Are you sure you're not going to Hell?

[billydkid]

What?

Last night on the beeb there was a programme about God and many questions were raised. Tens of thousands of interviews had been conducted globally. One question was do you believe in God. The USA survey reported that 76% of Americans believed. I guess the other 24% are on this forum.

What on earth does it mean to "believe in God"? Does it count to believe in Zeus or Aphrodite? Or maybe the question was phrased "Do you believe it THE God." And the one would have to ask which THE God is being refered to. Which begs the question how does one recognize this God when one encounters it? What particular attributes does this God have that one might be able to distinguish him from the rest our experience? You run into problems the minute you begin to ascribe to this God any particular, distinguishable attributes or characteristics. How do you not dismiss a God who does not have any features? And if you give him features how do you defend his existence when none of those features display themselves in any demonstratable way?

 

[mstricky]

Billy
It was whatever god the interviewee believed in, so yes it could've been Zeus if that was their god

 

[Ian Perez]

Maybe this is hell.

So hell is a place with millions of religious people trying to convert you to their way of thinking, even thought they're wrong by virtue of they being in hell already? Interesting.

 

[Meffy]

If so, how sure are you?

Oh, very very sure.

http://members.tripod.com/~theastronomer/camerashy3.html

(fifth photo down)

NASA won't let me into the astronaut corps.

 

[Cecil]

I'm a masochist*, so I can't wait to get to hell! Or will God send me to heaven instead, where I will have the eternal punishment of never being tortured?








*not really

 

[phildonnia]

I don't know, seems like a nice little place.

On the other hand, I've been to Nice and it was hell.

 

[Bottle or the Gun]

If so, how sure are you?

100% sure. Human death is the equivalent to a light bulb burning out.

 

[Lisa Simpson]

I can't prove that Hell exists, or Heaven or any kind of supreme being. Any more than anyone can prove they do exist.

But I can live my life with compassion for others and any afterlife if one should exist, will sort itself out.

My first post, YAY!

 

[Atlas]

Good first post Lisa Simpson,

You sound like the intelligent one in your family.

Welcome to the party