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Originally Posted by Chippingaway
Repulsive yes, but nontheless one of the reasons for a hell concept. More repulsive to most i think is the idea things do not even up and balance out. That would imply would it not, that life has no grand purpose and no grand destiny for man? And a divine being would cease to be a caretaker, leaving man to his own devices. To many this would be harder to bear then the hell concept.
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But you see, I don't think life has any "grand purpose." And if it does, what would it matter, since the purpose would not be yours, anyway, but some god's, who isn't telling what it really is. You should read my essay on "
Meaning and Purpose for the Secular Humanist."
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There is, in most minds only one reason to accept hell, and that is the opposite, heaven, the two concepts are often more then not taught together. Heaven is the big reward for pain and suffering and devotion in the face of those ,the end purpose of one's well lived life.
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Ah! Believe one lie to make the other more acceptable! I see.