Originally Posted by CutterJohn
Its like the time I finally, after much hemming and hawing, got a rather devoutly christian buddy of mine to admit that his religion required I go to hell. Frankly getting it out of him was like pulling a tooth. Its like saying it was forcing him to acknowledge it in a way he'd never had to before, to realize how fucked up of an idea that really is. Sure its all fine and good to say a murderer is going to hell, but a decent fellow, and a friend at that?
|
My local pastor was very religious with an Atheist son. I used bible study as a place to hang out with my friends so I used to talk to his son a lot. I see him every few months at a party when we run into one another, but I never have time to ask him if his dad ever figured it out. I can only imagine what goes through a religious person's head when they decide their children are going to hell.
I think, as you said, pity is really all you can feel for them as they get trapped in their own mind games.