You know that free will the Bible-thumpers are always talking about? I think they wanna start having...?
921372
Umm you say: " I would never ask something so.... "  but you did.  \n\nYou say we will blame all of the evil on Richard Dawkins (it is Richard Dawson on the game show)  but you are wrong here too.  We are each accountable for our own actions, not that of another.  This is why there are no "family plans" to get to heaven.  \n\nJust what is a "super atheist anyway?  Sounds like some one that does not believe in someone that does not believe in GOD.  \n\nHe may not believe GOD exist...but God does know he exist and God will arrange for a face to face meeting someday.
1141646
remember the morality police will decide what's best for us , we're only mature human beings with a brain we don't know what's best for us...and neither do they....until their preacher tells them... but it's gotta be a really good preacher who talks to god...like ... say.... fred phelps... or ....pat robertson.
487069
For the same reason you appear to be so concerned with "what if there is no god at all?" To each his own. OF course, it would be nice if each were to keep his own to himself..but it ain't gonna happen.
1020661
I'm with you, my friend!  I tried until I was 40, and gave up!  It is SO FREEING to not have to stand on my head, to do tricks, to jump through religious hoops for someone or something that isn't there anyway!!  It's Father's Day, and my father used to tell me: "Like Mary said to Joseph:  Who needs ya'??!".  I don't need the kind of sadistic God that would let his children suffer the way we have, knowing he could have done A LOT BETTER WITH US!!!  Adam and Eve never spoke for me!!  So, none of it makes ANY sense, and it just KILLS ME when those bible-thumping fanatics start belching passages from a bastardized book written far too long ago to be relevant any more!!  If this is the best that God can do, I AM NOT IMPRESSED!!  (Thanks, George Carlin for that line!).  \n\nAnd thank you for a totally relevant question!!
1001644
and now they are telling me its "jesus's way" or I go to hell.\n\n\nSo its not even that they are telling me its their way,  but "jesus's way".\n\nThe idea that anyone goes to hell is so absurd. God is love why would God punish anyone.
1157702
bible thumpers should stay in their pigeon hole and quit bothering people that are not wearing blinders, and how dare they claim to know what God thinks
1083261
They have been brained washed from birth just like people from many other religions.  I think it takes a certian amount of IQ to step back and see these things for what they really are.  They are a growing number of people however that can keep there faith but at the same time remain open minded about other posssibilities.  OH yea the bible quoteing thing ......... thats really annoying
545779
jesus, he came up with the idea of free will in the first place.\nbut then again, we did go along with his idea, soo, WE ALL ARE! it was our choice in heaven. i mean, we coulda went with the "non-free will, totalitarianism" idea that lucifer had, but what fun would that of been?
383636
No that is a good question, because that will make them think about their whole "freewill" theory. And it will question if Ggod "knows all and everything. Because if he knows all, he would know about the future but if he knows the future and there will be no freewill.
245973
good point you make...i agree...keep questioning God...don't let these so called christians tell you that you will "go to hell" for asking...  God wants us to find him however we can...don't be a follower but a leader and ask ask away....
381008
Christians will go forward into the future with blinders on and the smug, self-satisfaction of those who believe they are the "chosen ones" and nothing they do is wrong if the bible tells them so.  People with such an attitude can never learn anything new.
706504
I agree... what is it they believe and what possible good reason could they have for believing?  And why would they stick with it for so long?   Good question... no answer.
510202
good point.  you've discovered another fatal flaw in the bible.\n\ngod knows the future and the past.  he already knows how everything turns out.  he already knows who exercises free will, who doesn't, and how they exercise it.  he already knows the outcome.\n\nthere is no need for any of this.  he already knows the future and how we all turn out.\n\nit also begs the question...why would a god put things into motion, when he knows the future, an knows he would have to flood the entire earth, killing everyone?  he already knew that was the future, he knew he'd have to do that.  so why set things in motion when you know you eventually have to kill all your children?\n\nand why inspire a bible, so ridiculous and poorly written that, after over 2000 years, less than 30% of the people on earth believe it?\n\nchristianity is total and utter nonsense, and is based on so many fatal flaws in its own theory, myth and certainly fatal flaws in basic logic, i'm surprised people are really ignorant enough to follow it.
513123
That depends on your definition of free thinking.\n\nIf by 'free thinking' you mean thinking about whatever you want so long as it NEVER contradicts the bible, then no. The Church says go for it.\n\nHowever, as soon as you start thinking 'outside the book' then you are WRONG! \n\nDo you believe in evolution? ...YOU ARE WRONG! Stop thinking for yourself and trust the bible.  \n\nDo you believe the evidence that the great flood never really happened? ...YOU ARE WRONG! Stop thinking for yourself and trust the bible.\n\nDo you believe that maybe good people from other religions may still be grated entry into heaven? ...YOU ARE WRONG! Stop thinking for yourself and trust the bible.\n\nDo you believe that many of the biblical stories are just parables and not meant to be taken literally? ...YOU ARE WRONG! Stop thinking for yourself and trust the bible.\n\nDo you think that homosexuality is a biological condition and not a spiritually corrupt personal decision? ...YOU ARE WRONG! Stop thinking for yourself and trust the bible.\n\nDo you find anything at all in the bible to be 'unrealistic' or just a fairy tail? ...YOU ARE WRONG! Stop thinking for yourself and trust the bible.\n\nFree thinking? ...YOU ARE WRONG! Stop thinking for yourself and trust the bible.
1002021
what kind of sick f*ck does something like that? for a "born again christian, a compassionate conservative, a uniter - not a divider" he sure seems hell bent on destroying just about everything. but, i guess the idea of the biblical apocalypse might be something he'd like to bring on.
914807
Yes. Flooding the world to destroy the evils of humanity would infringe on free will. There is no true free will in Christianity. It is only a term they throw around to convince themselves that their choice is based on something other than fear of an unlikely punishment.\n\nEven if Noah and his family were good people, while every other person in the world was evil, if god gave humans free will, then they had the freedom to choose evil. If you give someone a choice, you need to be prepared for the possibility that they will not choose what you wanted them to. If you give someone a choice, knowing that they will not choose the "right" answer and having a punishment in store for them in just that case, then you have set them up and are denying them free will. It is the spiritual equivalent of entrapment.
688554
sounds like your intellect is taking over the from the "brain-washing" of modern church-run christianity...I do the same as you, and gave up on the so-called christians.  do your own thing, as long as it is good, true, and beneficial to others without spite, judgement and intolerance, you will go to heaven....stay away from the bible thumpers