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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't see the point in eternal life. I'd rather have finite, but healthy & happy life, rather than "eternal." Quality not quantity, essentially.

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So the thought of spending eternity in paradise with our Creator in perfect peace is unappealing to you?

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We have different perspectives. [b]A "creator" of peace, is also the creator of suffering[/b], if all roads truly lead back to them as a creator of everything. And I'm not really interested in spending time with that kind of being. Ultimately this is simply not a worldview I could make myself believe in, if I tried.

But honestly, the concept of eternity sounds incredibly boring. And I'm not exactly a thrill seeker.
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NP here.  This a million times over.  [b]The Christian God seems like a narcissist, and the relationship with God that Christians promote sounds to me like an abusive, highly dysfunctional one.  I also think paradise is a subjective concept.  [/b]

In a way, even the meaning of eternity is debatable.  [b]Christians seem to assume it means an unending continuation of time.[/b]  That's one meaning, for sure.  But another meaning is being outside of time.  Some religions have a different vision of eternal life after death, and it means that you experience eternity by escaping being-hood altogether.  [b]That vision appeals to me more than the Christian version of sitting around in some sort of brightly lit paradise with a bearded old man who pretty much gets people to follow him by gaslighting and torture and then the ultimate guilt trip of "I sacrificed my son for you," when, you know, I never asked him to do that[/b].[/quote]

The Christian God owes you or me zero explanations. Relationship with Christian God is clearly defined in the Bible and is older than me or you. Paradise is clearly documented place as witnessed in many Bible passages.
We don't assume things about eternity. Eternity is documented in the Genesis and all throughout New Testament.
It doesn't matter what appeals to you. What matters is if you will appeal to God. In Christianity, it's God's will first over human will.

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There are scriptures from other religions that are OLDER than the bible.  The fact that the bible is old doesn't mean it's documented fact.

And in the bible, it seems to me that god loves the prodigal son more.  Won't that be a kicker?  If god takes you for granted and even despises you for your failure to question anything and failure to use the brain and capacity for reason he supposedly gave you and then rewards the prodigal son, the one who questioned, the one who doubted?  Won't that just be hilarious!

Any god worth worshiping isn't a god who would want his children to be lemmings who blindly follow because they read something in a really old book.[/quote]

NP. We are anything but lemmings - turning from evil to Christ and following Him is a difficult and, for many, very dangerous decision. And it's not just a "really old book." That is the reality of Christ being alive in the world - it is the living word.[/quote]

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