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The Denial of Salvation

Humans who believe they will live forever after they die live in denial of their place in the universe, elevating themselves to an importance and power that is even greater than the entire universe itself.

That is to say, although humans are convinced they know enough about the universe to confidently claim the universe itself has a beginning and an end (yeah, there's no hubris in such an assumption), they are likewise convinced that they will live forever, in a state of either pain or pleasure, and all because they simply "believe" they will.

And in this assumption, humans elevate themselves to the status of a god, even as they condemn the "devil" for committing the greatest sin of all by daring to try and do the same thing. And worse still, all those who insist they will "live forever" claim they are only ever being the most "humble" by making such a claim.

In short, the belief in salvation turns every vice into a virtue, which is why Christians are so in love with a god who turned Sodom and Gomorrah into an Auschwitz pizza oven, and every virtue into a vice, which is why Christians are so in love with pretending to be "humble" by assuming they are "like god, knowing good from evil" - which is exactly what the serpent in the garden promised them their religion (i.e. The apple they eat every Sunday)would provide.


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