that they are telling you to go to a place that they don't believe exists.
2006-09-29 08:05:47 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jesus H. Christ that was funny! Helluva joke there bud! Now.....who is this God person????
2006-09-30 11:26:40 · answer #1 · answered by Marianne not Ginger™ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Remember Meathead saying, " Thank God I'm an Atheist " ? Common expressions mean nothing. Are you suggesting that we must all weigh every word we use ?
Often, when a person sneezes someone will say, " God bless you ". Have you ever wondered just why God would bless someone simply because he sneezed ?
Know what ? You're a nit-picker looking for the tinyest thing to criticize. Drift along with the flow, you'll get there just the same, and be a bit more contended when you get there.
2006-09-29 15:21:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just because one does not believe in hell does not mean one does not understand the concept of what hell would be. Hell has a commonly understood meaning - i.e. something really bad. War is hell. The ghetto is hell. My job is hell. By saying something like that, one is simply stating that it follows the description of what Christians believe to be Hell.
When telling someone to "go to hell", one is simply wishing that person a very unpleasant journey. They do not actually expect the person to go to the Christian Hell, but to have to deal with terrible things, like you would in Hell, if it existed.
I also say things like "oh my f*cking god", though I don't actually believe in God and if I did, I wouldn't think he would be doing that. What does this statement mean? Do you take it literally (somehow) or do you recognize the understood meaning?
2006-09-29 15:15:00 · answer #3 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It still means the same thing if the person on the receiving end of it believes in hell. It's just a saying that shows emotion.
2006-09-29 15:11:36 · answer #4 · answered by ~ Sara ~ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do the same thing spooky does. But even if I do tell someone to go to hell, it's the hateful intent that matters, not whether hell actually exists.
2006-09-29 15:10:49 · answer #5 · answered by lenny 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Shouldn't an atheist just tell someone to stop existing?
2006-09-29 16:47:58 · answer #6 · answered by James C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's what passes for comedy these days? Okay, how about this one, what does Sir Ronny Corbett have in common with the Summer Solstice? Give up? They're both the shortest knight! Now that's funny.
2006-09-29 15:08:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I find it funny when an atheist thinks someone has DONE THEM WRONG. Where do they think the standard for right and wrong came from? Out of thier @ss?
2006-09-30 23:27:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Funny. Equally funny is the phrase, "cold as hell" or "cool as hell."
2006-09-29 15:08:29 · answer #9 · answered by ©2007 answers by missy 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
So, if I tell you to go f**k yourself, you think I mean you should go and do what you really like doing in the first place?
Is it any wonder that atheists consider thumpers to be morons?
I mean, really.
2006-09-29 15:11:48 · answer #10 · answered by Left the building 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋