(05-23-2021, 02:21 AM)jerry mcmasters Wrote:(05-23-2021, 02:02 AM)GenesisNemesis Wrote:(05-23-2021, 01:35 AM)Lion IRC Wrote: I think that if you're sure there's no afterlife, then I don't know why the mere mention of the word hell would bother you.
Easy, because it's psychological abuse. But you don't care about the fact that it's psychological abuse, do you?
I think he meant as a possibility to atheists, in which case I would assume he is just mistaken. Agnostics, people weighing the pros and cons and trying to come to grips with it, no doubt your description would apply.
If someone calls you an idiot but you don't believe you're an idiot, that would still be abuse, wouldn't it?
“For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.” -Carl Sagan.