'Two to four years to live' - British track legend Chris Hoy reveals terminal cancer diagnosis

Wow, I hit a nerve! Why do you react like that? Is Christ somehow dangerous to your worldview?
Note, Atheism, especially militant Atheism, *is* a religion.
And no, we don't deserve "the very best". That's a failure to understand human nature, and somehow even your own! What we deserve is perfect justice, the repayment of what we've taken and wasted.
Justice is repayment, an eye for an eye, a life for a life. With God, we owe an unpayable debt, our life. We have chosen not God, and will be given our just due, we lose the life we never earned. Jesus Christ was sent to take on all that debt, take on the curse (the crown of thorns, see Genesis 3), pay it for all of us. The debt has been satisfied. And then he couldn't remain dead, as he is the Author of Life (Acts 2:24)! God is fully just, fully merciful, and fully loving. Apparently, the only way to square this circle with humans' rebellion was to let his own beloved Son die in our stead. Had there been any other way, that would have been done (Matthew 26:39).
Now please, if I am trying to save people from driving off a cliff, why are you trying to stop me? If I'm wrong, what harm have I done? Is teaching people to "love their neighbor" really that awful? Do you have any idea the amount of empirical evidence (studies) I have that show that Christianity is beneficial for human flourishing?

"Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones Against the rock."

"Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be looted and their wives violated."
Psalms and Isaiah respectively. Gotta love that Old Testament style of love thy neighbour.

Atheism is not a religion. And stop with the self-indulgent persecution nonsense already: we come here for cycling news, not to listen to some religious zealot bloviate about a guy who is falsely purported to have performed "miracles" two millennia ago. Quit or leave. Thanks.

Of course it's a religion. It has precepts, revered figures, and a belief structure, based on faith that there is no god(s).
And, when anyone points out the flaws in their logic, some of them attack you like religious fanatics.
But more to your point, if you don't like my comment then *don't read it*!
How intolerant you are of other viewpoints!

Today, you get to learn about "descriptive" vs "prescriptive" passages.
Something "descriptive" describes what is, or what will be.
Something "prescriptive" describes what someone should do.
What you've quoted is, quite obviously and especially in context, descriptive, not prescriptive.
But thank you for playing!

Hmmm, I didn’t notice anyone ready to jump off a cliff here, everyone seems to have all their senses, who are you referring to?

Talking of senses, I’m worried about yours, imagining Sir Chris is reading here, especially if he were in a suicidal mood (was it him you were thinking of?) which he doesn’t seem to be in the slightest, very positive lately.

As for you saving people in this world, that’s doubly ironic, firstly because an early death would be nothing but a short-cut to whatever it is comes next (and be careful how you reply to that because in some way we ALL shorten our maximum lives knowingly by not doing a max to prolong it), and secondly because you are obviously in denial of everything Christianity has allowed over the ages which was FAR from beneficial.

Where were Christians to object against the Crusades or slavery or « witch »hunting or to consider not killing those who questioned the church’s doctrines (even something as innocent as suggesting the earth revolved around the sun), why didn’t we have Christians rising up against Hitler, why do we hear nothing from them on the blind eye turned to mass paedophilia by clergymen?

Christian don’t teach people to love their neighbour, they teach people to stay apart in their own little worlds unless they’re convertible.

Go preach amongst your own to stop them losing their faith, everyone else wisened up a long time ago and is not worse off for it.

I see you chose to read my comments in the most uncharitable manner possible.
A longer life here doesn't affect time in eternity, that's how infinity works.
Christians are broken, fallen creatures ...that God has redeemed through Jesus Christ. It should be no shock that we aren't perfect, that's perfectly in line with our Theology.
Christians didn't have perfect understanding of "love your neighbor as yourself" and still don't. Still, blaming "Christians" for what a State did is kind of a low blow. Jesus said his Kingdom isn't of this world, and the State actor wasn't concerned about him.
Show me where someone was killed by Christians due to believing the Earth went around the Sun. I'll wait.
Read about Dietrich Bonhoeffer and why Hitler killed him.
There is significantly less paedophilia in the Church than in the government school system. Look up the study.
It's utterly unfair to compare Christians to theoretical "perfect" people that don't exist. You should compare them to real people and groups.
If you'd like the studies that show how beneficial Christianity is to human flourishing, I'll provide them.
And remember, it wasn't anyone else that first killed the slave trade, then slavery!

better to live a life of zest of challenge of accomplishment of failure of joy of sadness than a thousand in an empty room. it's what you choose to do with it gives you satisfaction or regret. better to leave with a smile than a tear.

Very few of any profession live to 100. And to be aware of top athletes that lived to 100 you'd have to first remember who the top athletes were 70 or more years ago.

Name me 3 - Thankfully Wikipedia has already done the work for us: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_centenarians_(sportspeople)

I’d definitely agree with you if I had seen all these ageing athletes enjoying their later days, unfortunately for the vast majority, even with plenty of money, things rarely work out that nicely, if it’s not physical problems or health issues it’s mental issues due to being ill-prepared for loss of status, importance, fame, purpose, reinvention, etc.