Atheists & Agnostics

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20. You could bring up Revelation 7 and 14

Sat Dec 19, 2015, 11:38 PM

Dec 2015

The Christian Bible clearly says that only 144,000 will get into heaven. Sure, every Christian denomination dances around it, but it's explicitly in there. So... you can ask your dad whether, by his Sunday School logic, it doesn't make more sense for him to get in tight with the devil, since, according to his church, everyone he's ever known is either in, or going-to hell. If he became a demon of some authority, he might be able to get granny into a nice condo on shore of the burning lake.

I'm imagining that conversation... "Dad -- if you won't become a demon for your own sake, then do it for granny!"
LOL!

Clearly, this is not remotely real. It's our brains playing games of cause and effect with the ghosts of the pleistocene. It can be hilarious, though.

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My father tried to argue with me over religion. I told him [View all] JRLeft Dec 2015 OP

My sympathies. beam me up scottie Dec 2015 #1

He truly believes, why because he was raised to believe it. JRLeft Dec 2015 #2

I think some people are too frightened to question its authority. beam me up scottie Dec 2015 #3

No, he doesn't. He believes in science, but he tried to say JRLeft Dec 2015 #4

Exactly! beam me up scottie Dec 2015 #5

LMFAO, the truth their God ignores them everyday. JRLeft Dec 2015 #6

If recovering is proof of, is dieing proof against? Lordquinton Dec 2015 #12

They would just say that means they're going to the afterlife. JRLeft Dec 2015 #14

So god didn't love them enough to save them? Lordquinton Dec 2015 #15

God probably uses a lotto system to pick and choose. JRLeft Dec 2015 #16

Here I thought God doesn't play dice with the universe Lordquinton Dec 2015 #17

There is some pretty weird shit in the bible. progressoid Dec 2015 #7

LMFAO, pretty perverted shit in there. JRLeft Dec 2015 #8

Oh, that's nothing. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2015 #9

At least mine never tried to argue Bible with me. SusanCalvin Dec 2015 #10

Mine said the same thing. JRLeft Dec 2015 #11

I think Dad was scared of dying. SusanCalvin Dec 2015 #13

My Mom clings to all sorts of unorthodox magical thinking: lindysalsagal Dec 2015 #18

"she needs her voodoo to get through the day" amuse bouche Dec 2015 #19

You could bring up Revelation 7 and 14 Freelancer Dec 2015 #20