Visions Of Hell (6)

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Visions Of Hell (Part 6) - ACA Lecture Series With Matt Dillahunty.

Matt Dillahunty is president of the ACA and host of The Atheist Experience TV show. He has previously lectured on the history of the Biblical canon.

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Most religions address the afterlife, including some cosmic system of rewards and punishment. Many of these afterlife claims include some place of torture, torment or purging that we might tend to generalize as "hell".

In this lecture, we'll take a tour through a number of different concepts of hell by inspecting the art and literature that have helped spread this ubiquitous meme - even among the secular. While some modern theologians have abandoned claims of a literal hell, others continue to promote views that include lakes of fire and laughing saints. If Christianity and other religions were to die off tomorrow, would the concept of hell slip away as well?

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7SnfX1_ZQM&fmt=18
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy57ff-sJT4&fmt=18
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSNGo_r6PkM&fmt=18
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfxlDeVYu_E&fmt=18
Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDc8vjqYYA8&fmt=18
Part 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtBh1w73JwU&fmt=18

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[Piscivorus]

Sympathy is the harmony of feelings between persons of like tastes or opinion. Nobody's born with sympathy, it develops later as your mind matures. The problem with atheists is that our minds mature beyond the phase of make-believe in our early childhood. We move on to develop critical thinking skills and common sense. Naturally, it makes it difficult for us to have sympathy for theists who's minds linger in adolescence.

[ArrogantAtheist]

Atheists FTW!!

[a2daredevil00]

Punniabi: Laugh at the idea, not the person? ("Love the sinner, not the sin" phrase that Christians say all the time). Maybe you don't get the concept? Most Atheists *I* know understand this. I'll laugh at your "ideas" in the minute. That doesn't mean I "disrespect" you...not at all.

[PawnBACM]

Great job; super presentation.

[Punniabi]

@MrJohnnyrace Never read that thing so I wouldn't know

[MrJohnnyrace]

@Punniabi The talking snake in the Buy Bull. The fantasy fable book, that snake.

[Punniabi]

@MrJohnnyrace what snake?

[Punniabi]

@ScarletBLONDE I have no problem with atheists, their beliefs and views on life but to laugh in the face of a man which you do not yet know is disrespectful and if you cannot agree with that then you need to seriously take a step back and look at what you're doing.

[Punniabi]

@ScarletBLONDE ty Scarlet, that is a reasonable explanation. And that is definitely how you should treat a person who torture and casts you down. What I have been trying to say for over two years now is that if a theist calls into an atheists radio station and starts to explain something like "hey guys, I am a theist and I wanted to tell you a story about..." and right then you guys start to bust into laughter, that is simply not right, no matter how you look at it. This is what set me off..

[Punniabi]

@Piscivorus By that statement, are you trying to say that there is nothing wrong with the following picture? Caller calls in to an atheists radio station and says "Hey guys, love the show, just wanted to say that I'm a theist and I wanted to tell you about this one time.." and right then the radio hosts start busting out in laughter. Now how can you sit there and tell me there is nothing wrong with that picture, it doesn't matter what the guy is about to say, that's extremely disrespectful.

[TheLivirus]

@MrJohnnyrace Harry Potter is REAL!

[MrJohnnyrace]

@Punniabi We are not moronic enough to believe in a talking snake.