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IIIIITHE1IIIII on 19 June 2012
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Jumpin said:
IIIIITHE1IIIII said:


I never said that it makes no sense to practice religion for the sake of joy, but don't fool yourself: Every Christian, Jew and Muslim fear hell and are willing to do anything to avoid it. Praying may be one of those things, circumcising their children may be another, but they all have the same goal.

It brings joy because they feel safe from the Devil.

Jews don't believe in hell. Jews circumcise to celebrate a covenant with God. Christians pray as a means of deepening their own personal relationship with God; not to avoid hell. 

Bolded: Well, they do fear the cleansing though, which is directly affected by their actions/lack of actions.

Underlined: Which wouldn't make any sense according to the OP.

Rest: Which also makes no sense according to the OP. You don't deserve to have a deeper relationship with God just because you happened to be born in a Christian society. That would at least partially base your relationship with God on luck.