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Unfortunately, there is no Hell, so we'd better do something about the issue in this world.
by eli_gottlieb 11y ago
Unfortunately, there is no Hell, so we'd better do something about the issue in this world.
- codezero 11y agoI wanted to say the same thing but didn't because I was worried I'd be downvoted.
- emodendroket 11y agoI think it's a useful rhetorical device and I'm not really so confident anything will be done.
- PhasmaFelis 11y agoNice to see that atheists can also be humorless and overly-literal. Edit: Honest question to downvoters: You are aware that "a special place in Hell" is a figure of speech, yes? That emodendroket was not actually saying "no need to fix this problem, God will take care of it"? Or are you perhaps interpreting my post as a knee-jerk dig at all atheists, as opposed to just at eli_gottlieb for being overly pedantic?
- prawn 11y agoI think there's value in the comment. Pushes a discussion towards a realistic solution to this sort of thing.
- codezero 11y agoI think it's good to remind people that if we really don't approve of a behavior or crime, we should seek to reconcile the crime accordingly here and now, and not write it off with a passing phrase (it's a phrase, not meant literally), or with possible religious connotations (kind of mean it literally)
- Gigablah 11y agoReplace "figure of speech" with "platitude".
- mirimir 11y agoWell, some say that Hell is other people. Others say that Hell is in your mind. Me, I agree with both emodendroket and eli_gottlieb.
- cousin_it 11y agoAgreed, except I would replace "unfortunately" with "fortunately".