(August 19, 2013 at 8:52 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:(August 19, 2013 at 8:34 pm)FallentoReason Wrote: Or mental torture ("You're a sinner, you're going to burn in hell! Accept Jesus as your Lord and saviour.")
The difference being only the temporal proximity of the sword. Oh, and it's existence, of course.
Heh, true. But who's to say the fear of hell isn't real in that person's mind?
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle