This Guy Deserves A Medal

And it begins

Quick answer, the exact location of a hell/underworld varies between ancient mythological systems, in the Odyssey, the underworld is in fact just a long way off, in the direction of the Atlantic, in other Greek and Roman literature, it's under the ground, and I believe most mesopotamian/semitic mythologies place it as under the earth. Later Christians borrow descriptions of hell from roman descriptions of tartarus (the bad part of the classical underworld).

Just a guess, but could have observed volcanoes or similar and made the assumption, though, to be fair, not all of the ancient cultures which say hell as under the earth assumed it was hot.

Both of your answers make sense! Thanks so much thenewdavout and anon!

Sigh, Could never get fucking answers.

theist, (adj/n): of or relating to theism.

Gtfo.

Get the fuck off* athiest*

No, I meant there's red thumbs in the comments below..

k 2 green's for you then

Thanks.

I don't know if I should delete my post since our pictures are almost the same thing. I never seen your comment because I was on the page for awhile and I seen your comment after I posted. :/

Hey you're so right! This is because atheists devote their lives to studying the Bible everyday in monasteries.

No, it's because Atheists like to know what they are talking about.

Suggesting Christians don't know what they're talking about. This is their field, you know. I'm sure you could spend your time doing things more productive than telling a group of people their beliefs are wrong.

I'm sure I'm big enough to decie what to do with my spare time, thank you.
Christians, you mean the homophobic people claiming they are right when the rest of the world is wrong, that Islam is evil, that the dinosaurs never existed and that condoms are an evil thing?
The ones bragging about tolerance, sharing and humility when their headquarters are the wealthiest place in the world?
Claiming they know stuff when they take for granted an old fairy tale?

Bitch, please...

You're just as intolerant as them if you think like that. FFS. First off, you don't even know what it is you're talking about- "Claiming they know stuff when they take for granted an old fairy tale"- that sentence makes absolutely no sense. If I really need to drill it into your head, the reason the Vatican is so wealthy is because it needs to be. It is the central hub of the largest organized religion in the world. The Catholic church is the most charitable institution out there with every diocese adhering to one form of giving or another. I'm not Catholic but I have nothing but respect for Catholics.

Well, I was catholic, went to Cathechism, I did read the Bible,and actively participated in their mass hysteria.
Then I decided I could think for myself and that every question was worth answering.
The Vatican needs to be wealthy?
No it doesn't, sorry.
Who needs a pure gold cup in order to believe in God?
The Catholic church is responsible for mass murders, wars and still now by refusing to admit that sex is just a natural thing, it is guilty for enabling the AIDS epidemy in Africa, and for the marginalisation of the homosexuals.

Scrap the glam of any intolerant person, you will find a God there claiming that what is not according to the scripture is evil.

And all this discussion came from this OC above, which started from a false statement made by an ignorant christian. Just saying.

"Funny thing about Atheists : we know more about the Bible than christians."

Big misconception,bro
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Right. Because the bible isn't a rule book or guide line, it's a codex that only christians can decipher.

And they are doing so well.

AIDS is going rampant in Africa?
Lol, condoms are evil anyways. Let's ban them.

In case you didn't know, most of the civilizations in the Middle East in those times would kill every man, woman, and child in order to strike fear into the other nations around them. Also, Genghis Khan did it, as did oftentimes the Viking raiders. Also, that verse is just as much the Jews (if not more) as it is the Christians. Also the Muslims believe in the Bible as well.

Right. And the Christians know better how to interprete it, did I get it?

As a proof, the magnificient OC above, claiming that Jesus never complained...

Yes they do,they have monasteries which they study for long periods of time to decipher what the bible is all about and distribute information to masses

Which explains the necesity of the inquisition.

Atheists are just clowns that deserve to burn at the stake!!!

Fuck science, it's nowhere in the Bible!!!

Uh huh... because taking dominion of the earth means to not use science.

No, because science could prove us wrong!!!

Not really. Besides, as a Christian, I'm fine with science. And if they ever proved God was real, I would know that he isn't, because if he's so great, and unfathomable, he wouldn't be seen in a telescope. And until then, you can't fully disprove that there is a god. I just don't see why atheists try to religiously convert theists.

Where did I try to prove anyone wrong?
The actual fact is I don't care whether there is a God or not.
I just strongly disagree with the christians about their interpretation of the scriptures.

By the way, theist =/= christian

My last point will be that any God who asks for obedience is nothing like a God.

So you're saying that atheists only try to convert Christians? Then that's persecution and pretty retarded. You are a fool sir, and I do not have intellectual fights with people who are unarmed.

Somebody is walking backwards.
You tell him "that's an odd way to walk, and I walk otherwise myself".
Are you trying to convert him?

Go check the definition of "to convert".

You said that theists =/= Christians. The only time I said theists is when I said that atheists seem to religiously try to convert theists (Which, in case you're too retarded to know, means somebody who believes in a god.

Right, and?
I guess this conversation and the OC above were all about Christians, wasn't it?
I just didn't know if you were ignorant about the word "atheist" or if you didn't know how to debate properly.

How is that relevant to my response?

And trying to look deep and edgy due to the picture being religous is a douchebag move

Because your response is shit.
How would a christian monastry be qualified in deciphering a 4000 years old story when they expect a certain meaning from the start?

There is a difference between "Let's analyse this book" and "Let's find God in this book".

"How would a christian monastry be qualified in deciphering a 4000 years old story when they expect a certain meaning from the start? "

Why do you expect all monasteries to be christian, theres more than one religion and non religious monasteries also.

Christians monasteries tend to have the longest to decipher the bible

Right...
I'm sure the Shaolin monks are having great times discussing about whether or not we all come from one couple.

I've not seen a single comment or post by christians being racist. I've not seen a single christian bash atheists here. I have however, seen so many atheists come to FJ to whine and bitch.