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Mariana

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10. What's really interesting is that most flavors of Christianity

Reply to Spider Jerusalem (Reply #8)

Sat Mar 17, 2018, 12:33 PM

Mar 2018

teach that hell is deserved by everyone equally, and the only way to avoid it is faith, not works. You don't deserve punishment for any specific acts, you deserve punishment for being a sinner generally, just like everyone else. So where is the incentive to behave ethically/morally, when your behavior has zero effect on where you'll land in the afterlife?

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All humans (even Repubs) base their lives on 2 basic questions. [View all] Funtatlaguy Mar 2018 OP

Those are two questions I would never dream to ask. They both... Binkie The Clown Mar 2018 #1

Some people may ... not "all" left-of-center2012 Mar 2018 #2

Ya know, plenty of us atheists dont need the Big Guns of Hell pointed at us... JHB Mar 2018 #3

Umm, no Thyla Mar 2018 #4

Maybe its my Southern Baptist background Funtatlaguy Mar 2018 #5

My Southern Baptist background Mariana Mar 2018 #9

Like I said, what hope do we have then Thyla Mar 2018 #11

I decided many years ago that the only hell is life right here on earth. shraby Mar 2018 #12

Just to be sure, I reviewed the SBC's website. Mariana Mar 2018 #13

This seems more like a Religion thread than a GD thread. MineralMan Mar 2018 #6

Personally think the only really important question is guided by Enoki33 Mar 2018 #7

Nope Spider Jerusalem Mar 2018 #8

What's really interesting is that most flavors of Christianity Mariana Mar 2018 #10

All humans do not ask themselves that question. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2018 #14

Locking.... DonViejo Mar 2018 #15