Christians, prove your minds aren't molested by fear.

[Jacob(smooth)]

Do any Christians need me to send them tissue?

Well, the sock is getting a bit crinkly, it could use a night off...

And a person believes in him once they've been sufficiently terrorized

I call bullshit. There is no possible way you can know why people believe in God, it's different for everyone. Besides, belief had to come before terror. Terror before belief makes no sense because if you don't believe then you have nothing to be scared of. . Like you don't.

I'm talking about psychological abuse, probably endured as a child like so many are, in which otherwise responsible people tell you repeatedly that you are a filthy being (sinner) deserving of unimaginable torture (hell) unless you believe their sado-masochistic cartoonish conspiracy (the crucifixion of Jesus for all of mankind's evil).

Nice story. Might be true for some, not my story though.

Wait, let me get this straight. You claim to have a wife, kids, and a cat, even though all the evidence points to the contrary-- i.e. nobody has actually ever physically witnessed them or even heard them speak? Have you ever had a psychiatric evaluation?

Or do you mean those things are physical entities that other minds can verify, via pictures, certificates, actually speaking with or seeing them? In other words, you mean you just never thought about God critically longer than two minutes to realize your belief in those people, and your reverence for them, is nothing like your belief and fear in God.

I appreciate that you do at least admit that your faith in God is based in fear and not reason, as you can't even imagine or role-play for 10 seconds the notion that God is not real. 

OK, I'll admit you lost me completely there. I can totally entertain the possibility God is not real, and I really don't think he'd be bothered by anything I write on a forum. What I won't play along with is saying something I don't believe just to prove a point have no interest in proving (that I have no fear of God, cos I do) just to please someone I don't know (you).

However would, as I said, do it for a pound. Because whilst I am fearful of God, I'm not fearful that he'll get the arse with me over something like this.

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People who believe in such childish stories (must I point out the Disney-esque movie plots contained within the Bible?) earn the right to be treated as children.

Seriously?! I can't see an animation based on babies having their heads smashed in on rocks catching on. And the "being mauled by bears for being gobby" ride would almost never get into Disney world, not even the one in France.

Anyway, leave Disney out of this. Those stories are RAW. I cry most of my way through the lion king every time!