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RE: What the hell is "hell"? why do humans go to hell ?
January 29, 2013 at 12:14 pm
All assuming of course that we get the choice. Personally, I'd prefer the option of dying and nothing happening at all than going on into some continuation of existence conditional upon my actions and beliefs from this one; increase by a factor of at least a million if such existence is perpetual.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: What the hell is "hell"? why do humans go to hell ?
January 29, 2013 at 1:10 pm
Dying and nothing happening at all would still be a very interesting kind of thing anyway. Bear in mind that you only exist where your conciousness is located so you can't exist as as a pile of non-sentient atoms, as your conciousness wouldn't be in there. But if your consciousness can exist without a physical body there ought to be some kind cosmic justice system in place. You do need a hell, can't be doing without that. Unless you want to be rubbing shoulders with Adolf Hitler and Pol Pot for eternity.
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RE: What the hell is "hell"? why do humans go to hell ?
January 29, 2013 at 1:17 pm
Well, what there ought to be and what there is - even what there may be - are not at all the same thing. Whatever I may personally want to happen isn't going to change anything, and I am extremely dubious that the rules of reality are set up around the moral sensibilities of one jumped up carbon-based species with more ego than sense.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: What the hell is "hell"? why do humans go to hell ?
January 29, 2013 at 1:33 pm
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If there isn't a hell I'm sure we can come togther in the spirit realm to arrange something, if there isn't anyone (say God or Zeus) in charge of organising of the flipping system. You would think there would be in this scenario but supposing there isn't.
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RE: What the hell is "hell"? why do humans go to hell ?
January 29, 2013 at 1:51 pm
I get what you're saying and I see exactly where you're coming from, but just on the offchance you're not being ironic - and for those playing along at home - what makes you think there's a system?
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
