(October 2, 2017 at 2:21 pm)Die Atheistin Wrote:(October 1, 2017 at 9:57 pm)Fireball Wrote: A lot of what happens in your life depends on what you have been conditioned to believe. If you believe that there is an all-powerful being who is watching you for every alleged transgression, you would be pretty fearful and careful to not end up burning in some sort of perdition because of one slip in behavior. I was greatly relieved when I worked my way through the BS and quit religion. I'll be 65 shortly, and have only been an atheist for 12 years. I still get twinges of the old brainwashing and have a bit of concern about hell. Then, I member that it is an invention of another religion that was absorbed into Catholicism (which I was once a member of), and the concern goes away. That concern gets weaker all the time, and comes up less often. If you feel happy oftern, good for you! Don't let some religious hypocrite force you not to be happy.
My family doesn't believe in Hell, so my dad's problems aren't related to fear of Hell. I do agree however that faith isn't a solution.
Most sects of Jews don't claim a hell either so?
Doesn't make a fictional after party in the sky anymore true either.
There are otherwise to create a threat bribe motif without a guy with a pitchfork.
Shit, even with kids, you can threaten to take their toys away without threatening them with a belt. You can threaten to take a teen's driving privileges away without using a belt.
"I don't believe in hell" is just a way of ignoring that those religions back then were still based on tribal loyalty.
The God even without threats of hell, still wants loyalty. Still sees you as his property and still does not need your consent to rule over you.
