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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the PP 18:41.  I am not the OP but I am a respectful atheist.

To your question - I know you're certain that there's no One out there, but if you're wrong, have you truly thought about what an eternity in Hell will be like?

How much time do you spend worrying about whether the Muslims, or the Buddhists or the Hindus are correct and the possible consequences to you of being wrong and missing out completely on Nirvana?  Not much, or any, I imagine.

Well, that is what it is like to be an atheist.  You don't worry about something that you don't find credible.  It's like asking if I'm worrying about falling off the edge of the world when I'm on a cruise.  I don't believe the earth is flat, so I don't worry about it.[/quote]
Your point is taken. However, yes, I have thought about those other things. As I understand it, with Islam, you're entirely at the whim of Allah whether you get into paradise, despite any efforts you take. And as I understand it, with Buddhists and Hindus, your life is merely prelude for another experience in which you keep getting more and more chances to get to this Nirvana or heightened consciousness and bliss. Only in Christianity is there a personal God who has actually [i]done[/i] something for me to cover my sinfulness and who cares what happens to me eternally. I get that you don't believe, so you don't believe. But Christianity is so different from other belief systems, is set so far apart from everything else, that I wonder why it's so cavalierly dismissed. It's the only belief where God loves [i]you[/i] personally. Yes, I know the Hell we preach is distasteful, but that's the whole engine behind the love. God doesn't will anyone to Hell. Anyone there has chosen it. Heaven is there for the asking.[/quote]

I'm sorry, I didn't see this response to my comment before.  I think that it is admirable that you have considered the other religions.  To me, that is a healthy thing for someone to do who professes to believe in a supernatural deity.  However, I don't think Christianity is so different or so set apart, and I don't think it is cavalierly dismissed.  It's another world religion, with many of the same themes as it's cohorts.  At the bottom, it is a belief in a supernatural deity who knows when you've been good or bad, and distributes blessings or eternal life in line with predetermined rules that were set down in the Iron Age or before. [/quote]

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