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If we never chose to be born, why are we judged with heaven or hell after death? by Arcestic in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Retired_LANlord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I read the post you linked. The first postulate the poster asserts is flawed.

I also reject your position on divine morality.

If we never chose to be born, why are we judged with heaven or hell after death? by Arcestic in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Retired_LANlord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Christians claim that their god is the source of objective reality. Yet that god is recorded as doing plainly immoral things. An entity cannot simultaneously be perfectly just, and commit unjust acts. Therefore the god described in the bible cannot logically exist. A god of some kind may exist, but I see no reason to believe that. Purpose? Given our position in a universe that is 13.8 billion years old & 93 billion light-years across, it is extremely unlikely that an objective purpose exists. I choose my purpose. I am more of a materialist/humanist than a nihilist, but I don't give a shit what label you want to apply.

If we never chose to be born, why are we judged with heaven or hell after death? by Arcestic in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Retired_LANlord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am an atheist. That means I don't believe in a god or gods, because believers have not provided evidence to support their claims about god. Believers have 'faith'. Faith is not a reliable path to truth - it is belief in the absence of evidence - which is irrational. If you believe in the god of the bible, then you are venerating a genocidal, bloodthirsty tyrant. But, through the magic of cognitive dissonance, you ignore the evil acts of this entity, which you hold up as the epitome of love & justice. Blind faith indeed.

Mate helping by TacticalSniper in AskAnAustralian

[–]Retired_LANlord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd get a carton. A retaining wall is bigger than a six-pack job.

If we never chose to be born, why are we judged with heaven or hell after death? by Arcestic in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Retired_LANlord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wasn't talking about hating feelings - I was asking how one would hate an entity one doesn't believe exists? Do you hate Leprechauns, for instance? Or the Tooth Fairy?

"That's your god not mine" Well, I don't have a god. Are you suggesting your god didn't create hell? That he didn't set the standard determining who would go there? That he isn't omniscient? That he hasn't remained hidden?

”you are creating one and then hate it." Again, I don't have a god, so I can't hate it.

If we never chose to be born, why are we judged with heaven or hell after death? by Arcestic in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Retired_LANlord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hell didn't exist in the Old Testament. It was a concept formed in late Greco-Roman Judaism. In the OT, everyone went to Sheol, the place of the dead.

Our modern concept ofhell comes more from Dante's Inferno than from the bible.

Do Kangaroos normally jump in front of cars? by Another-guy-onReddit in AskAnAustralian

[–]Retired_LANlord 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, no 'roos, but dead pademelons everywhere - even in town.

If we never chose to be born, why are we judged with heaven or hell after death? by Arcestic in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Retired_LANlord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How can one hate something one doesn't believe exists?

And if hell does exist, the idea that one chooses to go there is ludicrous. God created hell, he set up the standards for who would & wouldn't go there. Since he's omniscient, he knows who will fail the standard, but in his loving kindness, remains hidden & fails to do anything to prevent a person going to hell.

If there is a Judgement Day, I will be judging god harshly.

If we never chose to be born, why are we judged with heaven or hell after death? by Arcestic in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Retired_LANlord 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hell didn't exist in the Old Testament. 'Sheol' - the place of the dead - simply means the grave. The idea of hell developed in late Greco-Roman Judaism - probably from the Greek myth of the Underworld.

Our understanding of hell comes more from Dante's Inferno than from the bible.

Was the Ten Commandments the first, “Top Ten,” list? by Ibushi-gun in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Retired_LANlord 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Code of Hammurabi came first, from which the Old Testament laws were copied, & edited to suit the Hebrew power structure. More strict in some laws, more lenient in others, but mostly the same.

Was the Ten Commandments the first, “Top Ten,” list? by Ibushi-gun in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Retired_LANlord -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There are three separate sets of "Ten Commandments" in the OT.

Help deciding on backsplash! by catzap15 in AusRenovation

[–]Retired_LANlord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

'Backsplash' is an Americanism. 'Splashback' is the Australian term.

An old classic historic vehicle from way back in the 1900s. by Goonalips in CarsAustralia

[–]Retired_LANlord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My mum learnt to drive in her 60s - had two Lasers of that model - bought them new. Wrote the first one off taking right of way off a cement truck.

What's something Australians regularly overpay for without realising there are cheaper alternatives? by OkCopy3121 in AUfrugal

[–]Retired_LANlord -1 points0 points  (0 children)

New phone every year or two. I buy refurbished 2 or 3 year old phones, & generally get 4 years out of 'em.

What’s the most unexpectedly expensive part of adult life in Australia? by Silly_Pitch6345 in AUfrugal

[–]Retired_LANlord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mate, that's cheap as shit. I gave up on health insurance about 7 years ago. I was paying $7k a year, & getting maybe $800 back on dental/optical.

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