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The Psychology Behind the Belief in Heaven and Hell

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Richard Townsend
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11-10-2009 3:26 PM 		Reply to: Message 256 by iano
11-08-2009 1:15 PM

Re: Free-Will Is Not Enough
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None of which has any bearing on what you do with what you know to be the case.
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Iano, most of our fundamental beliefs, in the sense of 'where our heart is', are not chosen rationally or consciously. It is not possible to deliberately choose what we really believe. It is not a matter of free will. Belief cannot be willed.
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Therefore, in the Christian scheme, God condemns those who do not believe for something they have no conscious control over.
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This is cruel behaviour.
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