in swearing (it was actually suppose to mean do not use God's name in malicious intent), and do not harm any living thing, which doesn't mean you should cry for animals that become food and especially for the broken branches of trees.  That's just stupid.  Being Christian doesn't mean you go to heaven.  You have to be a good person (forgot that "person" there), not nessescarily a Christian.

OOoh, another question for you!  What did Jesus mean when he said "the only way to my father is through me"?

GoogleplexPlus wrote:

By the way, athesists, where do you think you go when you die?  I can only think of 3 answers.
A. You get reborn to live through the miserable cycle of life once more.
B. You go to heaven or hell somehow, even though (you think) there is no God.
C. You just disappear.

Please tell me the answer!

Your conciousness return to exactly the same state of being as it was in before your embryonic brain built up enough neural pathways to become sentient - ie it ceases to exist.  The more meaty parts will eventually suffer from some form of cellular degradation and return to the elements from which they came. 

Its also interesting that you think life is inherently miserable.  I'm sorry to hear that your life sucks, because mine is pretty neat, actually.  I have a loving family (in both generational directions), and a job with many responsibilities that I love, which allows me to put back some of my skills and knowledge into the community.  I've travelled around the world (though not as much as I would like), and I'm a respected member of my place of employment and of my neighbourhood with a network of friends that spans the globe.

cheddargirl wrote:

GoogleplexPlus wrote:

Is it a crime?

If I may ask... what makes you think that following Christianity a crime?

Because a lot of the aetheists are being mean to christians.

martianshark wrote:

cheddargirl wrote:

GoogleplexPlus wrote:

Is it a crime?

If I may ask... what makes you think that following Christianity a crime?

Because a lot of the aetheists are being mean to christians.

Actually, I've seen it happen both ways, with Christians attacking atheist points-of-views and atheists attacking Christian beliefs (and no, my view is not limited to what has been going on in the Scratch forums, but what I have seen overall in general).

I am going to assume that in the case you are mentioning above, you are referring to a discussion taken in a place where free speech is welcome so long as it isn't impeding the rights of others. I don't necessarily believe it's 'mean' as you put it - is it necessarily wrong if someone questions another one's belief system, philosophy, or view of the world? I sometimes think that being unable to defend one's position is the root of frustration here - of course one will feel frustrated if one is unable to demonstrate his/her valid reasoning for following a certain belief system, philosophy, or view of the word, and therefore find the one doing the questioning as 'mean'.
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As for me, I find no point in getting involved in debates like these unless (1) I question my reasoning and can use debate to determining where my reasoning goes astray  (2) if they serve some kind of practical purpose to the world. Other than that, I stay out of it.

[very small edit made to correct grammar in a sentence]

Last edited by cheddargirl (2009-09-16 22:45:10)

sorry padde2see i dont do it agen

cheddargirl wrote:

I sometimes think that being unable to defend one's position is the root of frustration here - of course one will feel frustrated if one is unable to demonstrate his/her valid reasoning for following a certain belief system, philosophy, or view of the word, and therefore find the one doing the questioning as 'mean'.

An interesting point.  There is often no valid reasoning to demonstrate, since faith and reason tend not to go hand in hand, depending on how fanatical the faith...

Anyone, for example, that refused to accept that the sun goes around the earth because it says otherwise in their holy text will be unable to explain their "reasoning" since they have none, only blind faith.