(January 25, 2015 at 4:54 pm)dyresand Wrote: Because of the simple fact the threat of hell. If one were to say to a authoritarian that the bible is just made up and not even real they get threatened with a inhumane place that doesn't exist.If one is to believe in an afterlife, then one has to believe in a heaven and hell (or at least a choice of destinations) and the choice can only be made now and most believers I suspect will choose heaven.
You make people miserable and there's nothing they can do about it, just like god.
-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
