Do you believe in Hell?

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Anonymous wrote:When you die, you just die. There's nothig afterwards. You don't get rewards for being good or punishment for being bad. Why do you all need to cling to an imagined afterlife to make your lives on earth meaningful? You all sound so sad.

Many people were taught to believe these things as children, and in many ways, our majority Christian society supports these beliefs, so it can be hard to look at them with adult eyes.

How above it all you are with your adult ways.

Sorry but people who believe in heaven and hell sound incredibly childish away. It's a step above believing in Santa and his list of who's naughty and nice. Really, it's the same damn thing. Probably it's a step below believing in Santa because at least people grow out of that.

Aw, and we had such a nice break from this line of bigotry over the last week or so.

pp is blunt, but there is nothing bigoted about these remarks

BIGOT: def. a person who strongly and unfairly dislikes other people, ideas, etc. : a bigoted person; especially : a person who hates or refuses to accept the members of a particular group (such as a racial or religious group)

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Anonymous wrote:When you die, you just die. There's nothig afterwards. You don't get rewards for being good or punishment for being bad. Why do you all need to cling to an imagined afterlife to make your lives on earth meaningful? You all sound so sad.

Many people were taught to believe these things as children, and in many ways, our majority Christian society supports these beliefs, so it can be hard to look at them with adult eyes.

How above it all you are with your adult ways.

Sorry but people who believe in heaven and hell sound incredibly childish away. It's a step above believing in Santa and his list of who's naughty and nice. Really, it's the same damn thing. Probably it's a step below believing in Santa because at least people grow out of that.

Aw, and we had such a nice break from this line of bigotry over the last week or so.

pp is blunt, but there is nothing bigoted about these remarks

BIGOT: def. a person who strongly and unfairly dislikes other people, ideas, etc. : a bigoted person; especially : a person who hates or refuses to accept the members of a particular group (such as a racial or religious group)

Emphasis on unfairly. Reasons seem fair to me. Also I don't hate anyone or even necessarily dislike them. I think they are childish. You don't appear to like me particularly but that doesn't make you a bigot either.

But hey if it makes you feel better to think everyone who disagrees with you is a bigot, knock yourself out.

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Anonymous wrote:When you die, you just die. There's nothig afterwards. You don't get rewards for being good or punishment for being bad. Why do you all need to cling to an imagined afterlife to make your lives on earth meaningful? You all sound so sad.

Many people were taught to believe these things as children, and in many ways, our majority Christian society supports these beliefs, so it can be hard to look at them with adult eyes.

How above it all you are with your adult ways.

Sorry but people who believe in heaven and hell sound incredibly childish away. It's a step above believing in Santa and his list of who's naughty and nice. Really, it's the same damn thing. Probably it's a step below believing in Santa because at least people grow out of that.

Here's the thing - I am not an expectant mother nor am I trying to conceive. I don't have children in private school. I also don't have kids in Montgomery County Schools. I don't typically hang out in those forums and I never post there. If you are not a person of faith or a spiritual seeker, why are you here? One of two things has to be true - Either you are just mean-spirited and are here to troll which says a whole lot more about you than it does about anyone else. OR, you are a person feeling conflicted. If the latter is true, spend some time in meditation and/or prayer. If you read the religious forum, take what you works for you and leave the rest.

No one is trying to convert you to their side. You don't need to post nasty responses just for the sake of being nasty.

I don't "hang out" here. I found this through the "Recent posts" section. It was a question addressed to anyone and I can answer however I want. This is not an application-only social club it's an anonymous forum. Get a grip.

I didn't suggest you couldn't or shouldn't post here or anywhere else. I simply questioned your reasons for doing so. To inform? To share an opinion? To add to the conversation in some way? Or just to be mean?

Different poster - IMO pp was sharing an opinion - one you apparently don't share. It also seems to me that in your initial post on this matter, that you were indeed questioning her motives for posting and inviting her to leave because she was not religious and therefore shouldn't be on a religion forum ( with the implication that it's reserved only for those who believe), when the title of the thread poses a yes or no question. Apparently, in your mind a "no" answer should be limited to a non-belief in hell but a belief in religion overall. PP and others don't feel that way.

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I believe that life after death is being remembered by those you leave behind. If you are remembered with love, that's heaven. If people hate what you did in your lifetime, that's hell.

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Anonymous wrote:When you die, you just die. There's nothig afterwards. You don't get rewards for being good or punishment for being bad. Why do you all need to cling to an imagined afterlife to make your lives on earth meaningful? You all sound so sad.

Many people were taught to believe these things as children, and in many ways, our majority Christian society supports these beliefs, so it can be hard to look at them with adult eyes.

How above it all you are with your adult ways.

Sorry but people who believe in heaven and hell sound incredibly childish away. It's a step above believing in Santa and his list of who's naughty and nice. Really, it's the same damn thing. Probably it's a step below believing in Santa because at least people grow out of that.

Aw, and we had such a nice break from this line of bigotry over the last week or so.

pp is blunt, but there is nothing bigoted about these remarks

BIGOT: def. a person who strongly and unfairly dislikes other people, ideas, etc. : a bigoted person; especially : a person who hates or refuses to accept the members of a particular group (such as a racial or religious group)

Emphasis on unfairly. Reasons seem fair to me. Also I don't hate anyone or even necessarily dislike them. I think they are childish. You don't appear to like me particularly but that doesn't make you a bigot either.

But hey if it makes you feel better to think everyone who disagrees with you is a bigot, knock yourself out.

Of course the reasons seem fair to you. I thought atheists were supposed to appreciate others in a way that we religious people can't, or won't. Let me guess, there are some acceptable differences to embrace (dress, food, secular cultural traditions, skin color) and then there's religion.

"Humanists" often reveal themselves as more judgmental and dismissive than most believers.

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Anonymous wrote:When you die, you just die. There's nothig afterwards. You don't get rewards for being good or punishment for being bad. Why do you all need to cling to an imagined afterlife to make your lives on earth meaningful? You all sound so sad.

Many people were taught to believe these things as children, and in many ways, our majority Christian society supports these beliefs, so it can be hard to look at them with adult eyes.

How above it all you are with your adult ways.

Sorry but people who believe in heaven and hell sound incredibly childish away. It's a step above believing in Santa and his list of who's naughty and nice. Really, it's the same damn thing. Probably it's a step below believing in Santa because at least people grow out of that.

Aw, and we had such a nice break from this line of bigotry over the last week or so.

pp is blunt, but there is nothing bigoted about these remarks

BIGOT: def. a person who strongly and unfairly dislikes other people, ideas, etc. : a bigoted person; especially : a person who hates or refuses to accept the members of a particular group (such as a racial or religious group)

Emphasis on unfairly. Reasons seem fair to me. Also I don't hate anyone or even necessarily dislike them. I think they are childish. You don't appear to like me particularly but that doesn't make you a bigot either.

But hey if it makes you feel better to think everyone who disagrees with you is a bigot, knock yourself out.

Of course the reasons seem fair to you. I thought atheists were supposed to appreciate others in a way that we religious people can't, or won't. Let me guess, there are some acceptable differences to embrace (dress, food, secular cultural traditions, skin color) and then there's religion.

"Humanists" often reveal themselves as more judgmental and dismissive than most believers.

You guessed wrong. Anyway, I'm curious what would be the acceptable non-bigoted opinion about someone belief in a flaming hell where all the bad people (and non-believers like me) burn for eternity? Childish seems to be pretty generous!

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HM poster is back, and she has a chip on her shoulder from the beatdown her understanding of history took on that other thread.

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Anonymous wrote:When you die, you just die. There's nothig afterwards. You don't get rewards for being good or punishment for being bad. Why do you all need to cling to an imagined afterlife to make your lives on earth meaningful? You all sound so sad.

Many people were taught to believe these things as children, and in many ways, our majority Christian society supports these beliefs, so it can be hard to look at them with adult eyes.

How above it all you are with your adult ways.

Sorry but people who believe in heaven and hell sound incredibly childish away. It's a step above believing in Santa and his list of who's naughty and nice. Really, it's the same damn thing. Probably it's a step below believing in Santa because at least people grow out of that.

Aw, and we had such a nice break from this line of bigotry over the last week or so.

pp is blunt, but there is nothing bigoted about these remarks

BIGOT: def. a person who strongly and unfairly dislikes other people, ideas, etc. : a bigoted person; especially : a person who hates or refuses to accept the members of a particular group (such as a racial or religious group)

Emphasis on unfairly. Reasons seem fair to me. Also I don't hate anyone or even necessarily dislike them. I think they are childish. You don't appear to like me particularly but that doesn't make you a bigot either.

But hey if it makes you feel better to think everyone who disagrees with you is a bigot, knock yourself out.

Of course the reasons seem fair to you. I thought atheists were supposed to appreciate others in a way that we religious people can't, or won't. Let me guess, there are some acceptable differences to embrace (dress, food, secular cultural traditions, skin color) and then there's religion.

"Humanists" often reveal themselves as more judgmental and dismissive than most believers.

You guessed wrong. Anyway, I'm curious what would be the acceptable non-bigoted opinion about someone belief in a flaming hell where all the bad people (and non-believers like me) burn for eternity? Childish seems to be pretty generous!

Oh, but I don't believe that about nonbelievers. A lot of posters here don't. But there you go with your broad brush. You were making encompassing negative assumptions based on one identifying element of a person (belief system). Hmmm. Sounds like a bigot to me.

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Anonymous wrote:HM poster is back, and she has a chip on her shoulder from the beatdown her understanding of history took on that other thread.

I'm 11:52 and have no idea who or what you're talking about. Shockingly, there may be multiple people who don't believe in hell.

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Anonymous wrote:HM poster is back, and she has a chip on her shoulder from the beatdown her understanding of history took on that other thread.

Is she Groundhog?

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Anonymous wrote:When you die, you just die. There's nothig afterwards. You don't get rewards for being good or punishment for being bad. Why do you all need to cling to an imagined afterlife to make your lives on earth meaningful? You all sound so sad.

Many people were taught to believe these things as children, and in many ways, our majority Christian society supports these beliefs, so it can be hard to look at them with adult eyes.

How above it all you are with your adult ways.

Sorry but people who believe in heaven and hell sound incredibly childish away. It's a step above believing in Santa and his list of who's naughty and nice. Really, it's the same damn thing. Probably it's a step below believing in Santa because at least people grow out of that.

Aw, and we had such a nice break from this line of bigotry over the last week or so.

pp is blunt, but there is nothing bigoted about these remarks

BIGOT: def. a person who strongly and unfairly dislikes other people, ideas, etc. : a bigoted person; especially : a person who hates or refuses to accept the members of a particular group (such as a racial or religious group)

Emphasis on unfairly. Reasons seem fair to me. Also I don't hate anyone or even necessarily dislike them. I think they are childish. You don't appear to like me particularly but that doesn't make you a bigot either.

But hey if it makes you feel better to think everyone who disagrees with you is a bigot, knock yourself out.

Of course the reasons seem fair to you. I thought atheists were supposed to appreciate others in a way that we religious people can't, or won't. Let me guess, there are some acceptable differences to embrace (dress, food, secular cultural traditions, skin color) and then there's religion.

"Humanists" often reveal themselves as more judgmental and dismissive than most believers.

You guessed wrong. Anyway, I'm curious what would be the acceptable non-bigoted opinion about someone belief in a flaming hell where all the bad people (and non-believers like me) burn for eternity? Childish seems to be pretty generous!

Oh, but I don't believe that about nonbelievers. A lot of posters here don't. But there you go with your broad brush. You were making encompassing negative assumptions based on one identifying element of a person (belief system). Hmmm. Sounds like a bigot to me.

No I wasn't. The belief is childish. What other "encompassing negative" things did I say? Did I say they beat their children and don't pay their taxes? Plenty of religious people are perfectly nice. And my "broad brush" view of hell is a popular one. But feel free to share your view that's supposedly so different.

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I won't get into what I believe or don't believe but until I get actual confirmation from someone who has gone to hell, I'll just say maybe there is a hell, maybe there isn't. That goes for heaven too.

One thing that's a fact, evil does roam this Earth and hopefully one day each and every one of them will find hell.

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I believe goodness and kindness are their own rewards. There is no need for an eternal torture for bad deeds to make the world a just place. If it were up to me, everyone who has ever wronged me or those I love would be at peace after life. Isn't God supposed to be about mercy?

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Anonymous wrote:I won't get into what I believe or don't believe but until I get actual confirmation from someone who has gone to hell, I'll just say maybe there is a hell, maybe there isn't. That goes for heaven too.

One thing that's a fact, evil does roam this Earth and hopefully one day each and every one of them will find hell.

Okay super -- my opinions were specifically about ppl who do believe in hell. I never said all Christians or all any religion. Carry on.

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Anonymous wrote:When you die, you just die. There's nothig afterwards. You don't get rewards for being good or punishment for being bad. Why do you all need to cling to an imagined afterlife to make your lives on earth meaningful? You all sound so sad.

Many people were taught to believe these things as children, and in many ways, our majority Christian society supports these beliefs, so it can be hard to look at them with adult eyes.

How above it all you are with your adult ways.

Sorry but people who believe in heaven and hell sound incredibly childish away. It's a step above believing in Santa and his list of who's naughty and nice. Really, it's the same damn thing. Probably it's a step below believing in Santa because at least people grow out of that.

Aw, and we had such a nice break from this line of bigotry over the last week or so.

pp is blunt, but there is nothing bigoted about these remarks

BIGOT: def. a person who strongly and unfairly dislikes other people, ideas, etc. : a bigoted person; especially : a person who hates or refuses to accept the members of a particular group (such as a racial or religious group)

Emphasis on unfairly. Reasons seem fair to me. Also I don't hate anyone or even necessarily dislike them. I think they are childish. You don't appear to like me particularly but that doesn't make you a bigot either.

But hey if it makes you feel better to think everyone who disagrees with you is a bigot, knock yourself out.

Of course the reasons seem fair to you. I thought atheists were supposed to appreciate others in a way that we religious people can't, or won't. Let me guess, there are some acceptable differences to embrace (dress, food, secular cultural traditions, skin color) and then there's religion.

"Humanists" often reveal themselves as more judgmental and dismissive than most believers.

You guessed wrong. Anyway, I'm curious what would be the acceptable non-bigoted opinion about someone belief in a flaming hell where all the bad people (and non-believers like me) burn for eternity? Childish seems to be pretty generous!

Oh, but I don't believe that about nonbelievers. A lot of posters here don't. But there you go with your broad brush. You were making encompassing negative assumptions based on one identifying element of a person (belief system). Hmmm. Sounds like a bigot to me.

No I wasn't. The belief is childish. What other "encompassing negative" things did I say? Did I say they beat their children and don't pay their taxes? Plenty of religious people are perfectly nice. And my "broad brush" view of hell is a popular one. But feel free to share your view that's supposedly so different.

"PEOPLE who believe in heaven and hell sound incredibly childish" is what you said earlier. Along with them being a step above believing Santa maintains a Naughty and Nice list. Now you're saying the belief is childish, oh and there are plenty of "perfectly nice" religious people, too.

I will give you this, you did NOT say they beat their children. So there's that.