religion ain' t promising a better place for the deads, not in islam, what god promises is that if you are good and abide to the law that is set by god, you will go to heaven , if not you will go to hell... WE CANNOT NOW EVER , we as muslims, wheter this perosn is going to heaven or hell, but as courtousy of the dead and specialy if he was a good man or woman, we say he or she is in paradise but that' s about it.
You' re also advocating religion as an insurance policy in case there is something there, but this doesn' t really count as faith does it?
well i fear god more than i love his laws because for me they are achore, some who have greater faith than me see it otherwise, for instance, just a small exemple here, i really want to have sex before marriage, drink wine as i want no hassle no worries, i don' t wanna prey 5 times a day, wach your parts etc that' s a chore to me, but this is the test right? it' s like you' re in school and your complaining about your homework but you know you better do it or you will suffer the consequences.. but some people in that class don' t give a damn about the teacher , they think he' s a lunatic and they want to have fun anytime, and *** that homework, they say they don' t need it, they are TOO COOL to go to school. (well yeah they are already in school but you got my idea )
and in the coran God is sarcastic about atheists and he promises them hell and he says that in the day of the judgement, they will wish they go back to their graves and stay in that darkness that' s a much better situation but THEY WON' T they will stay in hell Forever... because there will be some visits to hell
you do you time and then you' re out, but some will be there eternaly.
That' s exactly the attitude Neitzsche was talking about in my earlier quote. Religion always preys on the weak who want to believe that either they or their loved ones have gone to a better place after death. So people have invented religions to give them a false hope (even if the peddlers believe it themselves). Life is for living to the full now, not for abstaining so your God is happy and you can get eternal life once you' re dead.
do you really and i mean really think that what you wrote here is really true? suuure some people have created religions to give themselve hope, i mean it might exist this case, and god they are many aren' t they, but for me Christianity , Judaism or Islam are not among them. may be he' s talkinga bout the religion of the Inka' s?
and i thought i made great point in the post before, about the fact that we can' t be all stupid, there are great mind who believe in god, and saying that you are 100% correct that god does not exist, is the same as saying we are crazy , ignorant and pathetic.. and i believe you do know this is wrong.
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