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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you knew of something that was so wonderful - so beautiful, so incredibly amazing, so wonderous -- wouldn't you want to tell everyone about it, so that they could know about what this most amazing and inspiring thing was??[/quote]

Sure, tell them about it and then they can decide for themselves if they feel the same way and want to pursue it.

But that's often not the way religion works -- people are indoctrinated as children, or coerced or threatened as adults or made to feel guilty and dirty and sometimes are punished if they don't believe in exactly the "right" way.[/quote]

I'm sorry PP, is that what happened to you? Thats not how faith grew in me. I saw my mother, who was very devout, the immense patience she had, the inner calm, the love she felt for people, and her commitment to help anyone who needed help, and I wanted to be like that. If it was faith that could make someone like that, then I wanted faith.
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Most other organizations don't threaten people with severe punishment if you don't join.[/quote]

Huh? PP, is somebody threatening to torture or otherwise punish you if you don't join their church? And if you're not a believer, then Hell is just an empty threat.
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Right - it's an empty threat if you don't believe in hell, but many religions, especially here in the US, do believe in hell[/quote]

I'm still confused. [b]Why are you worried about threats involving hell, if you don't believe in it?[/b] I don't believe in space aliens so I don't waste any time worrying about being abducted by them.

Also, the Christian thing about hell applies equally to Christians who behave badly. So it's not like anybody is singling you out.[/quote]

I'm worried for other people.  I'm not completely self-centered.[/quote]

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