(September 10, 2013 at 12:44 pm)Drich Wrote:(September 10, 2013 at 11:56 am)Brian37 Wrote: When I was in Japan I went to a museum in Yokohama which was a mix of their superstitions and their victims of war. Concepts of utopias and eternal punishment are not unique to monotheism and are in every culture to varying degrees and are not unique to the Abrahamic traditions.
Which is where this discussion is at. again we are not talking about Hell specifically, we are talking about what koreans fear and how foolish it seems to the people making fun of it.
It is all foolish, Korean superstition, Chinese superstition, Muslim superstition, Christian superstition, Jewish superstition. There is no heaven or hell, god/s or demons. There are merely humans with cultural memes their society sells them that HUMANS invented.
Why should any given society's delusional fantasy be given taboo status? If the earth is not flat and you have a friend still claiming it is, why should that person get away with selling crap? There is a HUGE difference with the human right to make any claim you want, and the ability to demonstrate the credibility of any given claim.
Putting a dot in the middle of your forehead won't bring you fortune any more than it will give you bad luck. Believing in Allah or Thor or the god of Jesus won't protect you. Humans make up gods, and demons and all superstitions.
Belief in god is the same as believing rabbits feet work. Believing in Satan and hell would be like believing in Lex Luthor.
