Could someone explain me this one. Is it suppose to mark atheist or the christians that only beleive in god? Is it some kind of metaphor? Should we beleive that there is no symbol of evil for someone? Is it some kind of philosophical sentence that makes you think?Samurai Goomba said:
He DID punish satan, i.e he banished him to hell for all eternity. dunno if he thought that would be worse than destruction or not, who knowes? maybe he loves satan too much to kill him, he was a faithful angel almost to the end.The infamous SCAMola said:
Maybe it's like this:The infamous SCAMola said:
i think its meant to mean that if people believed there was no ultimate punishment afterwards then they wouldnt be afraid of killing, raping, watching high school musical etc. remember that christianity is basically a religion based on fear of being royally screwed in the end.....well at least it was in teh old daysRandom argument man said:
Ah, but now you're saying that Satan makes people do bad things, which would mean that there is no free will and God failed in his task.Abedeus said:
No. People who worship God of fear are probably going to Hell anyway. Because they are doing it wrong.kaziard said:
I worded it poorly. He suggests people to do bad things. If you are of weak will, you will give in and commit a sin. Then HE gets you.The infamous SCAMola said:
I believe is being quoted a lot due to it being a line in a movie (evidentally one I've never seen). As for an actual meaningto it, personally it seems like a way of saying that if we don't acknowledge the existance of Satan (symbolically: temptation to do evil things) then we find it harder to stay strong in the face of temptation.Random argument man said:
can you explain to me the meaning of "god -fearing" as in every context it is seen as a plus, i.e in an old play i read back in 2nd year a minister said "dont worry child if you are truely a god-fearing disciple he will protect you....or something along those lines xDAbedeus said:
Then at least he does it for a reason (albeit a selfish and shallow one) God on the other hand condemns people to Hell for no reason. What's that you say? He sends them their to teach a lesson? Yet what use is a lesson when life is over, those who are sent to hell are supposedly their for all eternity so a lesson means nothing as they will have no chance to change their ways. All hell is good for is discouraging people from doing wrong in life, and it only does that as:CJ1145 said:
It's a quote at the end of The Usual Suspects, an awesome movie that everyone should either watch right now or report to me for a flogging. I said it because it seemed applicable, and because I wanted to upset super-serious religious debaters by presenting something that they would see as a legitimate opinion of mine they did not share, thus opening up even more of the lovely religious debate that I adore so much.kaziard said:
God fearing is paranoic fear of God. It was one of the bad things in Christianity in the dark ages, in Medieval times. And it was really, really stupid.kaziard said:
Uhm. FREE WILL. And freedom to exist. God can't kill anyone. I mean, he can, but he doesn't do that. Because there would be no point in creating, as even the worst sinner can repent and (with enough remorse and sacrifice and so on) be saved. I'm not a preacher or anything, but it's just something like this:Kukul said:
