reasons to believe, there is no God

[Thor]

They are only trying to ignore what others say about their beliefs. When they go over and over about ending in heaven I see it as reasurance. They are trying to reasure themselves that death is not the end of the line.

Many believers I've spoken with have chastised me because I don't believe there is anything after this life. Sometimes I get silly threats like, "I wouldn't want to be you when it's time for your final judgement." I retort that if their deity banishes someone to an eternity in a firepit merely because they didn't believe, then they are worshiping an incredibly petty deity.

Yes, I think many believers swallow this tripe because it's comforting to think that your loved ones aren't really "gone". They're living happily in a paradise! Makes it easier than confronting the reality that grandma is gone and you'll never see her again.

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But does Thor have a big hammer?

Didn't a famous man once say, "Speak softly, but carry a big hammer"?