[Quranic Reflection]: Quran vs Hadith- why the Hadith is false

[Astreja]

The threat of hell is similar to the threat of dying if one jumps from the 102th floor of the Empire State builiding, or if one bites into a cyanide tablet.

That would only be true if hell actually existed. It's fucking ludicrous to conceive of a wise, compassionate god creating such a place. It's obviously a human invention, specifically an invention designed to terrify people into complying with religious authorities, and in my opinion anyone who employs it is automatically guilty of uttering threats.

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I hate threats also. But if a Viking came to me and told me: "you'll never enter Valhalla for being a Muslim", I'll tell him: ok...and move on, Astreja ! because I don't believe in Viking religion in the first place !

In the Old Norse tradition, beliefs aren't important. Behaviour is everything. The traditional path to Valhalla is honourable, courageous action, not worshipping the Æsir and Vanir. (My ancestors also didn't believe in an afterlife with eternal torture, and there were more possibilities than Valhalla versus Niflheim.)