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Is it fair to say?
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RE: Is it fair to say?
(December 19, 2016 at 10:17 am)purplepurpose Wrote: Is it fair to say, that many nonbelievers are simply afraid of Gods idea, preached by peaceful religions? The popular motto "serve or burn", which you can see around the world is indeed depressing.

No, I don't think that's fair to say. 

I think what you're asking is if "many nonbelievers" think "although religion X is peaceful, their god does reserve the right to torture someone forever, and this is an idea of which I am afraid/which is repugnant to me/which is morally reprehensible/which is damaging psychologically," and if that's the reason many nonbelievers don't believe.

I do think the first part of that is true - that a ton of nonbelievers find that idea fearful/repugnant/immoral/damaging.  But, in wondering if "many nonbelievers are simply afraid of" that, implying that's the reason, or a substantial reason, that they don't believe, no, I don't think that's true.

Edit: Essentially, I think you're asking if a large part of the non-believing community is making a fallacious appeal to consequences. I think the answer is "no."
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Is it fair to say? - by purplepurpose - December 19, 2016 at 10:17 am
RE: Is it fair to say? - by downbeatplumb - December 19, 2016 at 10:20 am
RE: Is it fair to say? - by paulpablo - December 19, 2016 at 10:21 am
RE: Is it fair to say? - by robvalue - December 19, 2016 at 10:22 am
RE: Is it fair to say? - by Alex K - December 19, 2016 at 10:30 am
RE: Is it fair to say? - by Cyberman - December 19, 2016 at 10:35 am
RE: Is it fair to say? - by Amarok - December 19, 2016 at 10:42 am
RE: Is it fair to say? - by TheRealJoeFish - December 19, 2016 at 10:48 am
RE: Is it fair to say? - by downbeatplumb - December 19, 2016 at 1:49 pm
RE: Is it fair to say? - by Thumpalumpacus - December 19, 2016 at 4:13 pm
RE: Is it fair to say? - by Amarok - December 19, 2016 at 5:41 pm
RE: Is it fair to say? - by TheRealJoeFish - December 19, 2016 at 10:43 am
RE: Is it fair to say? - by Faith No More - December 19, 2016 at 10:45 am
RE: Is it fair to say? - by ukatheist - December 19, 2016 at 10:46 am
RE: Is it fair to say? - by Amarok - December 20, 2016 at 10:35 am
RE: Is it fair to say? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 19, 2016 at 10:50 am
RE: Is it fair to say? - by Minimalist - December 19, 2016 at 11:15 am
RE: Is it fair to say? - by Asmodee - December 19, 2016 at 11:23 am
RE: Is it fair to say? - by Mr Greene - December 19, 2016 at 12:24 pm
RE: Is it fair to say? - by Shell B - December 19, 2016 at 12:27 pm
RE: Is it fair to say? - by mlmooney89 - December 19, 2016 at 12:34 pm
RE: Is it fair to say? - by purplepurpose - December 19, 2016 at 1:20 pm
RE: Is it fair to say? - by mlmooney89 - December 19, 2016 at 1:25 pm
RE: Is it fair to say? - by purplepurpose - December 19, 2016 at 1:26 pm
RE: Is it fair to say? - by mlmooney89 - December 19, 2016 at 1:51 pm
RE: Is it fair to say? - by ignoramus - December 20, 2016 at 4:40 am
RE: Is it fair to say? - by mlmooney89 - December 20, 2016 at 11:01 am
RE: Is it fair to say? - by Faith No More - December 19, 2016 at 2:54 pm
RE: Is it fair to say? - by Cyrinistar - December 19, 2016 at 1:17 pm
RE: Is it fair to say? - by Simon Moon - December 19, 2016 at 1:33 pm
RE: Is it fair to say? - by Catholic_Lady - December 19, 2016 at 1:37 pm
RE: Is it fair to say? - by Simon Moon - December 19, 2016 at 2:02 pm
RE: Is it fair to say? - by Catholic_Lady - December 19, 2016 at 2:31 pm
RE: Is it fair to say? - by TheoneandonlytrueGod - December 21, 2016 at 9:52 pm
RE: Is it fair to say? - by Asmodee - December 22, 2016 at 11:20 am
RE: Is it fair to say? - by Catholic_Lady - December 22, 2016 at 6:34 pm
RE: Is it fair to say? - by Amarok - December 22, 2016 at 6:46 pm
RE: Is it fair to say? - by TheoneandonlytrueGod - December 22, 2016 at 9:11 pm
RE: Is it fair to say? - by Catholic_Lady - December 22, 2016 at 9:18 pm
RE: Is it fair to say? - by mlmooney89 - December 19, 2016 at 2:07 pm
RE: Is it fair to say? - by Simon Moon - December 19, 2016 at 2:32 pm
RE: Is it fair to say? - by Cyberman - December 19, 2016 at 2:08 pm
RE: Is it fair to say? - by robvalue - December 19, 2016 at 3:04 pm
RE: Is it fair to say? - by purplepurpose - December 19, 2016 at 3:37 pm
RE: Is it fair to say? - by Cyberman - December 19, 2016 at 4:10 pm
RE: Is it fair to say? - by robvalue - December 19, 2016 at 4:16 pm
RE: Is it fair to say? - by robvalue - December 19, 2016 at 3:55 pm
RE: Is it fair to say? - by Thumpalumpacus - December 19, 2016 at 4:10 pm
RE: Is it fair to say? - by Cyberman - December 19, 2016 at 4:47 pm
RE: Is it fair to say? - by Faith No More - December 19, 2016 at 5:37 pm
RE: Is it fair to say? - by robvalue - December 20, 2016 at 5:56 am
RE: Is it fair to say? - by purplepurpose - December 20, 2016 at 10:49 am
RE: Is it fair to say? - by robvalue - December 20, 2016 at 11:53 am
RE: Is it fair to say? - by Cyberman - December 23, 2016 at 11:57 am

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