Life experience and the soul

So there is no heaven? Won't all the xians be a bit disappointed?Edited by Larni, : Fixed quotes.

Welcome to EvC, Domino. It also creates many problems for people who get it into their heads that they are going to go to hell and loose Yahweh's love.

Welcome to the world of mental health: some people believe that they will go to hell and it terrifies them.

No because the the experiences that lead them to the conclusion that they are in fact going to go to hell happened in the past and are thus unable to be changed.The individual ruminates on his/her experiences and becomes more and more distressed.People who process information in this way cannot simply put their beliefs to one side for the obvious reasons.So they can't change their beliefs or their past.Their soul (so they believe) is destined for hell and that is that.

Pretty much every Chatholic patient I've treated; it's more common than you would think.There is a type of cognitive process called rumination that is very much like worry where the individual cannot stop thinking about (insert reason to feel bad here).This pretty much take s over people's lives and contributes a great deal of the variance in major depressive disorder and generalised anxiety disorder.Much more common in people given to religious thought.You could argue that it is the propensity of these people engaging in magical thinking, rather than a specific belief in their eternal soul going to hell (see what I did, there?), as being the problem. But I would suggest that you can't entertain the notions of a soul and it ending up in hell if you did not engage in magical thinking.

I agree with this and in no way suggested this was the case.My point was in response to: Only one side of the story.

My emboldification.You're, of course correct. You did not say always.Unfortunately banning religion never works.