• SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    I always hate that argument. Why be a decent human without the threat of eternal damnation? I mean that threat doesn’t seem to stop a vast number of religious people from being unbelievably cruel to their fellow humans, so…

    • NutWrench@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Agreed. If the only that stops some people from committing crimes is the threat of supernatural punishment, then they have the morality of an insect.

    • Otkaz@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      As an atheist I can’t tell you how many Christians have asked me why I don’t just rape and murder people if I don’t believe in hell. Tells me everything I need to know about that POS.