On 05/10/2017 03:13 PM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 8:02 PM, zap <zap...@openmailbox.org> wrote: > >> To be honest, even atheists have a better chance of getting into heaven than >> those false teachers. > *cackle* :) > I thought someone would enjoy that sad irony. but yeah if you want to know why I say that is sad, it is this:
it is sad because they think they will be rewarded at the end. But they already have their temporary very short term reward. Though they deserve it, I feel a mixture of pity and anger towards them. >> Life is a challenge but hypocrisy is unneeded. > it always makes me wonder, what do people get out of being > hypocritical (on a regular and deliberate basis? making mistakes, > sure, i can understand, but deliberately and consistently remaining > cognitively dissonant? i don't get it. *why* would someone choose > that? what are they "getting out of it"? what "reward" are they > getting from continuing to persistently and consistently be > hypocritical? The only thing they will get long term is to grovel in the dust for their arrogance and boastful ways. I used to be like that in my mind to some extent, but out of mostly ignorance, I suffered greatly for it, but I cannot imagine what happens to people who consistently are hypocrites. > > l. > > _______________________________________________ > arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk > http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook > Send large attachments to arm-netb...@files.phcomp.co.uk _______________________________________________ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to arm-netb...@files.phcomp.co.uk