A corrupt government where the sheriff's cousin and preacher's uncle is also the county moonshiner works far better than ABC stores and uniform laws and taxation with no personal advantage that gives the lie to the church's cries of sin and
damnation simply by «working».
There is no passage in the Bible that condems the wealthy to eternal
damnation simply for possessing wealth; after all we are called to live lives of abundance.
Not exact matches
My own conviction is that in all this we
simply have a rejection in time, a condemnation for the moment, not eternal
damnation.
You are sending a message to people, such as myself, who aren't afraid in eternal
damnation,
simply because we don't believe in it.
(My purpose is not to show that a necessary or infallible line of progress exists, but
simply to establish that, for Mankind as a whole, a way of progress is offered and awaits us, analogous to that which the individual can not reject without falling into sin and
damnation.)
It encouraged me to learn more about the bible
simply to counter their never - ending claims to my
damnation.
Anyone who is
simply behaving because of the threat of
damnation or the promise of heaven has been bribed or extorted for their good behavior which means they are the worst kind of people, those with no morals of their own, no empathy for others and no love.
Believing that ritualistic superst!tions (praying in a specified manner, washing a certain way, visiting a holy shrine, bowing to an imaginary supernatural being, etc.) will somehow magically convince this super-being to * do * anything is
simply not the truth; then going one step further and proclaiming that these beliefs are the * only * way or we will suffer eternal
damnation.
Atheists have the ability to do the right thing
simply because it is the right thing, not for fear of eternal
damnation.
I think that in the extreme case where you opinion is to absolutely reject the notion of God
simply out of anger, or clinging to a simplistic and limited notion of God then this is the offense that religious people claim is a
damnation on your soul.
You people are so miserable in your lives, with all the RULES you make up in your heads to follow vs.
damnation, you take out your pent up resentment of your own jailed lives and spit your venom at people who are
simply living their lives out side of YOUR self created hell.
This isn't
simply about one man's struggle with society but an astute, psychological character study that ambiguously treads a fine line between redemption and
damnation while leaving us to question our interpretation of events.