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Eternal Life (thanks, but no thanks)

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crashfrog
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Message 151 of 296 (586817)
10-15-2010 1:43 AM 		Reply to: Message 150 by Bolder-dash
10-14-2010 11:38 PM

And then I finally exhaled with a great sigh of understanding, when I finally realized that no, it can not be possible that anyone, with even the least imagination or reasoning skills necessary to perform just the rudimentary requirements of life such as preparing food, or bathing one's self, could possibly be so delusional as to believe that they could forecast their state of mind in an unknowable state.
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Well, think it through, Bolder-dash. I know you're not very good at it but try anyway. If the mind of mine that is in heaven is so truly unknowable then exactly in what sense is it me?
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The promise is not that some being named "Crashfrog", with all my memories and experiences but completely different than me is going to heaven - the promise is that I'm going. So the mental state can't be unknowable - or else it can't be me!
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You just think it's unknowable, because that's the only circumstance under which you can imagine eternity as anything but a nightmare - when it's not you who's going to experience it, but someone like you, but "unknowable." (Since you can't figure out how anybody else would want that, either.)
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10-23-2010 8:33 PM 		Reply to: Message 226 by Buzsaw
10-23-2010 8:25 AM

Re: unattractive
As a 10 year old child, my main reason for commiting to the Biblical life was the fear of the alternative.
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Hell? Circular reasoning, don't you think? You have to believe the Biblical account to think there's a hell in the first place.
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crashfrog
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12-13-2010 12:27 PM 		Reply to: Message 253 by BarackZero
12-13-2010 12:18 PM

Modulous the Pretend Pirate wearing a shirt too large for his neck:
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Really? Look, this is EvC Forum. If you're going to try to rip on people you need to bring your A material. Making fun of people's joke avatars isn't going to cut it.
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