(March 8, 2019 at 6:00 pm)Der/die AtheistIn Wrote:(March 8, 2019 at 5:56 pm)fredd bear Wrote: Interesting post.
There is a kind of sense in that belief.
Christianity comes from Judaism, which has a belief in demons**, and fallen angels. The Jewish notion of hell is like a less severe form of purgatory. The maximum time a person can remain there is 2 years..
The concept of an eternal hell is purely a Christian invention, which evolved over centuries.
Below a clip from my favourite Christian, emeritus Arch Bishop, John Shelby Spong, an embarrassment to the Anglican church.
" Religion is---- in the guilt producing control business"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF6I5VSZVqc
**I can think of 2 demons off hand; Lilith, who was the real first woman according to Jewish apocrypha (she wouldn't obey Adam, who complained to god, he scrunched her and made Eve) then there is Asheroth, who was the wife of YHWH. She went when what would become Judaisms became monotheist, at a time well after the putative Exodus.
What if the person never followed or had much contact to Judaism?
What if god was a unicorn? That is the level of question you are posing.
