The good news is that neither heaven or hell exist. But I don't get preferring hell over heaven even as a mere thought experiment. It is eternal physical pain. If you put a gun to my head and forced me to chose between stuck in a cell where the worst I had to do was go "I love you screw(cosmic prison guard)", while mentally would seem boring, that would make me a zombie, and sure, bad, but not painful. Vs the other cell, being tortured with infinite physical pain, I don't see the appeal to hell.
Both are evil concepts to me. Heaven is a selfish idea and if you cant feel pain or leave then all you are is a zombie. But no, that doesn't to me make hell better.
The threat bribe motif of the books of Abraham reflect the royal social norms of the times those books were written under. The royalty rewarded loyalty and punished dissent. That is where those ideas come from.
Both are evil concepts to me. Heaven is a selfish idea and if you cant feel pain or leave then all you are is a zombie. But no, that doesn't to me make hell better.
The threat bribe motif of the books of Abraham reflect the royal social norms of the times those books were written under. The royalty rewarded loyalty and punished dissent. That is where those ideas come from.
