tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394573389191297553.post5849694624511598443..comments2014-04-02T22:33:11.403-05:00Comments on Thoughts: Finally!Yiabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378928298441512323noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394573389191297553.post-199724889749730932007-02-05T20:52:00.000-05:002007-02-05T20:52:00.000-05:00Blayzebright, I think I agree with everything you ...Blayzebright, I think I agree with everything you said in that comment.<br /><br />Not being a masochist, the question of where evil masochists go when they die is irrelevant to me, but I would still be interested in hearing a well thought-out Christian answer.<br /><br />If I were to always talk the way I do in this post, I would have serious difficulty communicating with anybody in real-time. Fortunately, I don't have to talk that way and I don't have any trouble communicating with anybody who is willing to move slowly and think about things.<br /><br />I agree that people who try to force their beliefs on others are a problem, but trying to get them to realize this is practicing the very evil against which you preach. This is what has led me to my current action, which is to put my beliefs in a place where they can be read by anybody who wants to and ignored by anyone who does not. A side benefit of this act is that people can bring challenges and objections to my beliefs which may wind up changing them.<br /><br />Also, I find it relatively easy to care about people who hold beliefs that I don't and while my beliefs are complicated they are rather singular and so there are a lot of people who don't share them.Yiabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378928298441512323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394573389191297553.post-38078736312564459222007-02-05T20:36:00.000-05:002007-02-05T20:36:00.000-05:00Mr. BugsBunny makes a valid point. Will evil masoc...Mr. BugsBunny makes a valid point. Will evil masochists go to Heaven rather than Hell, since Hell would be eternal bliss? :)<br /><br />Also, I think that talking like you do in this post, you are going to have a serious problem communicating with a person of average Christian intelligence.<br /><br />As for me, what I believe is irrelevant, because having a myriad of belief is what makes life beautiful. The only problem comes when people try to force their beliefs on others. After all, loving only people like me is not true love, since loving someone that is like me is really only loving myself.blayzebrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08930039349738198346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394573389191297553.post-56378446460238815492007-01-31T15:35:00.000-05:002007-01-31T15:35:00.000-05:00If I thought there was a hell, I would still go th...If I thought there was a hell, I would still go there out of moral conviction since my moral convictions are stronger than my fear of physical pain (in the same way that, as a pacifist, I would allow myself to be shot rather than shoot another human being). Since I cannot at present imagine what eternal suffering would be like, I may give in to the pain after a time, but fear of it ahead of time would not deter me.Yiabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378928298441512323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394573389191297553.post-16322956381123785282007-01-31T15:22:00.000-05:002007-01-31T15:22:00.000-05:00I saw your video and decided to comment here inste...I saw your video and decided to comment here instead of signing up for an account there.<br />saying you are willing to condemn yourself to hell as a moral protest is fine, IF you don't believe it exists.<br />If you thought there actually was a hell and it hurt as much as a toothache, I think most of your moral convictions would evaporate, unless you're a masochist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com