Comments on: Religious nihilism and compassionate atheism in the face of disaster http://gods4suckers.net/archives/2005/01/02/religious-nihilism-and-compassionate-atheism-in-the-face-of-disaster/ THIS BLOG IS NO LONGER ACTIVE. We've retired this blog, but the GifS gang is now active at Atheist Oasis (atheistoasis.wordpress.com). Visit us there! Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:44:32 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Heliologue http://gods4suckers.net/archives/2005/01/02/religious-nihilism-and-compassionate-atheism-in-the-face-of-disaster/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Heliologue Sun, 06 Feb 2005 23:33:10 +0000 http://gods4suckers.net/archives/2005/01/02/religious-nihilism-and-compassionate-atheism-in-the-face-of-disaster/#comment-108 Why are all the Indonesians the lucky ones? Why couldn't God deliver <em>me</em> from the wretched toil and sin of this planet? In fact, why didn't he just spare us the inevitable difficulty? He preferred maybe to kill himself so that he could forgive us for having the nature he gave us? According to traditional Christian thought, the vast majority of those who died will be burning in Hell. So what you're telling us is that God is good for cutting violently short the lives of 150'000 people and sending them to suffer for eternity. For this, white Anglo-Saxons should praise his majesty and wisdom because we don't have to go to our assured paradise for a few years yet? Nice try, Catherine, but your Christian apologetics are sadly lacking. Why are all the Indonesians the lucky ones? Why couldn’t God deliver me from the wretched toil and sin of this planet? In fact, why didn’t he just spare us the inevitable difficulty? He preferred maybe to kill himself so that he could forgive us for having the nature he gave us?

According to traditional Christian thought, the vast majority of those who died will be burning in Hell. So what you’re telling us is that God is good for cutting violently short the lives of 150′000 people and sending them to suffer for eternity. For this, white Anglo-Saxons should praise his majesty and wisdom because we don’t have to go to our assured paradise for a few years yet? Nice try, Catherine, but your Christian apologetics are sadly lacking.

]]> By: Ron http://gods4suckers.net/archives/2005/01/02/religious-nihilism-and-compassionate-atheism-in-the-face-of-disaster/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Ron Sun, 02 Jan 2005 16:39:10 +0000 http://gods4suckers.net/archives/2005/01/02/religious-nihilism-and-compassionate-atheism-in-the-face-of-disaster/#comment-55 > you obviously don’t KNOW God! Well, yeah. (a) He doesn't exist, so nobody does. (b) The whole "atheist" thing should have tipped you off. > God gave us His son in redemption for us and that all who died in > the tsunami are now in His arms & at true peace. Uh, you do realize the vast majority weren't Xian, right? > They no longer have to live through the wretched toils & sin of this > planet! Sorry you don't like it here. It has its ups and downs, but the ups are worth it. But they wouldn't be if I just viewed this life as the lousy warm-up act. I'm sorry that it seems that way to you. But then, that was kind of my point, wasn't it? Who's the life-affirming one here? > you obviously don’t KNOW God!

Well, yeah. (a) He doesn’t exist, so nobody does. (b) The whole “atheist” thing should have tipped you off.

> God gave us His son in redemption for us and that all who died in
> the tsunami are now in His arms & at true peace.

Uh, you do realize the vast majority weren’t Xian, right?

> They no longer have to live through the wretched toils & sin of this
> planet!

Sorry you don’t like it here. It has its ups and downs, but the ups are worth it. But they wouldn’t be if I just viewed this life as the lousy warm-up act. I’m sorry that it seems that way to you. But then, that was kind of my point, wasn’t it? Who’s the life-affirming one here?

]]> By: Atheos http://gods4suckers.net/archives/2005/01/02/religious-nihilism-and-compassionate-atheism-in-the-face-of-disaster/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Atheos Sun, 02 Jan 2005 16:26:11 +0000 http://gods4suckers.net/archives/2005/01/02/religious-nihilism-and-compassionate-atheism-in-the-face-of-disaster/#comment-54 So why should we bother curing disease, try to prevent violent crime, or have ambulance and fire personnel respond to accidents and attempt to save live's. God is in complete control so no matter what we do, anybody he wants to come into his "loving" arms are going to go no matter what we do, so why bother trying. Why should we even bother giving aid to the people in the tsunami stricken areas, God has complete control over everything that happens over there, therefore, if we withhold help from them God will take care of them, right? Theist's are truly a sad sort of people. So why should we bother curing disease, try to prevent violent crime, or have ambulance and fire personnel respond to accidents and attempt to save live’s. God is in complete control so no matter what we do, anybody he wants to come into his “loving” arms are going to go no matter what we do, so why bother trying. Why should we even bother giving aid to the people in the tsunami stricken areas, God has complete control over everything that happens over there, therefore, if we withhold help from them God will take care of them, right? Theist’s are truly a sad sort of people.

]]> By: Catherine http://gods4suckers.net/archives/2005/01/02/religious-nihilism-and-compassionate-atheism-in-the-face-of-disaster/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Catherine Sun, 02 Jan 2005 15:11:15 +0000 http://gods4suckers.net/archives/2005/01/02/religious-nihilism-and-compassionate-atheism-in-the-face-of-disaster/#comment-53 Yep, you obviously don't KNOW God! For all of your hihg toned discourse you left out one fact. God IS in control, that means He will or will not allow certain things to happen. What have I learned from this disaster? That God gave us His son in redemption for us and that all who died in the tsunami are now in His arms & at true peace. They no longer have to live through the wretched toils & sin of this planet! God is great. God is good! May He bless you & keep you this day and forevermore. Yep, you obviously don’t KNOW God! For all of your hihg toned discourse you left out one fact. God IS in control, that means He will or will not allow certain things to happen. What have I learned from this disaster? That God gave us His son in redemption for us and that all who died in the tsunami are now in His arms & at true peace. They no longer have to live through the wretched toils & sin of this planet! God is great. God is good! May He bless you & keep you this day and forevermore.

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