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post 1686869963 07-20-2023, 11:55 AM
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would religion even exist if there was no threat of eternal punishment. serious.

you think the average religioncel would still pray 5x towards a black-painted piece of stone, or read their talking snake stories, or take their new born son to get his cokk sukked and dikk skinn stolen

if the text and the preachers told you, you would not be punished for sinning in the afterlife. but they advise you to be a good person. and do the best for others

just lol

even worse if they removed paradise and punishment. humans are selfish creatures driven by ego

most people would not rape, kill, or steal simply because they fear punishment. wild animals do this all the time yet humans only stopped doing this once law, and religion was edstablished

think about it...
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My cousin in law and his family were Jewish, and they didn’t believe in Hell. He was the worst narcissist I’ve ever met. Belief in Hell would’ve probably made him a better person.
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Yes, obviously. Because most people aren't comfortable with accepting the idea that it's entirely possible that whatever life we get on this rock might really be it. The concept of ceasing to exist forever doesn't sit well with most folks.
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There are numerous religions that don't believe in "eternal damnation", so...yes.
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Originally Posted By DeuceDecimator⏩
My cousin in law and his family were Jewish, and they didn’t believe in Hell. He was the worst narcissist I’ve ever met. Belief in Hell would’ve probably made him a better person.
that proves my point


why do you think predestination churches died out. its the same reason why most people dont accept the blackpill



some religioncels are so sure theyre going to heaven they act like kunts
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post 1686871183 07-20-2023, 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted By Polaris⏩
There are numerous religions that don't believe in "eternal damnation", so...yes.
and those religions have few to no followers

lol

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No one wants to swim in pits of sulfur, get raped by demons, and weap moan and gnash teeth

forever



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post 1686871453 07-20-2023, 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted By ALinkToThePast⏩
Yes, obviously. Because most people aren't comfortable with accepting the idea that it's entirely possible that whatever life we get on this rock might really be it. The concept of ceasing to exist forever doesn't sit well with most folks.
god is all powerful and all knowing and good.

but created imperfect humans who are destined to be condemned to hell but somehow they can choose their path if they pray and dont sin


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post 1686871623 07-20-2023, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted By DeuceDecimator⏩
My cousin in law and his family were Jewish, and they didn’t believe in Hell. He was the worst narcissist I’ve ever met. Belief in Hell would’ve probably made him a better person.
Interesting. I know someone from the same background and was also massively arrogant.
post 1686871643 07-20-2023, 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted By bfdehewdbyywhn⏩
and those religions have few to no followers

lol

Abrahamics mog for a reason


No one wants to swim in pits of sulfur, get raped by demons, and weap moan and gnash teeth

forever
Uhhh...Hinduism has like 1 billion followers.

Buddhism half a billion.
post 1686871813 07-20-2023, 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted By Polaris⏩
Uhhh...Hinduism has like 1 billion followers.

Buddhism half a billion.
are you friends with indians in real life

saying hindus and buddist are 1 billion .5 billion is cope


they dont practice. thats like me saying whites are all christians, and isaraelis are all jews

go to china or india and youl see them drinking, smoking weed, and screwing people over like any other westerner


the most common religion is islam followed by christianity



you probably believe we landed on the moon too. lmaoo
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post 1686871883 07-20-2023, 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted By bfdehewdbyywhn⏩
are you friends with indians in real life

saying hindus and buddist are 1 billion .5 billion is cope


they dont practice. thats like me saying whites are all christians, and isaraelis are all jews

go to china or india and youl see them drinking, smoking weed, and screwing people over like any other westerner


the most common religion is islam followed by christianity



you probably believe we landed on the moon too. lmaoo
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post 1686872423 07-20-2023, 12:37 PM
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The promise of reward and fear of eternal torture are effective behavioral control tactics….


however religion does provide more than that.


It fulfills our natural human desire to be immortal, and gives us the promise of seeing our loved ones again.

It is a source of comfort in the hardest of times for people’s lives.

We want that, so we believe it.

I feel that aspect of religion is more attractive than the reward/punishment thing, but it is all designed to work together
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U a satanist bro or just a coincidence? someone get the holy water or call Ron...
coincidence, rep to change it
post 1686872913 07-20-2023, 12:48 PM
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Religion will always exist as long as people have questions no one can answer
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Originally Posted By Polaris⏩
Uhhh...Hinduism has like 1 billion followers.

Buddhism half a billion.
Naraka (Sanskrit: नरक) is the realm of hell in Indian religions. According to some schools of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism, Naraka is a place of torment. The word Neraka (modification of Naraka) in Indonesian and Malaysian has also been used to describe the Islamic concept of Hell.[1]
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Originally Posted By explosiveMidget⏩
Done!
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I think it's the other way around. The promise of "heaven" or "eternal afterlife" is what makes people hold on to their faith. It's one of the reasons why Christianity and Islam won a lot of converts was because the indigenous populations' original religions had concepts of hell but their concept of heaven was not as good as what the monotheistic religions offered. For example, the Ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman religions basically said that if you did well in your life, then you would be rewarded to work in the fields for the Gods. Boring!

In contrast, it was harder to convert the Norse mythology believers because their afterlife was all about partying and fighting in the halls of Valhalla. Sounds great for men but lousy for women. That's why Nordic women were more easily convinced to accept Christianity and they heavily influenced their men to accept it as well. The Aztecs also had heaven and hell but to get into heaven and avoid hell, human sacrifices were needed and that cheesed off some of the local population.
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Originally Posted By Shortfuze⏩
I think it's the other way around. The promise of "heaven" or "eternal afterlife" is what makes people hold on to their faith. It's one of the reasons why Christianity and Islam won a lot of converts was because the indigenous populations' original religions had concepts of hell but their concept of heaven was not as good as what the monotheistic religions offered. For example, the Ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman religions basically said that if you did well in your life, then you would be rewarded to work in the fields for the Gods. Boring!

In contrast, it was harder to convert the Norse mythology believers because their afterlife was all about partying and fighting in the halls of Valhalla. Sounds great for men but lousy for women. That's why Nordic women were more easily convinced to accept Christianity and they heavily influenced their men to accept it as well. The Aztecs also had heaven and hell but to get into heaven and avoid hell, human sacrifices were needed and that cheesed off some of the local population.
youre stupid as fukk if you think the christians "won" converts lol

they sat down with a bible and translated the texts into their native language. just lol


they killed them all and force them to practice the religion learn spanish, english, french, or portugese, or die



and I said the heaven part in the OP
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would religion even exist if there was no threat of eternal punishment. serious.
I think that's backwards.

There would be no threat of eternal punishment without religion.
Originally Posted By Duckliver⏩
Religion will always exist as long as people have questions no one can answer
Signs point to yes.
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Originally Posted By bfdehewdbyywhn⏩
youre stupid as fukk if you think the christians "won" converts lol

they sat down with a bible and translated the texts into their native language. just lol


they killed them all and force them to practice the religion learn spanish, english, french, or portugese, or die



and I said the heaven part in the OP
I didn't say violence had no part in conversion; obviously, terror tactics were used but you can't rely on violence all the time. Missionaries coopted local faiths as well and/or tried to convince the indigenous population that their monotheistic faith had more to offer especially in the afterlife. Look at the early Christians of the Roman Empire. They were brutalized, tortured, executed, etc but they still hung on to their faiths because they believed that the reward of eternal life was worth the risk and that's how Christianity spread through the Roman empire, especially among the poor.
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Originally Posted By DavinasDildo⏩
Naraka (Sanskrit: नरक) is the realm of hell in Indian religions. According to some schools of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism, Naraka is a place of torment. The word Neraka (modification of Naraka) in Indonesian and Malaysian has also been used to describe the Islamic concept of Hell.[1]
Yep, and for the most part - where that concept exists, if you end up there it's temporary.

Just like how in some Buddhism there's the 6 or 8 realms - one of them is a hell like one, but they are all temporary and part of Samsara (all of which is impermanent in their teachings).

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The midwits always think they're so smart for figuring out that heaven/hell is not real while the smart ones sit there silently as they know it's necessary for the dumb ones to behave themselves.
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Originally Posted By yewotm8⏩
The midwits always think they're so smart for figuring out that heaven/hell is not real while the smart ones sit there silently as theyknow it's necessary for the dumb ones to behave themselves.
That's exactly why I think a society is better off with it.
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cant believe how dumb you have to be to worship a cube
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Originally Posted By davik⏩
cant believe how dumb you have to be to worship a cube




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Yes there are a lot of people who are religious without believing in eternal punishment after death.

One of the most disturbing things I ever discovered is how a lot of followers of the 3 Abrahamic religions, many Christians in particular, actually love the idea of hell, because not only does it make them feel special for being chosen by God to escape it, but also gives them a sick pleasure in fantasizing that anyone they don’t like will be cast into it forever.

The actual words used to translate into the word “hell” are predominantly “Sheol” (Aramaic) and it’s New Testament equivalent “Hades” (Greek), which both mean “grave”, with the occasional “Gehenna” (Valley of Hinnom, a garbage dump used in antiquity to burn refuse) and a single usage of “Tartarus” (Greek mythology).

The common notions of hell are derived from Greek mythology as well as other fictional and more modern depictions that have no basis in actual scripture.

The true doctrine of Christianity actually states that people die and are sent to the grave, where they stay with no thought or consciousness or works or being (dead) until the day of judgment on which everyone is purified in the lake of fire and are given new bodies and reside on the New Earth.

People don’t “go to Heaven”, there is no “Lucifer” (another mistranslation referring to the King of Babylon), and there is no “hell”, and the entire idea of Christ was that he actually died for everyone’s sins, and not only those who “believe” out of fear.


However, many Christians will recoil in utter horror upon learning that their King James Bible is grossly mistranslated and that their sick fantasy of hell has no basis in scripture. They cling desperately to the idea that they will literally get to point and laugh at the damned souls screaming in misery and agony in hell, as they chill with Jesus in “heaven” (srs)
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