Kassiana

I'm sorry, but I don't understand how those of us who don't currently believe in deities with Hell attachments can "choose" Hell. First of all, the deity would have to CREATE a hell first, right?

Right?

I mean, Christians here aren't seriously suggesting the first guy ever to go to hell went up to the big J.C. and said, "You *****ing ***! I don't believe in you. Give me a place where I can live in eternal torture and stick bananas in my ears or else, ************!" and God did it, right? Come on..."Babe" is more believable than that, and it's a kids' book turned movie about talking animals!

Then, even assuming that, confronted with the Big Fromage Him/Herself, we could say anything other than, "...uh, S/He does exist, oh ****..." why do you assume we'd want to be tortured rather than be in Paradise? Sorry, but if I saw the Fromage in person, I'd be singing Hail Marys or Hello Kalis or whatever I needed to to KEEP from being tortured forever. (Then again, I AM a wimp about pain...) I could just see it now. This is how insane this idea is, folks. These people with hell beliefs honestly think the scenario works like this:

Horrible Heathen Unbeliever (HHU): Hey, are you God?
God: Well, let's see...I have this big "G" on my chest, I have all the signs even you HHU's know from exposure to my religion, and I'm exuding love for you despite your horrible decision not to believe in me in life...you tell me!
HHU: Cool! Listen, I want to go to Hell. Can you help me?
God: (puzzled) Uh, don't you want to come and live with me? We have air conditioning and naked pictures of Mad Kally and all the other stuff you would want in a paradise, you know.
HHU: Are you kidding? I said I'd rather spend my afterlife writhing in pain than believe in any God. Come on!
God: But it just seems wrong to me. Here I am offering you unlimited love, reunion with your friends from II (and AA too), and the coolest place to live in the Afterlife. What's wrong with you?
HHU: Well, I just hate you, I guess. You know. Come on, where's my hell?
God: (sighs) Just remember you MADE Me do this....

Please. How ridiculous. Though I myself have never seen Kally, mad or otherwise, I'm sure a Paradise with a nice John Cusack clone would do wonders for my belief in the One (or Several) True Deity (or Deities). Yet somehow I'm supposed to "choose" Hell instead?

Right. Tell that one to the gullible. I'll stick with reality, which is that I'd cave and do whatever God/dess(es) wanted to get into Heaven/Paradise/The Spaceship of Sexy Space Aliens.

Bible Humper

Hey now, the bibble includes talking animals too!

A talking donkey and snake, IIRC.

Kassiana

Grr...darned II regulars, picking on me for trivial inaccuracies due to Friday syndrome (aka it's late on a Friday, I'm trying to diet so I'm hungry, and I haven't slept yet). I'm going to Hell to get some sleep.

Oh, wait...maybe we DO choose hell...::grin::

Bible Humper