Comments on: Billboard Heckler – Feel ugly? http://blog.dmcleish.id.au/2006/08/26/billboard-heckler-feel-ugly/ Ramblings on atheism and life from Sydney, Australia. Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:27:31 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Wade M http://blog.dmcleish.id.au/2006/08/26/billboard-heckler-feel-ugly/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Wade M Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:06:49 +0000 http://www.wordpress.dmcleish.id.au/?p=49#comment-7 Another idea on how Christianity gets people in; Fear. I first heard this discussed by Alan Watts. People are generally feared into following. They are afraid of hell, or what will happen if they don't follow Christianity. They follow not out of blind faith or truth. I think this concept goes one before yours. If one is good or bad, but there is no consequence, there's no reason to follow Christianity. If, however, one is bad and he goes to hell and that doesn't sound nice, he'll try for the alternative. Another annoyance on the same style of thing is those charity donations...The ones that try guilt you into giving. Giving out of guilt, is not the right reason to give, it's false giving. I'll stop comment spamming now, :) --Wade Another idea on how Christianity gets people in; Fear. I first heard this discussed by Alan Watts. People are generally feared into following. They are afraid of hell, or what will happen if they don’t follow Christianity. They follow not out of blind faith or truth.

I think this concept goes one before yours. If one is good or bad, but there is no consequence, there’s no reason to follow Christianity. If, however, one is bad and he goes to hell and that doesn’t sound nice, he’ll try for the alternative.

Another annoyance on the same style of thing is those charity donations…The ones that try guilt you into giving. Giving out of guilt, is not the right reason to give, it’s false giving.

I’ll stop comment spamming now, :)

–Wade

]]> By: Wade M http://blog.dmcleish.id.au/2006/08/26/billboard-heckler-feel-ugly/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Wade M Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:14:47 +0000 http://www.wordpress.dmcleish.id.au/?p=49#comment-6 Found your site through Hear Ye! Very glad I have, you present a well thought out, balanced, rational and researched article. Firing weapons with a gun they loaded. --Wade Found your site through Hear Ye! Very glad I have, you present a well thought out, balanced, rational and researched article. Firing weapons with a gun they loaded.

–Wade

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