Athiest, if you know there may be a chance of Hell, why wouldn't you just be...

[SarahKegun]

...a christian just in case? Hell is eternal, why risk it? If there is no chance of it being real, why do millions of people believe in it?

 

[Donny]

Ever heard of a dude named Pascal?

 

[JoeBiden]

Atheists can find out for themselves at death.

 

[BackfromYtAHell]

You just won your own debate with the subsequent question. If you haven't given me a chance to say that hell in the biblical sense isn't proven and that it doesn't matter how many people believe it, it's still wrong (as was the case with slavery); then you've answered your own question with an assertion before I even type a single letter.

 

[jackie]

In the 'millions of people who believe in it' do you include non practising religious sorts? I bet more than half of them are.

 

[LachrymoseLover]

They wouldn't really believe, they would just be fakes in the religion. They need proof first.

 

[DASS]

I could make the same argument for the cycle of suffering and it'd still be equally crap.

 

[FOV]

Because as an atheist I don't believe in Hell so I am not afraid of it and I refuse to pay lip service to something I don't believe in just to avoid a place I don't believe in. I can't decide what is right for millions of people I can only decide what is right for me.

 

[samanthab]

Pascal's wager, eh? Better load up on every other world religion, too.

 

[thecrocoducktRAWRt]

I actually care about believe things on the basis of them being true rather than believing things be cause of their potential consequences.

 

[JediGroundhog]

Yes, but what if I follow Jesus, the Rapture comes, and Oh Look, there's Muhammad with Allah and they look pissed. Being an Atheists, I can easily say that I didn't take any sides. If I followed Jesus, well I'm F&*^#!

 

[DaphneTheMagicFerret]

You assume your religion is the only one that promotes eternal punishment?

Heads up: Christianity isn't very original.