(May 1, 2013 at 3:01 am)Godschild Wrote: Because no god would wiggle it's wiener at people, they would not need to entice in such a crude manner.
No god worth worshiping would create a system that would punish people for eternity for a finite thought crime.
If such a god did exist, he should be fought against in any way caring, empathetic humans can muster.
Here's a couple of questions for you GC:
1. How could you personally consider it Heaven, knowing that billions of your fellow humans are being tortured for eternity for a finite crime?
2. Do YOU think that people deserve eternal punishment for a finite crime?
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.