(November 3, 2018 at 8:48 am)AtlasS33 Wrote:(November 3, 2018 at 8:25 am)Brian37 Wrote: It is an absolute myth that only the big three religions of Abraham have concepts of punishment in the afterlife.
Even Japan and China and Tibet have their histories of claiming punishment in the afterlife and underworlds.
Most humans worldwide, in antiquity had bad guesses as to magical punishment/reward motifs.
Humans mistook good and bad being regulated from a divine place, be it a god world or spirit world or reincarnation. It is our species false perception that morality is something super natural.
Probably a clue that all religions in the world did start from the same point, with each culture twisting the original faith according to its own culture. One example is how the "one Christianity" turned into 3, and the "one Islam" turned into 2, and so on.
That's why everybody has news of a hell after death for sinners.
That same point from which all religions likely emanate is called the imagination. Human nature and the commonalities of the human mind explain religions such as Islam far better than supposing the existence of Allah and the divine inspiration of his messenger. The same thing is at work when you imagine that the world is evidence for design. But rather than acknowledge the obvious human origins, you choose to live in denial in favor of wishful thinking and the worship of an imaginary god.
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