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Originally posted by Brujah
What if i'm right, and it's all a simple matter of whether you believed there was one or not ? Would you want to believe, or choose not to believe ?
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this "God" nonsense is the most ludicrous shit ever devised. What about the rest of the mammals on this earth? Do they go to "heaven" as well? Does your cat go to Hell for killing a bird last week?
"God" and religion was created back in the fucking stone age out of pure necessity. The needs were two fold:
1. Because humans have something other mammals don't. Namely, the ability to reason and think things through. Hence, it was inevitable that the day would come that man would realize, "I am alive. I live. Therefore, one day.... hmmm..... I will NOT be living." And the utter shock of that realization is a little much to handle for Mr. Cromagnon. Thus, the "afterlife" was born. "Hey, it's all good..... you're not
really gonna be dead, cuz you're gonna go to this special place!"
2. Control. A simple but VERY effective method of controlling the moral actions of the masses. "If you do this, you're going to Hell!" "But if you do this, you will be welcomed into the Kingdom of whatever....."
and it's been that way ever since.
finally though, and thankfully.... people are beginning to realize this. IT'S A LIE.
Face it. You are going to die someday. And when you do, your story is over. There's no "special place", no "afterlife", no pearly fucking gates, and no Hell. Just dirt. Forever.
The sooner people come to terms with this, the sooner they can move on with their lives and stop living in fear of "God".
I never understood that expression anyway.... "we're good God fearing people"..... I thought "God" was supposed to be all-loving and forgiving? Why should anyone fear that?
anyway..... there ya go.