I meant Humanity in general. Adam and Eve certainly knew Him; Noah knew Him.Serafina wrote:A blatant lie, or blatant ignorance.If God created humanity, all of humanity had the opportunity to know and worship him. It's just that some of them turned away from God, began worshipping idols, and taught their children and grand-children to do the same. They're probably all burning in Hell, yes, but then, so did everybody prior to Jesus's death and ressurrection; they just went a relatively nice portion of it. Then Jesus came down when he died, and brought them all to Heaven with him before he came back to life.
Humams do not start out with knowledge about your god. A newborn child is born without religion. If you do not teach it your religion, it will not know about your religion.
Hence, it can not make a choice - since it lacks an option to choose, since there is only one option.
Wut. Were you even paying attention to what I was saying? Everyone prior to Jesus went to Hell. The righteous went to a nice part of Hell (though not nearly as nice as Heaven), and then went to Heaven along with Jesus when he died. This is basic Christian orthodoxy.Also, you just admitted that your god is a cruel mass-murderer if he damned everyone prior to Jesus to hell.
I demand that you provide proof for that assertion.[/quote]Because even eternal torture is better than non-existence. Anything at all is better than not existing. That's axiomatic.
Obviously you don't know what an axiom is.
Doubt it. If nothing else, I could retreat into my head, which is by far better than dying and taking the risk that I'm wrong and I'll cease to exist like the atheists and Buddhists think.For you, perhaps. But not for everyone - indeed, if you were subjected to such torture, youI wouldn't, and I'm not being an Internet Tough Guy about that, either. I am totally serious when I say that anything at all is better than non-existence, and my faith isn't strong enough that I'm willing to die. I'm not a very good Christian, that way.
would most likely change your mind.
Yes. It has infinitely more value than non-existence, like the set of real numbers is infinitely larger than the set of integers.If your existence is nothing but eternal torture, does it have any value?That's insane. I literally cannot comprehend how someone would prefer non-existence to existence; it's why I cannot fathom why someone would believe in reincarnation. When you cease to exist, you're gone. At least in Hell, you're still You. I would definitely prefer eternal torture to non-existence.
It doesn't matter whether or not you mind; if you cease to exist after death, you won't mind then, either, because you won't exist, and that's infinitely worse than mere torture.But hey - i did not mind not existing before i was born, so i do not see why i should mind after i am dead either.
However, i would mind being tortured.
Hence, not existing is the preferable option.
Because you're not You; you're someone completely different. You're no more you than you would be if someone built a corn-field over your grave and people ate the carbon molecules that used to be your body.Besides, what does reincarnation (a form of eternal existance) have to do with not existing after death? You are apparently utterly clueless about other religions.
Tortures an infinite number of people, due to non-linear time, though they'd all deserve it. Also has Saved an infinite number of people. Not like it matters, since without Him, noone would exist in the first place, and it'd all be a moot point.So your god deliberately tortures billions of people.Even a torturous Hell is better than non-existence, and there's probably areas that are less-torturous for the relatively minor sinners.
Nice fella.