Between A Rock & A Hard Place

Shades pf Pascall here. Buddhists say the same thing, but what you have to do is different. What if they're right and you're wrong and now you're stuck in a cycle of pain and suffering? God promises a life you may not recieve, but the promise is so great that you have to follow it? This is the ultimate rat experiment: "We'll promise them something so amazingly good that they'll do anything to get it, but never actually give it to them so we can control what they do."Jesus said it would come before the people in front of him were dead. It hasn't come yet, why are you still holding your breath, it's beginning to look like it's not coming. Exactly, you didn't choose it, you had no say in it what so ever, yet you suffer the punishment. That sounds like a very benevolent, loving father figure who in no way wants you to suffer or die, doesn't it? No, you've been told it will be worth the wait, and you hope it will be worth the wait, but there is no proff, and the wait may be forever. Sounds great to me."If you do as I say, you'll get a brand new shiny car that runs forever, doesn't pollute, doesn't need gas or oil, never needs a tune-up, and can fly or drive underwater. It always stays at a comfortable temperature and the safety features are so good you'll never get hurt or hurt anyone else. All you have to do is do exactly what I say for the rest of your life.
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I'm a big fan of both the written and video forms of that story. I wouldn't call it a screed. Thank you for putting up with some of the best satire on religion I know of. You honor me.