RE: Thoughts on Hell?
October 11, 2017 at 11:28 am
(This post was last modified: October 11, 2017 at 12:27 pm by Brian37.)
(October 11, 2017 at 11:21 am)Astreja Wrote: Yes, people often behave badly. I wouldn't go so far as to call that hell, though, because whatever pain others cause eventually comes to an end.
The religious hell concept? Pure myth, just a scare tactic.
Yep, but unfortunately the theist stupidly thinks because the atheist/skeptic rejects such myth/superstition, we advocate lawlessness.
Theist morality of behaving is out of fear, not morality. It is Orwellian. It is sad that someone would behave out of fear.
I think better morality is doing the right thing, even when nobody is watching, even when you don't get rewarded.
The concept of Hell, is born out of antiquity, in an age when the mortality rate was far higher, and most humans lived under local and rival tribal kingdoms. Back then humans were expected to tow the local tribal line with blind loyalty.
Atheists don't value lawlessness, we simply don't attach human behavior, good or bad to Yoda vs Darth Vader.