| Hypothetical question for those who believe in hell. [message #384124] |
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This is directed to those who believe in the religious version of 'hell'. For example, Christians or Muslims who suppose that non-adherents to their religion will suffer horrific punishment after they are dead.
Here is a hypothetical situation. You somehow learn this to be incorrect. You learn that atheists, who have chosen to reject your religion, DON'T go to hell. They just cease to exist in a conscious sense, the body decomposes, etc.
What would be your reaction? Is it a feeling of relief, or of disappointment?
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| Re: Hypothetical question for those who believe in hell. [message #384129 is a reply to message #384124] |
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I've heard that Hell is a place where everyone wears plaid bell-bottoms, and the Bay City Rollers play 24/7.
So I'd wager that anyone who heads to hell would be jealous of the atheist who just becomes worm food.
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| Re: Hypothetical question for those who believe in hell. [message #384183 is a reply to message #384124] |
Sun, 03 May 2009 19:12 |
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So you are asking IF it was true that atheists don't go to hell... what would my reaction be?
I'd be more concerned with what happens to those who aren't atheists.
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| Re: Hypothetical question for those who believe in hell. [message #384223 is a reply to message #384124] |
Mon, 04 May 2009 04:58 |
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For the sake of the thread, I'll extend the question to my beliefs, as I do believe in a hereafter, and whilst my beliefs are not so cut and shut as heaven and hell, you could draw a rough parallel I suppose.
I would feel disappointed that there was no hereafter, purely because I do not wish to cease being. Not because I have lived my life a certain way for no reward, because I am happy how I live my life.
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| Re: Hypothetical question for those who believe in hell. [message #384504 is a reply to message #384268] |
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| archerman wrote on Mon, 04 May 2009 14:49 |
| Spoony wrote on Sun, 03 May 2009 21:28 |
This is directed to those who believe in the religious version of 'hell'. For example, Christians or Muslims who suppose that non-adherents to their religion will suffer horrific punishment after they are dead.
Here is a hypothetical situation. You somehow learn this to be incorrect. You learn that atheists, who have chosen to reject your religion, DON'T go to hell. They just cease to exist in a conscious sense, the body decomposes, etc.
What would be your reaction? Is it a feeling of relief, or of disappointment?
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do you believe in god? (i dont mean deism, etc.)
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Define "god", please, in real terms.
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| Re: Hypothetical question for those who believe in hell. [message #384505 is a reply to message #384268] |
Wed, 06 May 2009 01:37 |
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| archerman wrote on Mon, 04 May 2009 12:49 |
| Spoony wrote on Sun, 03 May 2009 21:28 |
This is directed to those who believe in the religious version of 'hell'. For example, Christians or Muslims who suppose that non-adherents to their religion will suffer horrific punishment after they are dead.
Here is a hypothetical situation. You somehow learn this to be incorrect. You learn that atheists, who have chosen to reject your religion, DON'T go to hell. They just cease to exist in a conscious sense, the body decomposes, etc.
What would be your reaction? Is it a feeling of relief, or of disappointment?
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I don't have a good answer to this question, so I'm responding with another question and hoping this topic derails.
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