Re: religion and faith (also long)
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Failing to deal with rejection is a human weakness and even most humans wouldn't wish eternal damnation on the rejector.
A god who damns those who reject something they don't believe in has serious problems.
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when i used the word "reject" i was referring to the choice that amounts to or results in a denial of god's existence, not the attitude people have towards that which they already disbelieve.
i'm not trying to convince you that at some point in your life you had the opportunity to make a choice that could have "saved you," i'm only trying to convince you that it's possible.
i also think it's possible that what we call "damnation" is the state of separation from god that god allows us to "opt into." and maybe if god said "screw it, i love everyone so nobody is going to be able to choose not to be with me, since i'm ulitmately what's good for them" then there would be no point to the universe.
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