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Originally posted by @bigdoggproblemYour “Advanced Mind” can’t figure out something that simple?
So explain the last sentence then.
If hell was created to keep the weak-minded in line and didn’t serve as a deterrent to Hitler, Stalin and Pol Pot, presumably their minds were too strong to be affected. Therefore making the prospect of hell stronger or more prominent/convincing would be required to influence Hitler’s, Stalin’s and Pol Pot’s “strong minds.”
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Originally posted by @romans1009Eternal Torment is the worst possible fate. It cannot be made stronger.
Your “Advanced Mind” can’t figure out something that simple?
If hell was created to keep the weak-minded in line and didn’t serve as a deterrent to Hitler, Stalin and Pol Pot, presumably their minds were too strong to be affected. Therefore making the prospect of hell stronger or more prominent/convincing would be required to influence Hitler’s, Stalin’s and Pol Pot’s “strong minds.”
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Originally posted by @romans1009Yes but you are getting into risky theological waters. Making the prospect of Hell look, say, 10% more horrible, could have resulted in 10% more people resisting temptation and less evil being done, so why would God not do that? Obviously He doesn’t want to get rid of free will, but He had to set the fear of punishment factor somewhere. Why there?
Your “Advanced Mind” can’t figure out something that simple?
If hell was created to keep the weak-minded in line and didn’t serve as a deterrent to Hitler, Stalin and Pol Pot, presumably their minds were too strong to be affected. Therefore making the prospect of hell stronger or more prominent/convincing would be required to influence Hitler’s, Stalin’s and Pol Pot’s “strong minds.”
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Originally posted by @romans1009Thanks Jesus bud. (looks around, sees nobody). Now I'm askew.
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Jesus Christ is quite clear on how one goes to heaven:
“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”...
Originally posted by @bigdoggproblemYou’re confusing hell with the prospect of it.
Eternal Torment is the worst possible fate. It cannot be made stronger.
Here’s the sentence you didn’t understand: “If so then make the prospect of "hell" even stronger.”
Making the prospect of hell stronger is not the same as making hell stronger.
Originally posted by @apathistYou can’t see and never will see 99.9999 percent of the world’s population, Do they not exist? Are the only people who exist the ones you’ve seen?
Thanks Jesus bud. (looks around, sees nobody). Now I'm askew.
Originally posted by @romans1009Never been to africa, but I have no doubt it actually exists though.
You can’t see and never will see 99.9999 percent of the world’s population, Do they not exist? Are the only people who exist the ones you’ve seen?
Originally posted by @apathistBased on what?
Never been to africa, but I have no doubt it actually exists though.
Originally posted by @js357Just as an FYI, Freud got a lot wrong.
I may be doing a bit of that except instead of denying God exists I only assert that when I introspect on the subject I find that I lack belief that God or any such supernatural creative being exists. This is due to the fact that when it comes to God, the usual ways of verifying hunches seem to be unavailable to me. I have come to this limited kind of awarene ...[text shortened]... hholding of poo, either to manipulate me or not. Edit: I wonder how Freud came by his knowledge.
Originally posted by @suzianneThe reason I don't ask you "What is the deterrence effect of a non-credible threat?" is because you don't believe in a torturer god.
Somebody please play with FMF before he bursts something.
The reason believers in a torturer god don't answer the question about the deterrence effect of a non-credible threat is because it exposes the psychological and moral incoherence of the torturer god ideology.
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Originally posted by @fmfIt is obviously a deterrence to those people who view it as a credible threat.
The reason I don't ask you "What is the deterrence effect of a non-credible threat?" is because you don't believe in a torturer god.
The reason believers in a torturer god don't answer the question about the deterrence effect of a non-credible threat is because it exposes the psychological and moral incoherence of the torturer god ideology.