(July 8, 2015 at 3:52 pm)The Inquisition Wrote: This is Christianity's greatest failure, there's no reason for hell. The myth writers could have simply said consciousness terminated at death, but the hell thing had to be put in there, the writers of the myth had to attempt to control people in a completely non-falsifiable way so they issued the greatest imaginable threat without any tangible proof -hell. Instead of choosing an ascendant path to appeal to people positively, they chose the low road.Fear is a strong motivator. But where would Christianity be without hell? There'd be nothing for Jesus to save me from so I wouldn't need him and I wouldn't need to give ten % of my income to the preacher.
It worked, the myth writers certainly understood how to control people. They created one of the most sadistic imaginings possible while lowering Christianity to a simple Pavlov's dog experiment writ large across humanity.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.