RE: If Hell is Not Real
March 14, 2011 at 2:59 pm
(This post was last modified: March 14, 2011 at 3:05 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(March 14, 2011 at 2:32 pm)Rayaan Wrote: Assuming that Hell is a man-made idea, why do you think someone would invent such a thing?
I don't see a good reason why someone would simply make up the idea of Hell if they want more people to convert to the religion. For example, if I was told to invent a religion which includes the belief in an afterlife, and if I said that the non-believers will be punished in Hell for eternity according to this particular religion, then I obviously know that a lot of people won't like the religion because of the idea of eternal punishment. So, I would've made the afterlife a lot more nicer than eternal punishment if I wanted to increase the chance of converting people into my invented religion instead of making them feel threatened by the religion.
Only a few of the really sorry idiots will believe a fantasy tale of indescribable wonderfulness not rooted in their daily experience. But quite a few more lesser idiots will think themselves clever to hedge by believing it if they were told that believing it is the only safeguard against a notional spine chilling eternal awefulness.
