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by Echo is a nice sounding word to whisper on October 9th, 2006
Atheists, were you brought up in atheistic homes? Or did you experience some epiphany that brought you to atheism?
by anil m on April 14th, 2012
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In the Atheist non-belief system, is believing in Astrology considered a "sin"?
by Marky Mark on April 8th, 2012
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Is it hypocritical for a Christian to be intolerant of atheism?
by aldonoir on April 17th, 2012
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Do you blindly assume that Atheists have no morals?
by A on April 24th, 2012
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God does not have the QUALITY of existence: he IS existence and cannot NOT exist. Perhaps Atheists are right in saying God does "not-exist"?
by skeptic on April 20th, 2012
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Fear of God is not a morbid fear, but the kind of fear we felt when we displeased our father as a child, its not a scary fear but a respectful loving fear.
by Charmaine Jay on November 30th, 2006
God loved us so much that He gave his only son to die for our sin so that we could be with Him forever. Does not quite sound like an abusive partner to me. Would you allow your son to die for people that constantly denounced you, spit in your face, turned away from you, and hurt you in every way imaginable? I think not. So let's talk a little bit about his love, shall we. :)
by shaktater on December 10th, 2006
I do not worship God because of fear; I worship Him because I love him and have respectful fear like a father. I love my earthly father, but fear him as well because if I mess up I know he will admonish me out of love as well. God will punish you if you never believe in Him and accept Jesus as your saviour. Your punishment may not be on this earth, but at judgement.
by kyannie72 on December 10th, 2006
Great comments.
by justme32 loves the weekends on December 13th, 2006
How do you choose to believe something? Surely you either do or you don't. So is this improbable christian/muslim/jewish/whatever god going to punish someone for something they don't have control over? Also answer this, if as a gay man I choose not to follow my natural feelings doesn't that mean I've had a greater struggle in life than a straight man and should get better rewards upon reaching "heaven". Don't get me wrong I think I do believe in some greater being, I'm just a little sick of people quoting from various religious tomes that were written by men to manipulate the poor ignorant masses through fear and the rather sad thought that oh it doesn't matter if you have a crap life because if you're nice you get to go to heaven. Huge pile of piffle!
by brufred on December 27th, 2006
No cause the bible says it is an abomination in Gods eyes,and 1 Corinthians says Homosexuals will not inherit the Kingdom Of God.Bottomline the bible says outside of Jesus you will be cast into the lake of fire.
by Jesus is God on May 19th, 2009