No and no? Most people who self-identify as Christians don't 'believe in Christianity', though they might believe in God and the concept of hell (never mind how or why you get there) doesn't exist in quite a lot of religions e.g. Buddhism, Judaism etc.
- whomping willow.:
- This might have been posted before, but here's a fun thing to think about: clearly, we're all going to Hell. (I'm an Atheist, but I would still appropriately capitalize it for the respect of Christians.) Like Dru said in the Atheists thread, I agree that many religions are just individual interpretations of the same general idea, with some tweaks here and there. So, guess what? We're all going to Hell.
If you don't believe in Christianity, you're going to hell, correct? That is the same with the majority of religions. Unless you somehow figure out a way to believe in every single religion (which, if you ask me, I don't see how that is possible), we usually believe in one religion, and we think that one is true. So...if we all think one is true...voila, we must all be magically be going into Hell.
This is just one of the many reasons why I find religion to be ridiculous, for lack of a better word. I'm not trying to be disrespectful, but the whole idea of Heaven and Hell is so far-reached, and the logic put into it is minimal. Please, correct me if this all is wrong in your perspective, but when push comes to shove with these religious reasoning battles, I do see more logical thinking and realization from where I stand.
This lack of very basic knowledge of how especially nonwestern religions work is just one of the many reasons why religious people often roll their eyes at atheists going on about how 'logical thinking' is on their side of the debate.
December 31st, 2012 at 12:06pm