Has religion served its purpose?

@josephw said

Back on page 28 divegeester said to me, "Oh look who’s back from his “bathroom break”".

Divegeester has said that sort of thing to me many times over the years just because I quit posting for a few hours while I was occupied with my personal life.

@fmf said
If I am not mistaken, he has only ever said that to SecondSon when he disappeared for about a month because of a "bathroom break".

@josephw said
I think you are mistaken because I recall divegeester saying that sort of thing to me a long time ago.

He misses me so quickly. I feel bad.

@divegeester said
I’ve already explained what I believe and why. The account of Jesus at Calvary describes him overcoming death and hades and obtaining the keys to hell. Hell is done away with and that is a fact. I don’t care what scriptures you present I’ve read them all dozens and dozens of times.

Bottom line here is that you have been brought up in your church and fed stories about ...[text shortened]... billions of people.

Your version of god is monstrous and your religion which stems from it sucks.

@kellyjay said
You can call them church-fed stories, but they are scriptures no different than anything else written in Bible.

@kellyjay said
you cherry-pick the scripture, selecting some while denying then none of the others becomes essential.

@kellyjay said
You have watered it down to suit you.

Thread titled Ye Ole Divegeester. Page 1, posts 5&8.

You two are employing confirmation bias based on circumstantial evidence.

Neither of you are ever convinced of anything by anything I say about anything.

You both suffer as it is with mythological beliefs, so why should I try to dispel your current delusion?

One thing though is a curiosity to me. I played two games with SecondSon, one in February and one in March, over four years ago in 2017.

To what purpose would playing chess against myself serve?

@kellyjay said

The very fact you can say you don't care what scriptures get presented to you, you are declaring you not the Word of God, matters in this discussion, your opinion trumps everything, even the Word of God.

@josephw said
Thread titled Ye Ole Divegeester. Page 1, posts 5&8.

You two are employing confirmation bias based on circumstantial evidence.

Neither of you are ever convinced of anything by anything I say about anything.

You both suffer as it is with mythological beliefs, so why should I try to dispel your current delusion?

One thing though is a curiosity to me. I played two ...[text shortened]... in March, over four years ago in 2017.

To what purpose would playing chess against myself serve?

@divegeester said
I haven’t “watered down” anything. I simply disagree with your indoctrinated view of Jesus as a torturing monster.

@divegeester said
Do you think I should be “knifed or shot dead” Josephw?

@divegeester said
You are lying when you claim that you personally were not posting under the account SecondSon. I have absolutely no doubt about that.

@josephw said
Since when does kellyjay believe that Jesus is a "torturing monster"?
You're horrible for implying that of kellyjay.

@josephw said

Since when does kellyjay believe that Jesus is a "torturing monster"?
You're horrible for implying that of kellyjay.