Hell is a human invention as much as religion as a whole. It's exactly as the video in the very first post suggests. The thought of eternal damnation is almost as daunting as nothingness, I'd say, but only to a human mind. Hell is an extremely powerful invention by people for the precise purpose of controlling other people.
I'd also say it's a rather useful literary tool used in juxtaposition with Heaven! I'd say the entire Heaven/Hell thing is just a huge exaggeration of what the old scribes thought as the good and bad in life, transformed into a daydream and a nightmare respectively.
Also, didn't Jesus Christ die for "all of our sins to be forgiven"? Wouldn't blasphemy and disbelief be a sin? So... are we forgiven?
Coz otherwise that'd be some badass exclusive club membership innit.
I'd also say it's a rather useful literary tool used in juxtaposition with Heaven! I'd say the entire Heaven/Hell thing is just a huge exaggeration of what the old scribes thought as the good and bad in life, transformed into a daydream and a nightmare respectively.
Also, didn't Jesus Christ die for "all of our sins to be forgiven"? Wouldn't blasphemy and disbelief be a sin? So... are we forgiven?
Coz otherwise that'd be some badass exclusive club membership innit.
~We, the atheist, in creating a purpose for ourselves where there was none, are greater than God himself.~
