What if when you die you discover there really is a God and you've been trying persuade people into believing there isn't? Do you really want to spend eternity in a lake of fire being tormented forever? Is it really worth it?
2006-11-29 01:11:58 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It amazes me how many atheists avoid my question by countering with another question to evade the truth. Oh well, such as to be expected from morons like atheists.
2006-11-29 01:25:12 · update #1
another piss weak xian, without the balls to face life alone.
Pascals wager is a "cover ur ****" ploy. no courage there.
2006-11-29 01:20:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
What do you have to gain by not converting to Islam?
What if when you die you discover there really is an Allah and you've been trying to persuade people that the teaching of Mohammed was not the way to paradise? Do you really want to spend eternity in a lake of fire being tormented forever? Is it really worth it?
2006-11-29 01:17:17 · answer #2 · answered by Sweetchild Danielle 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I gain the satifisfaction of not living my life in fear. I live my life they way I want, and not the way some church tells me I should. I can't wait until you find out there is no lake of fire or torment after life, if there is an afterlife. You're going to feel like such a retard.
My freedom is well worth the price of not suffering in an afterlife.
2006-11-29 01:16:30 · answer #3 · answered by Angel Baby 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What do YOU have to gain by believing in Christianity? What if when you die you discover that there really is a God and an afterlife... but that the ancient Egyptians had it right and you face Anubis and have your heart weighed, and if you come up short, your soul is fed to Ammit the Devourer?
How can you be so sure that YOUR beliefs about the afterlife are any more correct than anyone else's? YOU could be the wrong one, and won't you be in for a surprise if you are?
2006-11-29 01:44:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Personally, I am not trying to persuade anybody into believing or not believing anything. What I have to gain by not believing in god is knowing that I have common sense and the ability to not allow myself to be deluded or brainwashed by believers.
As far as spending eternity in a lake of fire, I don't think so. When you die, it's just like it was before you were born. Nothing. And you don't feel or remember anything, you just cease to exist.
2006-11-29 01:21:49 · answer #5 · answered by Marti M 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
More spece in my head to be used with more practical matters in life, and of course more time to think more practical solutions for problems in life, in short, i get reality and objectivity. I´m sorry for my frenche, but be cautch thinking about such things as wether there is or not a god, or what´s is going to happen to me after I die... Well i think that´s a waste of useful time, and quite frankly, I don´t give a damn! Just like jerking off, by the way, do christians jerk off very often?
2006-11-29 01:29:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Integrity. Honesty. Clarity of sight. Lack of superstition and fear.
This is another version of Pascal's Wager, and the argument was discredited long ago.
Besides: Isn't believing because you're afraid of the big sky-daddy an act of cowardance? Even hypocrisy? Isn't making such a threat ("Love me or burn forever!") outright evil?
2006-11-29 01:17:58 · answer #7 · answered by Scott M 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
What If YOU die and you discover there is no God? All your life, trying to live up to christianity rules, you just wasted your life.
I do not believe in God because I do not want to live in fear.
I feel sad for you. You believe just because you fear hell. Why do you worship such a tyrant who would use heavy handed threats like that?
2006-11-29 01:19:59 · answer #8 · answered by jaena 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
How do we know which God is right? We can't; every religion has provable claims and unprovable claims. How do you know yours is right? I'll answer that one--it's the same reason everyone thinks their own religion is right: A holy book says so and they have had experiences unexplainable otherwise. Every religion has this. No way to know which is correct.
ETA: Thank you for calling me a moron. Now when Judgement Day comes and Jesus want to know why I didn't follow him, I can tell him it was because I saw no change of heart in his believers, only hatred.
2006-11-29 01:17:21 · answer #9 · answered by angk 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Freedom from ignorance and fear. As far as being wrong about the existence of god(s), it's really not something to be concerned about. if a god does exist, it certainly wouldn't be the insecure, petulant, confused god portrayed by theists. It would be, by true definition, a perfect being that makes it's decisions and bases its actions on reason rather than a need to have its fragile ego stroked. That being the case, I would have no worries.
2006-11-29 01:45:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
We do not waste a portion of the precious little time we have alive preparing for an afterlife that doesn't exist. What you lose is the ability to open your mind to the possibilities of existence. You are a waste of human potential and the fact that your beliefs require an END OF THE WORLD makes you not only pathetic, but dangerous in a world where nuclear weapons exist.
2006-11-29 01:23:52 · answer #11 · answered by iknowtruthismine 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋