Thread 214620184

Will the Christian heaven be full of Africans?

>>214620184 (OP)
There is no Greek or Jew in God, why do you think there will be Africans?

>>214620205
Paganism is such a funny concept
"There can't be a universal God, creator of everything! I need a localized version to my backyard!"
And then they wonder why they lost

>>214620240
it took centuries of cultural development before a notion of an immortal soul let alone the notion of a universal final judgement formed in the eastern Mediterranean. there's a reason Saint Augustine erroneously praises Pythagoras as being divinely inspired and only later apologizes for that remark.

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>>214620184 (OP)
If the africans are not rioting, not raping, not killing, not going on about how its their race thats keeping them down in society and how you need to feel guilty and not being violent gorrillas then whats the problem?

>>214620240
paganism isnt a religion though its a label for all practices with the idea that god can be more than 1 thing. I think the hindus are right about all gods being aspects of the one universal force. I'm not a racist and I don't believe ethno-religions are good, gods are for everyone, if you like one take it up. I think neopagans who demand ideological conformity are misguided.

>>214620240
A big issue with monotheist religions is you're condemning your ancestors to hell and disrespecting their Gods for a weird desert tribal god.

>>214620372
According to the bible I don't think there's free will in heaven. Suffering is because humans have free will and there's no suffering in heaven. It's said you'll spend all the time praising god and that will be perfect fulfillment.

>>214620433
If they didn't know about God they can still go to Heaven for good works.

>>214620240
a lot of pagans figured that the other pagans were just worshipping lord jupiter or w/e under a different name (zeus had like a hundred names in greece alone), I don't know where this blood and soil paganism comes from. They believed often that local kings were descended from gods, but that's not in contradiction with gods as kings of the universe.

>>214620461
suffering is because we have temptations of satan leading to sin. There is no satanic power and sin there, so we unlock our full selves, our full potential for happiness without sin dragging us down.
Free will itself is an illusion, God decides everything, what happens to you. You dont choose what parents/family you're born into, you dont choose what events happen to you that influence how you think. Life is like 90% getting dragged around by life and 10% is finally making some decisions that FEEL like free will

>>214620240
Christianity appeals to biomass.

>>214620184 (OP)
it wouldn't be heaven if there were no BBCs to suck

>>214620240
>And then they wonder why they lost
Many got killed or faced pressure and persecution for years.