Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects
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I am for gay rights, and I am not against atheists.I don't believe in hell. According to the Bible "hell" is translated as "common grave of mankind." But according to most Christians and Buddhists there is a real hell, not necessarily a fire in Buddhismbut some type of torment. The Buddhist hells don't last forever. That is kind of them, isn't it? May as well be forever since it will feel like it.
NOt even Hitler deserves to burn forever; much less you.
I must say I agree. I posted this question in a few other threads, and there were some who said they would push the button for Hitler.
There was an African man in a documentary on Link TV who was in Uganda. Uganda, as you know, isnow against gays thanks to the missionaries who go there to preach about Christ. They will now kill any gays they find. This father was asked if he would kill his own daughter if she were a lesbian. He flatly said YES. Very sad. Whatever happened to Love?
Christopher wrote:"I must say I agree. I posted this question in a few other...Alright Chris I gotta say that from the opening of this thread by Ya , I got this dezavou.. I keep remembering the 3rd continuation of the Cube
( Hyper Cube actually)
Where the really smart, arrogant creep who with a fellow "worker-clerk" has the duty of maintenance of this vast network ofcorridors & traps... decides to go in and take a "ride" on this hellish entrapment..
But I am getting ahead here. Before that he witnesses this "rare Occasion" where a prisoner makes it all the way to the end on a final "wet area" awaiting his chance of release. And him & his colleague have to make their duty.
The protocol is to ask him first if he believes in God & the afterlife penance for his crimes.
the prisoner ofcourse replies. What sort of Question is that. or raises a Q about how his captors are, or why they put him through his ordeal.
When he finally answers what sort of God would sentence him to this Hellish experience.
They get to kill him off after burning him alive.
What does this all have to do with yr topic U may ask..
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Well there is a certain button that must be pushed, the smartt guy (who is a perfect chess player & later we see how he gets to "walk-around" bypassing the trapped rooms) denies to press that particular button.
The other guy who is an obese lump of fat, an ordinary bloke with not many opinions or proposals on why their world is to this current state, all in all a content man to serve the system no quarter given. Presses the button without a 2nd thought, while gulping down a pizza.
If this thread is about the choices we take regarding our possible chance on rebellion ag/ conformity... U should probably read a book on Millman's experiment. But I tend to be more on the side where ppl out of sheer boredom (while gathering certain privileges) would push such a button without thinking of the consequences, no moral hesitation or whatsoever... For this world is not build by dictators who ran rampant ruling the world with litt' cronies.
--> Everyone of us hides a litt' dictator who is waiting the right oportunity to surface. And naturally Big dictators can sit tight on their place of power cuase a large network of smaller ones is balancing this pyramid of power. The sad truth is that most of us would do worst things to our kind simply for the sheer joy of seeing our shelves exercing --- against man's best interests.
Do U people have any other thing to do with your time other than read books and post comments?
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If you believe in hell do you believe it will consist of maximum torture for an infinite duration, or will it be something less severe than this?
What if the person strapped to the maximum torture device is a homosexual or an atheist? Would you press the button then?
As an atheist who faces this remote prospect I am curious how many people really believe I should burn forever.