I think it's highly improbable.
First of all, I need not list my reasons why religion is as pointless as listing my reasons why I dismiss faeries. Therefore no hell, no heaven too.
Secondly, if we were to claim the acceptance of a moral absolute, in that our instinctual reaction towards what is "good" is our proximity to God, then our natural instinct generally it seems, is that it would be immoral to send good people to hell for the crime of not believing, despite the rational basis for doing so.
Therefore, if a god did exist, and our moral instincts were a reflection of his will, then our moral instincts tell us that we do not go to hell, as long as we're basically pretty decent people.
To coin it as the anti-pascals wager, it is safer to not believe, and just try to be a kind, loving person anyway in accordance with our moral instincts, than it is to take a doctrine of morality from other people out of a choice of hundreds, which in many cases promotes hatred and prejudice, things many of us feel to be instinctively immoral.
First of all, I need not list my reasons why religion is as pointless as listing my reasons why I dismiss faeries. Therefore no hell, no heaven too.
Secondly, if we were to claim the acceptance of a moral absolute, in that our instinctual reaction towards what is "good" is our proximity to God, then our natural instinct generally it seems, is that it would be immoral to send good people to hell for the crime of not believing, despite the rational basis for doing so.
Therefore, if a god did exist, and our moral instincts were a reflection of his will, then our moral instincts tell us that we do not go to hell, as long as we're basically pretty decent people.
To coin it as the anti-pascals wager, it is safer to not believe, and just try to be a kind, loving person anyway in accordance with our moral instincts, than it is to take a doctrine of morality from other people out of a choice of hundreds, which in many cases promotes hatred and prejudice, things many of us feel to be instinctively immoral.
Self-authenticating private evidence is useless, because it is indistinguishable from the illusion of it. ― Kel, Kelosophy Blog
If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm
If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm
