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Originally posted by DarfiusStill avoiding my question, eh? That's unfortunate.
You might as well have asked me whether a certain kid deserves presents from Santa Claus. I have no interest in answering such questions.
Eve knew what she was doing would be disobeying God. Would you disobey God if you knew He existed?
Yes, for the same reason that all children disobey their parents. They test the boundaries and discover what they should and should not do.
Now, what if a doctor offered you a complete cure. Would it make sense to tell him no and remain bitter because you were born with it in the first place?
If the doctor can convince me that I have AIDS, of course I would accept the cure. But if I think he's a quack, I'm getting a second opinion.
He didn't condemn us. He punished us and then offered a way to end the punishment. Should parents kill their children when they misbehave? Of course not. Should they discipline them? Of course.
Which is worse: killing, or torturing for eternity?
If the punishment is hell, then the punishment has not yet occurred. And the bible doesn't allow for those who are sent to hell to change their mind once they're there. So there is no way to end the punishment.
It's not possible to know? Then how do I know He does? How do atheists know He doesn't? Seems like agnostics cling to the only belief that's been proven impossible.
You're confusing belief with knowledge. Both you and the atheist think you know, but one of you must be wrong, so I have already proven that a belief other than Agnosticism is invalid.
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