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What is your response when people threaten you with religious punishments? (i.e. Hell/Jahannam)

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Fantastic! All the good bands & all the cool people are in hell, sounds good to me.

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Reality has punished me enough. You don't scare me! Lol.

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I view religious punishments as I would a man threatening to kill me with a teddy bear.

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First of all, I would ask them to come on in. Question, is the bible the inerrant word of God??? That's the dumbest question of all. I love to have people ask me that. You answered the question very well. Bible, both the Torah and the New testament were written by a group of people with many different agendas. How in the hell can you possibly claim that the Bible is inerrant when you can show many, many versions of the same thing. Where was Christ born??No one knows, probably Nazareth, certainly not Jerusalem, when was he born?? No one knows, probably somewhere between 6 B.C. and 10 A.D. Was he crucified on a Thursday, or on a Friday?? No one knows. Who witnessed the resurrection?? No one. What is this nonsense by the Nicene creed, one in three and three in one?? Ridiculous. The Bible is loaded with errors both big and small. Ask the guys to come and visit me.

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I'd tell them to "bring it on" and when nothing happens...... to go screw themselves.

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I say to him that people that judge others are bad and will not receive gifts from Santa and Easter bunny.
And then just let them fall in the trap XD.

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Find them amusing and think how idiotic they are to believe such nonsense.

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I would blow them off and go among my business. How I live my life now is none of there concern. Imaginary things can't hurt you.

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I usually laugh it off because it’s not worth arguing over. I’m not going to change their minds. They’ve already drank the cool aid.

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Laughter

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Laugh hysterically!!!

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"My humble curse: May the shit have said and done come to life and kiss you." - Frank Zappa

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I threaten them with freezing in Scandinavian hell forever if they don't worship Odin. 🙂

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... I laugh and laugh...

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I have done a number of things. I've asked if they are afraid of being judged by Anubis. I've told them "yeah, not only that but Santa won't bring me gifts, either". I've laughed. I sometimes am actually pretty calm about explaining why it would be stupid for me to worry about something I do not believe is real, but that rarely makes an impression, their eyes just glaze over and they suffer a moment of cognitive dissonance and then go on with their prattle as though it never happened.

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I tend to laugh, or roll my eyes. but then, i don't get out much, and i don't tend to hang out with religious people, so it doesn't happen a lot.

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I try not to laugh and keep my sanity because no one wants to see me snapped

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"cool story, bro"

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Nothing, absolutely nothing, I leave, walk away, would not associate knowingly with anybody of that mind set.

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I usually laugh it off. Although it's an extremely hateful thing to say to someone, there's just no point in arguing with someone that thinks like this!

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If they’re Christian, I tell them judge not lest you be judged.

Jimm Level 4 Aug 26, 2018
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Having defended abortion clinics in San JOse California years ago, I simply ignored the haters and the dammers . I have been threatened with damnation and called silly names like Satanic by these types. Means not a thing to me. consider the source!

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I usually laugh a little bit, smile, and walk away.

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I ask them what religion they believe, then with that I ask them how much time they spent following other religions (Christian, Muslim, Jew, Hindi, etc). When they say they have never practiced another religion, I ask them how much arrogance you have to know you got the right one on the first try out of the 3 thousand+ others that have existed over the years. Then when they say "I just know"...I reply back that "I'm not going to hell, because I just know!" Love seeing the confusion on their faces as their jaw just sit there on the floor and that deer in headlights look glazes over their eyes!

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Have you tried reasoning with a machine? Have you tried to doscuss with a computer program?
I never discuss to religous people..they are like machines wth programs in their main cpu with no thinking and analyzing ability. Then why would i bother myself

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