Re:it makes my brain hurt
(Date Posted:05/12/2009 21:16:51)
lets see ...
one of the craziest things I heard out the mouth of a 'christian'..is that I will go to 'hell' if I eat Jelly (jello)
bloody SDAist???...hehehe...
and don't get me started on Masturbation.
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In exchange for obedience, Christianity promises salvation in an afterlife; but in order to elicit obedience through this promise, Christianity must convince people that they need salvation, that there is something to be saved from. Christianity has nothing to offer a happy person living in a natural, intelligible universe. If Christianity is to gain a motivational foothold, it must declare war on earthly pleasure and happiness, and this, historically, has been its precise course of action. In the eyes of Christianity, woman(man) is sinful and helpless in the face of God, and is potential fuel for the flames of hell. Just as Christianity must destroy reason before it can introduce faith, so it must destroy happiness before it can introduce salvation.
-- George H Smith, Atheism: The Case Against God
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