Posted by Michael83 on October 4, 2006, at 3:05:08
In reply to Re: Life is a gray area » Michael83, posted by Phillipa on October 3, 2006, at 19:07:45
>>>How could something he doesn't believe in force him to do anything?
Well, it would be "forcing" when the atheist is not allowed into heaven at death and forced to go the opposite direction.
You're almost there Phillipa. :D
Take your phrase "What about an atheist who just doesn't believe."
That's my entire point.
What about someone who just doesn't believe? We don't control what we do and don't believe. Some people would like to believe we do, but we don't, that's a fact.
So if we don't control our beliefs, yet we a punished for not having a certain belief, how is that just?
That's like saying some people are going to hell no matter what, because they cannot believe.
People have never lost their belief dont' understand that some people just CANNOT believe. It just doesn't work the way some believers would like it to.
I could sit here and say I believed. I could go to church. I could try and try and try. I could pray. I could do it all. But in my heart, I still would not believe. Yet I am going to be punished for that.
How is that just?
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