The more I think about it, the more I think that if Christians had never invented the concept of Hell (the bad place with fire and screaming) then Christianity would have faded away by the middle of the nineteenth century. What am I basing this on? Well, for starters, whenever people try to convert me back to the faith (yes, I was a Christian in my younger days), the most convincing argument they can come up with is the threat of eternal retribution for my agnosticism. I will ask them if there is any other reason, and they just shrug and tell me to make my choice. That leads me to believe that a lot of people just follow it because they are afraid of being punished with a bad afterlife, and not because they really want to be a part of it.
I realize that this Q is going to be an offensive one to some. However, I have learned that it's almost impossible to question a religious topic without ruffling someone's feathers. So I guess I just need to accept the inevitable.
2007-06-26
08:55:12
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