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Why do I need to fear God?

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Why do I need to fear God?
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RE: Why do I need to fear God?
June 16, 2014 at 1:07 pm
(June 15, 2014 at 1:14 pm)clergyman Wrote: Why can't he just operate logically and not emotionally?

This is one of the problems I have with Abrahamic religions; specifically Islam and Christianity. Its about forcing me to choose something out of fear. Wait, ITS NOT EVEN A CHOICE, ETERNAL SUFFERING AND DESTRUCTION OR GETTING HIGH WORSHIPING A DEITY FOR ETERNITY!

What if one does not seek pleasure, joy, happiness in this life? Do they suffer less or not at all in hell?

God belief is a form of anthropomorphism, it is merely humans projecting their own desires. Humans want control over their environments, by gaining such we evolve to create more opportunity to have offspring. The problem is that natural evolutionary drive is conflated to a comic book character.

Having an outsider fear you is a way of protecting yourself, so we create gods that reflect our own behaviors. It is the most insidious flaw in our species evolution.
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Why do I need to fear God? - by clergyman - June 15, 2014 at 1:14 pm
RE: Why do I need to fear God? - by vorlon13 - June 15, 2014 at 1:19 pm
RE: Why do I need to fear God? - by Wyrd of Gawd - June 16, 2014 at 3:58 am
RE: Why do I need to fear God? - by Losty - June 16, 2014 at 7:52 am
RE: Why do I need to fear God? - by vorlon13 - June 16, 2014 at 9:06 am
RE: Why do I need to fear God? - by ThomM - June 16, 2014 at 1:33 pm
RE: Why do I need to fear God? - by Brian37 - June 16, 2014 at 1:37 pm
RE: Why do I need to fear God? - by Confused Ape - June 16, 2014 at 2:24 pm
RE: Why do I need to fear God? - by ShaMan - June 15, 2014 at 1:20 pm
RE: Why do I need to fear God? - by vorlon13 - June 15, 2014 at 1:24 pm
RE: Why do I need to fear God? - by ThomM - June 15, 2014 at 6:12 pm
RE: Why do I need to fear God? - by Lek - June 15, 2014 at 11:11 pm
RE: Why do I need to fear God? - by LastPoet - June 16, 2014 at 4:14 am
RE: Why do I need to fear God? - by ThomM - June 16, 2014 at 7:33 am
RE: Why do I need to fear God? - by John V - June 16, 2014 at 12:40 pm
RE: Why do I need to fear God? - by Anomalocaris - June 16, 2014 at 12:43 pm
RE: Why do I need to fear God? - by Brian37 - June 16, 2014 at 1:07 pm
RE: Why do I need to fear God? - by Tonus - June 16, 2014 at 1:45 pm
RE: Why do I need to fear God? - by Brian37 - June 16, 2014 at 2:02 pm
RE: Why do I need to fear God? - by Anomalocaris - June 16, 2014 at 2:06 pm
RE: Why do I need to fear God? - by Brian37 - June 16, 2014 at 2:38 pm

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