(July 9, 2012 at 4:37 am)Justtristo Wrote: Lately I have come to think my friend is right, because if people weren’t afraid of death. The appeal of religions such as Christianity would be dramatically reduced, because these religions promise life after death to people who are afraid of their deaths.
As someone (I forget who!) once said: "in order to sell salvation, you first have to sell damnation."