The idea of afterlife is a sort of pigeon drop. That is a scam where a person is convinced that by putting up 10% of the value of something in earnest money they will get a huge windfall. In the case of religion the reward is eternity, after death or the passing of this world, which cannot be substantiated. It also involves the threat that if a person does not put up their earnest "money," or declare faith they will suffer eternal punishment. It is the ultimate scam. The scam has played well for centuries, and both Christianity and Islam are eschatological fraudulent schemes.
LC On Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at 8:55:14 AM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 3:30 PM spudboy100 via Everything List < > [email protected]> wrote: > > *> For me, the afterlife-compensation belief may have some benefit for >> many* > > > Not if the afterlife includes hell, a place where an omniscient being will > use all of His infinite power to inflict infinite pain on you for an > infinite number of years and a place that can ONLY be avoided if you have > lived a perfect life. I have a great deal of difficulty understanding why > an infinitely intelligent being would want to do that. But I find it > remarkably easy to understand why a human being, like a Christian priest or > shaman of some other religious franchise that claims to have God's cell > number and email address, would invent such an idea, he concocted eternal > damnation because it increased the likelihood he will be able to convince > other humans to do what he wants them to do. And priests, pastors, mullahs > and all other sorts of conmen like power. > > John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis > <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis> > leh > > > > >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/dfa6d93a-9ddf-4d3e-9bed-8db40cc6638cn%40googlegroups.com.
