So without getting into too much detail this is what happened. I know a few christian people and when I am with them they play christian music, make statements about prayer, god is good, etc. One instance they were talking about how if one curses the holy spirit there is no forgiveness and you are damned to HELL!
So fellow heathens, I cursed the holy spirit in front of them. Oh boy , I did it now! They informed me I am going to HELL with no way out because of my cursing the holy spirit! Being an atheist, I thought they would know that saying it meant nothing to me. One even said she was scared of me and for me. Yes I could have said nothing. I thought freedom of speech and expression should be a two way street. It would seem it depends on the company you keep.
Hey! Is it just me, or is it getting hot in here? : )
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LOL, I wish I had been there to join in....their faces must have been a hoot!
Hotter? Nah, it's always been about 1500 degrees Celsius in here. We could open a window if you like.
Astounding that a contrived curse invented by Trinitarians could still have such an impact 2000 years later.
As has been mentioned before people is dumb.
Wrong. The temperature is always 15,001°C to 15,999°C. And that is so we can be acclimated for that final jump.
rmfr
better get some asbestos longjohns!
Imagine their disappointment when they die and all goes black forever.
They'll no longer exist, and therefore won't know that there's no maker to meet.
You should have pulled your cell phone out and videotaped the encounter. You might have started a YouTube trend.
HELL = The land of delusional thinking.
So they are already there. Not only that but they volunteered for it.
Religion is so full of their bullshit control tactics to keep the deluded believing.
@ TLB
You should know by now that the First Amendment does NOT apply to us godless heathens.
Except when we finally admit that we have been wrong.
rmfr
I want to imagine something like this: My all time atheist coming out video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8Aq00yJSxo
PRAISE THE FKING LORD!
@Cog Oh yeah, that one... "You're an ATHEIST?! Give me a &%*×ing break, Michael!"
@TLB
Hey! If you happen to get to hell before I do, save me a good seat! ...Oh, wait.... Nevermind.... *shoulders slumping*... I just remembered Satan probably still has that restraining order against me. I was told I'm not suppose to be within 666 cubics of the place... (whatever THAT means).... *rolling eyes*... Anyway, last I heard, he had the order hanging with my picture on the notice board in the employee lounge.... and in all the bathrooms... and in the front gate guard shack... Oh, and on the wall in God's office... (STILL boggled about THAT ONE.)
Honestly, though, I don't know why Satan is making such a fuss. All I did was send him a few suggestions on how to better punish child molesters and people who drive slow in the fast lane. Next thing I know I'm getting served with a subpoena and standing in court. Damn.... I was just trying to be helpful. Now I'm persona non grata. Oh, almost forgot the best part. His "official" excuse for the protection order was for "the safety of the employees and clients of Hell." Uh-huh. Right. Personally, I believe he is just scared I will take his job.
Damn, Tin-Man, he took it easy on ya. My restraining order... let me see ... oh yeah says "a triple set of 666 cubics away." I take that to mean 666,666,666.
At least I am in good company. We get to go to Purgatory together.
rmfr
thelargerbowl,
"So fellow heathens, I cursed the holy spirit in front of them. Oh boy , I did it now! They informed me I am going to HELL with no way out because of my cursing the holy spirit! Being an atheist, I thought they would know that saying it meant nothing to me. One even said she was scared of me and for me."
If the subject comes up again remind them that when Jesus returns everyone on the planet will be cursing Jesus, God, the Holy Spirit, Satan, angels, demons, ghosts, and zombies.
Revelation 16:8-11(CEB) = "8 The fourth angel poured his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to burn people with fire. 9 The people were burned by intense heat, and they cursed the name of the God who had power over these plagues. But they didn’t change their hearts and lives and give him glory. 10 The fifth angel poured his bowl over the beast’s throne, and darkness covered its kingdom. People bit their tongues because of their pain, 11 and they cursed the God of heaven because of their pains and sores; but they didn’t turn away from what they had done."
Revelation 16:18-21 (CEB) = "18 There were lightning strikes, voices, and thunder, and a great earthquake occurred. The earthquake was greater than any that have occurred since there have been people on earth. 19 The great city split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. God remembered Babylon the great so that he gave her the wine cup of his furious anger. 20 Every island fled, and the mountains disappeared. 21 Huge hailstones weighing about one hundred pounds came down from heaven on the people. They cursed God for the plague of hail, because the plague was so terrible."
There's a story in the Old Testament where a guy cursed God. Busybodies ratted him out to Moses and Moses had him stoned to death.
Leviticus 24:10-16 (CEB) = "10 The son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father came out among the Israelites. A fight broke out between this half-Israelite and another Israelite man in the camp, 11 during which the half-Israelite blasphemed the Lord’s name and cursed. So he was brought to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith, Dibri’s daughter from the tribe of Dan.) 12 He was put under guard until they could determine the Lord’s verdict.
13 Then the Lord said to Moses: 14 Take the one who cursed outside the camp. All who heard him will press their hands on his head. Then the whole community will stone him. 15 Tell the Israelites: Anyone who curses God will be liable to punishment. 16 And anyone who blasphemes the Lord’s name must be executed. The whole community will stone that person. Immigrant and citizen alike: whenever someone blasphemes the Lord’s name, that person will be executed."
Then there is 1 Kings 21:13 (CEB) = "Then the two liars came and sat in front of him. They testified against Naboth in front of the people, “Naboth cursed God and king!” So the people took Naboth outside the town and stoned him so that he died."
I hope your buddies aren't like those guys.
Well the sad part is that I can't see myself being around them much longer. If we are out and someone makes a comment about god,jesus,prayer, etc, they but in and say he is not a believer,like there is something wrong with me. They really spend each and every day concentrating on their belief that the next life will be better. Also asking for forgiveness for being alive. Ugh! It get's so exhausting. Too bad we could not make John Lennon's song, "Imagine", the national anthem!
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"Imagine"? All rise for the Atheist National Anthem!
Nothing wrong with you TLB, its just the way your frightened friends think they are living in that celestial despotism. I used to live there and now I shudder with how one can possible live life under the self imposed burden of constant scrutiny, even while sleeping, and judgement. Sad sort of life. Turn up your music TLB be yourself and maybe they will get to understand how you see things.
What @Grinseed said. Disprove their stereotypes, and maybe, just maybe, that might open up their mind... that was part of what shook my faith.
Sometimes in life we turn left instead of right, we break from the herd and find that road less traveled. This break can be lonely but it can also be an amazing adventure. Our turn has taken us to a position where the sense of all we see is separated from the interpretations, projections and delusions of the crowd we left behind. We begin interacting directly with the world around us, as free from delusion as we can possibly get. And finally, we begin to search for those few who have done the same, who are also on journeys of exploration, who we meet in passing, and like us, have left the projected delusions of the masses behind and now share our sense of curiosity and adventure.
@Cog Well said! We should make that a quote.