I read somewhere about the people that "believe in Hell" and that believe that one day, all of us sinners that do not believe the way they believe, or act the "right" way, will burn eternally, without the comfort of death to end the suffering. Beyond that, they strive to enjoy that, for the sake of their belief. For them, there is no mercy for the willful unbelievers. They, presumably, had their chance, and their screams are supposed to be music to the believers' ears. I thought I read this in Daylight Atheism, maybe I did, but I didn't find it. What it is, however, is evidence that religious feelings can define certain bad attitudes or behaviors (enjoying the suffering of others) and give merit to meaningless attitude or behaviors and consider them "good" (faith in the validity of an unproven (disproven, really) and outdated book).
By soothing the conscience of terrorists, tyrants and theocrats, imaginary virtues provide one of the clearest examples of how superstitious beliefs harm real people. Morality with no connection to the real world enables and encourages people to feel good about their actions when the appropriate emotions should be guilt and remorse.
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I saw that post and I loved it. I've always hated the idea of Christian forgiveness; it's so cheap. I find the ideas of Christian love and forgiveness completely slimy.
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