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If Hell is Not Real

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If Hell is Not Real
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RE: If Hell is Not Real
March 14, 2011 at 2:55 pm (This post was last modified: March 14, 2011 at 2:58 pm by OnlyNatural.)
To scare people into obeying the religion's laws, OR ELSE. And it would also discourage people from leaving the religion once they've been indoctrinated.

You'd think positive reinforcement would be more effective for controlling behaviour, but it often seems like threats of punishment work just as well, if not better.
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If Hell is Not Real

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If Hell is Not Real - by Rayaan - March 14, 2011 at 2:32 pm
RE: If Hell is Not Real - by Minimalist - March 14, 2011 at 2:34 pm
RE: If Hell is Not Real - by OnlyNatural - March 14, 2011 at 2:55 pm
RE: If Hell is Not Real - by Anomalocaris - March 14, 2011 at 2:59 pm
RE: If Hell is Not Real - by reverendjeremiah - March 14, 2011 at 3:00 pm
RE: If Hell is Not Real - by DeistPaladin - March 14, 2011 at 3:12 pm
RE: If Hell is Not Real - by Thor - March 14, 2011 at 4:05 pm
RE: If Hell is Not Real - by Skipper - March 14, 2011 at 5:03 pm
RE: If Hell is Not Real - by LastPoet - March 14, 2011 at 6:12 pm
RE: If Hell is Not Real - by DeistPaladin - March 14, 2011 at 9:06 pm
RE: If Hell is Not Real - by Anomalocaris - March 14, 2011 at 9:13 pm
RE: If Hell is Not Real - by DeistPaladin - March 14, 2011 at 9:20 pm
RE: If Hell is Not Real - by reverendjeremiah - March 14, 2011 at 6:18 pm
RE: If Hell is Not Real - by Thor - March 14, 2011 at 6:23 pm
RE: If Hell is Not Real - by reverendjeremiah - March 14, 2011 at 6:57 pm
RE: If Hell is Not Real - by Rayaan - March 14, 2011 at 7:46 pm
RE: If Hell is Not Real - by reverendjeremiah - March 16, 2011 at 9:16 am
RE: If Hell is Not Real - by DeistPaladin - March 16, 2011 at 2:40 pm
RE: If Hell is Not Real - by padraic - March 14, 2011 at 7:49 pm
RE: If Hell is Not Real - by Minimalist - March 14, 2011 at 8:01 pm
RE: If Hell is Not Real - by Anomalocaris - March 14, 2011 at 8:12 pm
RE: If Hell is Not Real - by Minimalist - March 14, 2011 at 8:19 pm
RE: If Hell is Not Real - by Anomalocaris - March 14, 2011 at 8:38 pm
RE: If Hell is Not Real - by reverendjeremiah - March 14, 2011 at 8:24 pm
RE: If Hell is Not Real - by padraic - March 14, 2011 at 10:25 pm
RE: If Hell is Not Real - by Minimalist - March 14, 2011 at 10:55 pm
RE: If Hell is Not Real - by ozgoat - March 15, 2011 at 12:33 am
RE: If Hell is Not Real - by Rayaan - March 15, 2011 at 2:20 am
RE: If Hell is Not Real - by Minimalist - March 15, 2011 at 11:51 am
RE: If Hell is Not Real - by Anomalocaris - March 15, 2011 at 1:31 pm
RE: If Hell is Not Real - by tackattack - March 16, 2011 at 11:38 am
RE: If Hell is Not Real - by Minimalist - March 16, 2011 at 11:59 am
RE: If Hell is Not Real - by Rayaan - March 16, 2011 at 5:18 pm
RE: If Hell is Not Real - by Ubermensch - March 16, 2011 at 6:43 pm
RE: If Hell is Not Real - by Anomalocaris - March 16, 2011 at 6:48 pm
RE: If Hell is Not Real - by theVOID - March 16, 2011 at 7:07 pm
RE: If Hell is Not Real - by OnlyNatural - March 20, 2011 at 9:56 pm

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