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Dies for your sins (feddit.de)

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[–] iesou@lemm.ee 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I mean technically, if you really read about hell in the bible, it's only the only place god is not. I mean it's described as an awful lake of fire and so on, but that's just because the people who were reading it needed to hear that the people persecuting them were going to get theirs.

But yeah, what you said is what most people believe, I just think it's funny that the word for Hell when Jesus talks about it is actually Gahanna which is the place outside Jerusalem where they burned all their refuse.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, there's actually a lot about the faith that is purely metaphysical, but had to be described as something that people who lack abstract thinking could understand. Which is where we got the Lake of Fire from. Remember Dante's Inferno is a novel, it was written by an edge Lord, it is not official church doctrine even if pop culture movies about hell will draw on it for inspiration.

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Essentially: "If you're a trash person, you'll be thrown out and burned on the trash heap. But if you love me, that proves you're not a trash person and it's the only way to prove that."

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[–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Revives anyway coz it's too boring to stay dead

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[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Jesus: "I made this checklist of what we call 'sins', and you seem to be violating a lot of them!"

Human: "your checklist sucks."

Jesus: "well that's fine, that's fine... you can keep on violating them and I'll forgive you as long as you swear that I am the best. Then I'm going to need you to give me 10% of your income, as a gift.. and I also want you to tell everybody else about this sweet deal I've made with you."

Human: "fuck off you crazy wannabe gangster."

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Remember back when atheism was just about not believing in god?

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[–] lorez@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

"dies"

[–] SexyTimeSasquatch@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

It's also like when a guy scams a tourist by insisting something is free but then demands a tip after they accept it. Like, oh yeah, this gift of Jesus dying for your sins is totally free, no charge... But hey, here's the tithe plate on Sunday.

[–] TryingToEscapeTarkov@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

If he already died for my sins then why would I go to hell? That shit is prepaid.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

"Sounds like your god has everyone covered. Apparently one guy dying was all it took."

"... why would my participation matter, if your god killed that guy on everyone's behalf? Was that guy magically blocking everyone's submission? I don't get how begging for mercy and killing one dude can both be important."

"Your god killed his own kid? Like Saturn devouring his son? That's fucked up! If you have infinite power to do anything, why would you choose that?"

"Well if he came back then what's it matter that he died?"

"What do you mean he's also his own son? Your-- your god killed himself? Your god was dead for three days. Was anything different on those three days?"

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

“full payment” = “check this box”

[–] PM_ME_FAT_ENBIES@lib.lgbt 2 points 1 year ago

The Catholic idea of being tortured in hell is completely made up and has no basis in the bible. They just copied the underworld from Greece and changed it a little bit to attract greeks to christianity

[–] RIPandTERROR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

I'd rather worship Tom nook. At least I get a home of the deal.

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