[Marko Loimaan-Aho]

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Already read it. And I don't believe in hell. But if there is a god, and if he would send me to hell for simply using my brain, then he's not a very good and loving god after all.

Oh, you want a god who does how you have thought with your tiny brain.

How fresh opinion. No atheist has said that before.

[Basilissa]

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Already read it. And I don't believe in hell. But if there is a god, and if he would send me to hell for simply using my brain, then he's not a very good and loving god after all.

What part of the Bible did make you think that God was very good and loving, exactly?

[elsa333]

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Well, if you really want to rot in Hell for eternity that much, I guess we cannot stop you.

I will pray for you anyway. Maybe some day you will decide to pick up the Bible and read it.

Already read it. And I don't believe in hell. But if there is a god, and if he would send me to hell for simply using my brain, then he's not a very good and loving god after all.

[Zechariah Smyth]

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Thanks for that advise (sic). I choose not to take it, if you don't mind.

How shocking.



Why are you here, Elsa? You're obviously too brilliant for us, so far you've been disinclined to discuss Scripture (of which you seem blissfully unaware), and your manners suggest you aren't thrilled to be here.

So what's the deal?

[Marko Loimaan-Aho]

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Thanks for that advise. I choose not to take it, if you don't mind.

Well, I don't mind but you should.

You are going to burn in without taking it.

"I choose not..." Atheists are so stupid.

[Basilissa]

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Thanks for that advise. I choose not to take it, if you don't mind.

Well, if you really want to rot in Hell for eternity that much, I guess we cannot stop you.

I will pray for you anyway. Maybe some day you will decide to pick up the Bible and read it.

[elsa333]

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Elsa is a female name.

I have a free advise: Don't think. Just obey.

1 Timothy 2:11-14
Proverbs 9:13

A woman has her own duties and mission.

True Christian ladies have fulfilled these duties and the mission THE LORD has given to them, and they have abilities an ungodly heathen can only dream of.

Thanks for that advise. I choose not to take it, if you don't mind.

[Marko Loimaan-Aho]

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Understood.
I'm sorry you misconstrued my tone. I didn't mean to come across as offensive. I just didn't know if people actually think about things in the Bible. It's hard to understand people sometimes. People say one thing and mean another.

Elsa is a female name.

I have a free advise: Don't think. Just obey.

1 Timothy 2:11-14
Proverbs 9:13

A woman has her own duties and mission.

True Christian ladies have fulfilled these duties and the mission THE LORD has given to them, and they have abilities an ungodly heathen can only dream of.

[elsa333]

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I didn't misconstrue anything.

Look, I see your kind every single day, and it's always the same song and dance. You consider yourself to be oh-so-clever, while in actuality you will one day think back on this moment and realize how breathtakingly foolish you are.

Now might be a good time to read more and post less: you just might learn something.

Yours in Christ,

Zech

You did misconstrue me, but that's okay. That is actually some pretty sage advice. I am foolish. And I do think I'm smarter than I really am. I'm pretty stupid, really. You don't have to tell me these things. I'm young and I'm foolish, but that doesn't mean I'll be this way forever. People evolve and change as they grow older. This is just who I am right now in this moment. Maybe tomorrow I won't be so scathing.

[Zechariah Smyth]

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Understood.
I'm sorry you misconstrued my tone. I didn't mean to come across as offensive. I just didn't know if people actually think about things in the Bible. It's hard to understand people sometimes. People say one thing and mean another.

I didn't misconstrue anything.

Look, I see your kind every single day, and it's always the same song and dance. You consider yourself to be oh-so-clever, while in actuality you will one day think back on this moment and realize how breathtakingly foolish you are.

Now might be a good time to read more and post less: you just might learn something.

Yours in Christ,

Zech

[elsa333]

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On a side note: we tolerate many things here, but bad manners is not among them. Please watch your tone when addressing your betters, and that includes all True Christians™, even females.

Yours in Christ,

Z. Smyth

Understood.
I'm sorry you misconstrued my tone. I didn't mean to come across as offensive. I just didn't know if people actually think about things in the Bible. It's hard to understand people sometimes. People say one thing and mean another.

[Zechariah Smyth]

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So you don't think about what it says after you read it? Doesn't it strike a chord in you, forcing you to think about what it says, and the reason behind what it says? Do you use your mind at all? Or are you just a puppet? Blindly following words on paper, not thinking about it. That's what I meant by contemplating. I don't see any hidden meanings in the Bible. I don't fabricate ideas that aren't there.
Thank you for your preemptive "you're welcome". I send a belated "thank you"

Think of the Bible as an instruction manual, or a cook book.

Is a mechanic a "puppet" for adhering to the shop manual torque specs when replacing a cylinder head?

Does a chef have to contemplate the temperature setting of the oven when he's baking a cake?



On a side note: we tolerate many things here, but bad manners is not among them. Please watch your tone when addressing your betters, and that includes all True Christians(tm), even females.

Yours in Christ,

Z. Smyth

[elsa333]

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Might be funny, if it wasn't sad.

Really? Tell me why exactly.

[Basilissa]

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So you don't think about what it says after you read it? Doesn't it strike a chord in you, forcing you to think about what it says, and the reason behind what it says? Do you use your mind at all? Or are you just a puppet? Blindly following words on paper, not thinking about it. That's what I meant by contemplating. I don't see any hidden meanings in the Bible. I don't fabricate ideas that aren't there.

I think I'm a little confused when you say that the Bible makes you think about the reasons behind it, yet you don't see any hidden meanings in it.

Do you mean like, how should such inspiring verses like (among many others) Psalm 137:9 be applied today?

Thank you for your preemptive "you're welcome". I send a belated "thank you"

That's very kind of you, sweetheart

[Didymus Much]

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...I don't fabricate ideas that aren't there...

Might be funny, if it wasn't sad.