This is just a quick post. I was watching a video last night by a guy called Angry Aussie on youtube. Basically he posts about things that irritate him whether it be idiots, religion, stupid people doing stupid things and while he doesn't hold back on them he manages to remain at least moderatly well informed about things - he generally doesn't post solely on opinion, he will also use fact or general consensus to insult and point out flaws.

He said something which interested me greatly in the middle of one of his posts. He argued that atheists were theists also. How does he do this considering that an atheist is someone who doesn't believe in a god, hence a-theist (no theos (god). He says that in his opinion defining yourself in terms of a God even though you're arguing that there is no God makes you a theist. People then say to him that he is Agnostic (someone who doesn't know whether there is a God, or in the case of Dr Karl, definitely doesn't know), something which he isn't sure about. As far as I can tell he is one a rare breed of people. In his mind, he does know that there is no God and yet he doesn't care.

Then he comes out with an incredibly profound statement about the nature of hell. As far as his catholic education went (being an ex-alter boy) hell was where God wasn't. he then goes on to quotes the parable of the rich and poor man to say that despite this separation, you can still see heaven and this is the greatest torture of hell. In his words (slightly paraphrased) you may be being burned alive and being tortured by demons, but the greatest torture of hell is that you can see paradise.

Just found it interesting that someone who doesn't agree with Christianity can see parts of it's theology clearer than many Christians often can.