Why would the Devil punish sinners?

[(° ͡ ͜ ͡ʖ ͡ °) (ᵔᴥᵔʋ)]

Sure. And I found that the question is invalid. It's like asking what the taste of purple is.
It makes unfounded assumptions.

Then you concede that your life is meaningless so much so that to even ask such a question is "invalid"? You are not doing a very good job arguing your case. It seems to me like you are only offended by the fact that I stated the obvious end state of an atheistic worldview.

 

[(° ͡ ͜ ͡ʖ ͡ °) (ᵔᴥᵔʋ)]

Here's a question.....
If the devil is banished to hell.... what's he doing on earth?

Who said the devil is currently banished in Hell? Perhaps you should read the posts and catch up to the conversation.

 

[(° ͡ ͜ ͡ʖ ͡ °) (ᵔᴥᵔʋ)]

None of this prevents me from finding meaning in MY life though.

But your self bestowed meaning is, in the end, pointless.

 

[(° ͡ ͜ ͡ʖ ͡ °) (ᵔᴥᵔʋ)]

Belief, is not a matter of trivial decisions.

Correct.

 

[(° ͡ ͜ ͡ʖ ͡ °) (ᵔᴥᵔʋ)]

To that, I'ld say that false hope, isn't actually hope.

This is basicly the silly argument of "I believe in god, because it's comfortable".

Thank you for sharing your opinion. However, I fail to see how it in any way is relevant to the topic of the thread.

 

[(° ͡ ͜ ͡ʖ ͡ °) (ᵔᴥᵔʋ)]

I don't think my life is sucky at all.
I think a life that is entrenched in superstition is sucky.

Once again, thank you for your off topic opinion.

 

[(° ͡ ͜ ͡ʖ ͡ °) (ᵔᴥᵔʋ)]

Just another drive by atheist trolling to stir up the pot for their entertainment.

 

[Hazelelponi]

Just another drive by atheist trolling to stir up the pot for their entertainment.

That doesn't matter. People are the way they are.. pray for them who are lost.

 

[Sabertooth]

Might makes right?

The Architect gets to decide the parameters...

 

[TagliatelliMonster]

The Architect gets to decide the parameters...

So, might makes right?

 

[TagliatelliMonster]

Well, prove me wrong.

About what?
That my life is not meaningless and empty?

Do you believe in an afterlife?

No. What does that have to do with my life not being meaningless and empty?

 

[Sabertooth]

So, might makes right?

“Woe to him who strives with his Maker!
Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth!
Shall the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’
Or shall your handiwork say, ‘He has no hands’?" Isaiah 45:9 NKJV

 

[TagliatelliMonster]

Then you concede that your life is meaningless so much so that to even ask such a question is "invalid"?

Did you read the rest of the post you are replying to?
It sounds like you didn't....

Here's what I wrote further down in the very same post:

None of this prevents me from finding meaning in MY life though.
We impose meaning on our own lives.

You are not doing a very good job arguing your case.

I didn't present you with "my case". I was replying to YOUR case.

It seems to me like you are only offended by the fact that I stated the obvious end state of an atheistic worldview.

No. I am offended by the lies you tell and the insults you throw around.

I don't consider my life to being meaningless at all.
That's just YOUR take on MY life.

Maybe, you should either mind your own business or ASK ME instead of TELLING ME what MY LIFE is all about.

I think I know better then you what MY LIFE is all about... you don't even know me. You know NOTHING about me. The only thing you know, is that I don't share your religious beliefs (like the vast majority of the world's population, btw).

 

[TagliatelliMonster]

Who said the devil is currently banished in Hell? Perhaps you should read the posts and catch up to the conversation.

I did read the posts. And what I read was that Hell apparantly wasn't made for humans, but for the devil. That the devil was an angel who "fell" and was subsequently send to hell as a punishment.

So I repeat my question.... if the devil was an angel that was sent to hell as a punishment, then what's he doing on earth? Can he just leave hell whenever he so pleases?

 

[TagliatelliMonster]

But your self bestowed meaning is, in the end, pointless.

No, it's not.
Not to me, nore to my loved ones.

 

[TagliatelliMonster]

Thank you for sharing your opinion. However, I fail to see how it in any way is relevant to the topic of the thread.

It was relevant to the post I was responding too.

Good job on dodging it though.

 

[TagliatelliMonster]

Once again, thank you for your off topic opinion.

If that opinion was off topic, then so was the post I was replying to.
But for some reason, I don't see you taking the effort to bring that to that poster's attention.

I wonder why that is. (actually, I don't - I know why that is....)

 

[TagliatelliMonster]

Just another drive by atheist trolling to stir up the pot for their entertainment.

I'm just responding to posts.
You could have entered into discussion by actually addressing the points raised.

Instead, you prefer to dodge and try and silence the points with one-liners and end with an accusation of trolling.

It's kind of ironic, because such behaviour is actually cliché trolling..........................

 

[TagliatelliMonster]

“Woe to him who strives with his Maker!
Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth!
Shall the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’
Or shall your handiwork say, ‘He has no hands’?" Isaiah 45:9 NKJV

"There can be only one" - Duncan Macleod

When you are done posting bible quotes and feel like answering the question, poke me.

 

[Par5]

In a way, yes. It isn't until you have accepted Jesus Christ as your savior and are filled with the Holy Spirit will you ever truly know how empty and meaningless your life is at this moment. Just saying...I hope you don't take any offense. So yes, your life now, compared to how rich and fulfilling it could be is pretty hellish.

I have to say, that if you directed a post like that to me it would be one of those times I mentioned to you in an earlier post when I get a bit tetchy.
Christians say that a lot to unbelievers and it is extremely offensive. The fact that you ask someone not to take offence at something that is clearly offensive only makes matters worse.
Speaking for myself, my life is rich and full, and I am not necessarily talking about things material.
As for discovering how empty and meaningless one's life was after you take on board all the religious dogma you spoke of, I just wonder if you have read any of the threads started by Christians here on CF, pleading for help, asking people to pray for them as they are addicted to drugs, alcohol, pornography and acts of infidelity? Hardly a life that is rich and full, only full of problems.
Christians and non-believers alike fall foul of those kinds of problems, while most Christians and non-believers don't, so as far as I'm concerned, there is no divine being giving you a rich a fulfilling life. Life is what you make it yourself.