Visions Of Hell (3)

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Visions Of Hell (Part 3) - 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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[RahRy444]

i Love these......

[smartcat001]

Always liked Matts speeches ! Great !

[HelFKiernan]

holy crap! I remember a Sesame Street movie in which the ghost of a young Egyptian prince has to have his heart weighed- he fails the test, then gets pissed and yells at the god that "it isn't fair!"... and then is allowed to go on to the afterlife. crazy.

[S0chan]

Matt is the perfect example of how you don't need some special paper or a title to be credible and truly knowledgeable on any subject.

[ctvwr]

Right, but Zeitgeist also claim that the evil Jews have been plotting to use the Federal Reserve to take over the world and stage 911 or some shit. So it poisons the well.

I said nothing of removing rights to speech. I said exactly what Sam Harris says we should do to religion. Subject it to scathing criticism based on its merits.

[Gungfuwarrior]

I wouldn't limit free speech for anyone, it's better to just show how ridiculous some ideas are. That IS the problem of conspiracy, though, they may have some factual information, but it's alongside all this other bs. Zeitgeist & Religulous got their information about Horus from the same source.

[ctvwr]

Probably because of Zeitgeist. Fucking conspiracy nuts ruin everything they touch. It is imperative not to give them voice or credence, lest unpopular ideas based on reason and evidence be dismissed alongside lizardman theories and 911 truther crap.

[Gungfuwarrior]

This is great, but why is it that you're not a conspiracy theorist when you say Zoasrtianism influenced Christianity, but mention Horus & you're thrown in the tin foil hat category?

[Cyrathil]

I love that... Sheol, not much know about it; but that which is know, contradicts the other things. Isn't it great?