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Date Posted: 12/04/09 1:28:26pm
Author: rina
Subject: Re: There is probably no god, so stop worrying and enjoy life
In reply to: Peter Eveleigh 's message, "There is probably no god, so stop worrying and enjoy life" on 12/04/09 9:56:21am

>>lately I have pondered this. When Israel left Egypt
>>they were obliged to stay in the desert for 40 years
>>until all the people above 20 or so were dead. So God
>>declared these young ones innocent. God says also
>>somewhere in the old Testament: the soul that sins,
>>that one will be judged, not the soul of the righteous
>>one. Therefore I think it is quite well possible that
>>these little ones are not saved physically, but may
>>well be in heaven.
>
>I have always regarded this kind of argument as rather
>obscene. Life is for living and the shortening of life
>is tragic, especially so if the life is that of a
>child.
>
>The whole "innocent" thing is just plain sick. What it
>says is that some children deserve to be in heaven and
>others don't.
>
>Christians who worry about whether children are
>innocent enough to be saved are asking the wrong
>question which is, why would God (if god existed)
>condemn every child in Noah's time to death?
>
>Getting people to fixate on an almost certainly
>mythical afterlife as a consolation for a miserable
>time on earth is a rather nasty con.
>
>I prefer the message on the sides of buses which said
>something like, There is probably no god so get on
>with enjoying life.

You seem to be calling God obscene and yourself a good person. Never any doubts concerning this?

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Replies:

is god obscene? -- Peter Eveleigh, 12/04/09 1:57:56pm
- Re: is god obscene? -- rina, 12/04/09 2:19:37pm
  - Re: is god obscene? -- Peter Eveleigh, 12/04/09 3:14:53pm
    - encouraging people -- rina, 12/04/09 5:03:26pm
      - god created in our image -- Peter Eveleigh, 12/04/09 5:53:21pm
        Re: god created in our image -- rina, 12/04/09 8:14:30pm
        Re: god created in our image -- Rina, 12/04/09 8:19:23pm
        fallible or not? -- Peter Eveleigh, 12/04/09 8:53:50pm
        look at the indications -- Peter Eveleigh, 12/04/09 9:22:51pm
        remnant -- rina, 13/04/09 9:38:42am
        Holy Goast is a teacher -- rina, 13/04/09 1:18:40pm
        Adam and Eve -- Peter Eveleigh, 14/04/09 11:31:21am
        Re: Adam and Eve -- rina, 14/04/09 12:33:18pm
        Re: Adam and Eve -- rina, 14/04/09 1:02:28pm
        Re: remnant -- Peter Eveleigh, 14/04/09 1:42:45am

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>>>lately I have pondered this. When Israel left Egypt >>>they were obliged to stay in the desert for 40 years >>>until all the people above 20 or so were dead. So God >>>declared these young ones innocent. God says also >>>somewhere in the old Testament: the soul that sins, >>>that one will be judged, not the soul of the >righteous >>>one. Therefore I think it is quite well possible that >>>these little ones are not saved physically, but may >>>well be in heaven. >> >>I have always regarded this kind of argument as rather >>obscene. Life is for living and the shortening of life >>is tragic, especially so if the life is that of a >>child. >> >>The whole "innocent" thing is just plain sick. What it >>says is that some children deserve to be in heaven and >>others don't. >> >>Christians who worry about whether children are >>innocent enough to be saved are asking the wrong >>question which is, why would God (if god existed) >>condemn every child in Noah's time to death? >> >>Getting people to fixate on an almost certainly >>mythical afterlife as a consolation for a miserable >>time on earth is a rather nasty con. >> >>I prefer the message on the sides of buses which said >>something like, There is probably no god so get on >>with enjoying life. > >You seem to be calling God obscene and yourself a good >person. Never any doubts concerning this?
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