@ pearljammer.
The original reason why they came up with the idea of Hell and an eternity of fire and brimstone and torture if you even stray slightly from Christianity, is to keep the people they have indoctrinated coughing up the cash.
I know nobody will ever admit that they, god forbid, go to a church that could be so sneaky. And they might very well be correct in their assumptions.
Christianity is as far removed from rainbows and lollipops as you can get, and those involved have permanent rose colored glasses on.
@ some guy earlier, people who don't beleive in god are not unhappy with their lives, they just don't have imaginary friends.
God is like Santa Claus on crack. Some kids stop believing in Santa when they are 5, others when they are 12. Just like some people stop believing in god when they are in their teens/early 20's/middle aged/elderly and others, take these notions of a better life after this one they wasted, to their deathbed.
I don't know about you, but i would rather not feel like I have someone breathing down my neck 24/7, promising to torture me for eternity of I do something that he stipulated against 2000 or more years ago. That is just stupid.







