(June 29, 2015 at 9:05 am)abaris Wrote:(June 29, 2015 at 8:48 am)SteveII Wrote: Of course if you don't believe God exists, than you have nothing to worry about...wait, it probably does not work that way. I am guessing that if God exists and you bet he didn't, it won't change the heaven/hell thing much.
The same could be said about you. You're certain that your particular brand of god exists. So what about all the others? Truth is, you have been brought up to believe what you believe.
You are right, I have been brought up believing as I do. That does not make a bit of difference in the truth claim though. Each religion needs to be a) weighed on whether it is internally consistent, b) consistent with our observations of the world, c) has a well-defined image of God (tying that all back to a and b), and d) bears fruit.
