Table of Contents
Frank B. Finite (a "true" atheist)
Contact the fools - How you ca contact the us
Survey SAYS . . .
Our own little try at the scientific
method
Recently we here at the institute conducted a survey. We entered atheist/skeptic chat rooms and asked them the following question:
Should people be forced to go to a "Christian" church?
Only atheist/skeptics were allowed to answer.
The overwhelming majority of atheists/skeptics, 87%, said no. And we tend to doubt the sincerity of the others who actually said yes.
We even got some *Heck No's! (* This is the diluted version of the actual explicative used. Just take out the "c" & "k" and substitute a couple of toothpicks to construct the actual word).
Which brings us to the topic at hand - "hell".
If people shouldn't be "forced" to attend church, then it stands to reason that they shouldn't be forced to go to heaven, which would be an infinitely amplified version of church with billions of Christians milling about, listening to sermons, singing praises to their Lord, praying, reading scripture, watching Veggie Tales, etc.
And if they spent their entire life avoiding church/God, it also seems that they wouldn't want to go to a place that is infinitely worse (or better depending on your point of view). And the right thing for God to do would be NOT to force them into heaven.
And some suggest that hell may very well be the total absence of God (which would include the absence of all love, peace, joy, etc. if God is indeed the only author of such things).
On the other hand, if God DID force all to heaven (and it's still an infinitely amplified version of church), then more than likely those forced their against their will would be absolutely miserable.
It would be just like child who is currently angry at their parent for forcing them to do something against their will, and then gets hugged by the same parent.
This tends to make the child more angry. And God's love shining (hugging) on people in heaven who didn't want to be their for eternity would create a "hell" for that person.
Either way, it seems that God is off the hook for people going to hell.
