If a person feigns (within their minds of course) a religious being- that is they assume the "righteous" life and do all of the repentance, acceptance of Jesus, yatta, yatta, yatta- however deep, deep, down, as most human beings do, they are truly selfish in doing it because they are ultimately afraid of eternal damnation to the Inferno, and so they accept religion as a sort of, security blanket, then won't they be banned to hell anyhow? I mean, if a person thinks they are religious and is believing in God because they "love" him, but deep down it all truly stems from their subconscious desire to not be probed by horned little Lucifers, won't they be damned anyhow? Because it wasn't their ultimate love of God that did it, but their own personal inner feelings of fear? I mean honestly, I want to know how many people would continue doing all of the suppression of desires, worry over actions and sins, if all of the sudden Jesus came down and said, "Hey, all of you, heaven will be open to everyone from now on, but try to be good." Fear of damnation is eliminated= no more fear= no more necessity to be good all the time= eh, who gives a ?
If there didn't exist a competition and personal worry to get into heaven, then no one would be religious, which kind of exemplifies how religion is innately selfish, egocentric and existing only because people are scared crazy over not being eternally rewarded???
I think this topic is all so mushed and disorginized- maybe because I am tired and reading with one eye due to contact lens... Anyhow, I think next time I'll construct a thesis and supporting paragraphs to formulate my thoughts into readable information. Please try to decipher and answer. gratzi!
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