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Originally Posted by aklim
Eternal damnation serves one simple purpose. It tells you "Thou shalt not get away with it.". That means that even if I were smart enough to get out of legal trouble for killing you, raping you, stealing from you, etc, etc, I will still get punished in the end. Eternal Damnation serves to take over where mortal law cannot.
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Yet, our prisons are full of devout Christians. Sure stopped them from doing bad things to people.
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Originally Posted by aklim
If you escape punishment in this life, you'd be scot free. Without a god to punish you in the next life, you could be more easily tempted to try your luck in this life.
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Thats the thing though. There is no "other life", this is it. People waste too much time attempting to telepathically communicate with the Dead Jewish Zombie and not enough time doing what they should.