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It's all made up Blues Heron Jan 2019 #1
Was it "insane" for Thomas Jefferson to believe the following: Liberal Insights Jan 2019 #23
TJ was pretty insane Blues Heron Jan 2019 #28
He thought it ws alright to love them And own them as property Farmer-Rick Jan 2019 #44
Ascertains, however popular, are not proof of any truth. gtar100 Jan 2019 #32
You imagine your hell, your demons and heaven, you don't see them Farmer-Rick Jan 2019 #45
You have seen heaven and hell? MarvinGardens Jan 2019 #56
They are all around you. gtar100 Jan 2019 #58
I do not see them. MarvinGardens Jan 2019 #60
thank gawd im an A....... samnsara Jan 2019 #2
Most people are atheists! Liberal Insights Jan 2019 #18
The whole point of religion is to control people Major Nikon Jan 2019 #3
That it is used that way doesn't make it "the whole point". gtar100 Jan 2019 #33
Regardless of how you think it should be used, it's still a control mechanism Major Nikon Jan 2019 #35
You're still assuming "the whole point" is control of the masses. gtar100 Jan 2019 #36
Do you have an example of another use? Major Nikon Jan 2019 #37
Yes, the expression of gratitude for being alive and connecting gtar100 Jan 2019 #39
What you are describing is personal belief, not religion Major Nikon Jan 2019 #40
If he is a loving God why do people have diseases? blueinredohio Jan 2019 #4
+100 Duppers Jan 2019 #61
Why would a child pull wings off a fly? eShirl Jan 2019 #5
Lack of empathy for other living beings. gtar100 Jan 2019 #34
A god is the child and mere mortals are the bugs. eShirl Jan 2019 #42
I heard a burning hell was never mentioned in doc03 Jan 2019 #6
In the Book of Luke, Jesus mentioned it. Mariana Jan 2019 #19
There was a TV program about the origin of hell on the History channel? doc03 Jan 2019 #43
It's not logical at all, is it? MineralMan Jan 2019 #7
It's a metaphor Voltaire2 Jan 2019 #8
Ecclesiastes 3 ESV saidsimplesimon Jan 2019 #9
Answer please Duppers Jan 2019 #62
Religion is a foolish answer to a foolish question. walkingman Jan 2019 #10
See my response # 23 above Liberal Insights Jan 2019 #24
all knowing, all loving, all powerful Evergreen Emerald Jan 2019 #11
God pamdb Jan 2019 #12
I remember why back when being told by a clergyman packman Jan 2019 #13
So edhopper Jan 2019 #21
My position has always been that man sends himself to Hell. JayhawkSD Jan 2019 #14
That's the "hell is separation from God," Igel Jan 2019 #25
I think it's called "free will." JayhawkSD Jan 2019 #48
Which rules? Voltaire2 Jan 2019 #27
Seems a sort of silly question. JayhawkSD Jan 2019 #49
Then I have no idea what you meant Voltaire2 Jan 2019 #57
Judgment Day is a day spent in a hall of mirrors. gtar100 Jan 2019 #38
Well, God is Vengence (if you happen to believe in those sort of things) Ferrets are Cool Jan 2019 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author Freelancer Jan 2019 #16
People send themselves to hell Fullduplexxx Jan 2019 #17
Not if they were created by a god that is all-powerful and all-knowing LongtimeAZDem Jan 2019 #20
So they volunteer to be tortured for eternity Voltaire2 Jan 2019 #26
If you watch "The Good Place" edhopper Jan 2019 #22
My idea of hell is circumscribed. Igel Jan 2019 #29
God doesn't send people to Hell. vlyons Jan 2019 #30
First let's scour the Bible for proof that what the Bible says Croney Jan 2019 #31
I was taught that God is all-powerful and all-knowing, past, present and future. keithbvadu2 Jan 2019 #41
Thus denying free will... uriel1972 Jan 2019 #46
True... There is no free will... There is allowed will. keithbvadu2 Jan 2019 #47
There can't even be that. All actions and choices would have been known prior to creation, LongtimeAZDem Jan 2019 #51
This message was self-deleted by its author LongtimeAZDem Jan 2019 #53
Not as brain-busting as you think. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2019 #50
Carlin made that point. nycbos Jan 2019 #52
"God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent - it says so right here on the label. If you LongtimeAZDem Jan 2019 #54
😂 Duppers Jan 2019 #63
As co creators of our life, WhiteTara Jan 2019 #55
Of all the weird things about the Abrahamic religions Pope George Ringo II Jan 2019 #59
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