Another "Wouldya?"

[Exhausted]

Would you accept the worse afterlife your belief system or lack thereof offers in order to convert every other human on Earth to your belief system or lack thereof?

For example, would you go to Hell to convert everyone to Christianity?
And yes, I am aware of the fact that atheists have an easier time with this than most others. But I'm okay with that, surprisingly.

 

[Yusuf Evans]

I voted no, simply because of one reason. If a person cannot believe in heaven or hell, the end destination of myself is not going to change that. If they ignore the Holy Spirit over and over again, why must I incur the wrath of God when they refuse to obey? Christianity is about a choice and the only one who would make a deal such as this is Satan.

 

[skeptic86]

As an agnostic atheist, the worst (and imo, the only possible) postmortem fate for me is that I cease to exist. So yes, I'd accept this fate (I pretty much already have) in order to do away with Islam, Christianity and the like. What an easy question.

Anyone who says they'd be willing to endure the most painful form of torture (both physically and psychologically I'd imagine) for eternity is being somewhat naive and disingenuous. I surmise they've never been tortured (even midly tortured, which is a far cry from what an omnipotent deity would inflict I'm sure) and would regret the decision after a few hours or a few days or a few weeks.

 

[Vimes177]

I'm an athiest. I would not. What would be the point? It would remove ethical basis for quite a few people (mostly Christians), it would remove peace of mind from many more, and in general probably wouldn't be a good idea. I do think that most people have to have faith in something, it's just that "something" varies from person to person. You may choose to have faith in your God. I choose to have faith in myself and the people around me.

It's also kinda immoral, and there's always the chance that Athiesm is indeed, wrong. I mean...it's like the mass conversions they had way back when in Europe. Totally unethical. Leave things be.

 

[seebs]

No. If it were for salvation of even one other person, sure. Just to make them hold the same opinions I do? That and a dollar will get me a bag of chips.

 

[justanobserver]

I am not an athiest or a christian (or a buddhist or an agnostic or a muslim or a ....) so I guess for the sake of the Poll I am a "other".

And I voted NO!

lets say that somehow I do manage to make it in up there - if I wasnt worthy of going to heaven in the first place, why would I want to give up my spot in the Heavenly Lottery to someone who would be just as unworthy as I? Nope. they can either get lucky as I somehow apparently did or find some other way of gettin there thru whatever means to be had.

 

[Nahienga]

Yes, I'd do anything to make everyone respect each other and the nature.
And I believe we all come to the same place after the life, so it doesn't really matter...

 

[metherion]

No, as a Christian.

I hope that someday I become a good enough person that I would be willing to do so, but I'm not quite there yet.

Metherion

 

[TheMissus]

The worst afterlife, as I see it, is reincarnation. Sure, I'd take it, if everyone else would calm down, convert to my beliefs, and stop bickering amongst themselves.

 

[quatona]

Would you accept the worse afterlife your belief system or lack thereof offers in order to convert every other human on Earth to your belief system or lack thereof?

No. I don´t see any point in converting others to my belief system or lack thereof.

 

[FadingWhispers3]

Would you accept the worse afterlife your belief system or lack thereof offers in order to convert every other human on Earth to your belief system or lack thereof?

Conversion, the way you put it, seems so icky. It sounds like a massive brainwashing or snuffing out of personal choice.

I'd much rather people believe if they themselves find merit in it. How will it be meaningful or beneficial otherwise? And, really, there isn't any special about belief. It's what someone does (and how they do it) given what they believe that matters.

~

But back on topic... I think it's a fair trade for one person, so for every human on Earth is cake.

 

[Yusuf Evans]

As an agnostic atheist, the worst (and imo, the only possible) postmortem fate for me is that I cease to exist. So yes, I'd accept this fate (I pretty much already have) in order to do away with Islam, Christianity and the like. What an easy question.

So you would support the banning of all religions?

 

[marblehead]

I voted no just because I think people should come to their beliefs or lack of belief on their own, I'm not out to convert anybody.

 

[elsbeth]

If God wanted to just force everyone to convert He certainly has the power to do so. Instead He gave everyone free will and evidently thought it was extremely important since He knew it would lead Jesus to the cross. Why would I think I knew better and so do ANYTHING to cause "100% conversion"?

 

[JesusWalks78]

Would you accept the worse afterlife your belief system or lack thereof offers in order to convert every other human on Earth to your belief system or lack thereof?

For example, would you go to Hell to convert everyone to Christianity?
And yes, I am aware of the fact that atheists have an easier time with this than most others. But I'm okay with that, surprisingly.

Yes, there is no greater love than he who would lwy down his life for others.

 

[Exhausted]

So you would support the banning of all religions?

Not the banning, the removal. In this hypothetical question, taking the worst that death can offer automatically triggers everyone to accept the faith, or lack thereof, you follow. In case of a religion which is unknown to everyone, for example, an obscure African tribe with no contact with civilization wouldn't know jack about Christianity, they'd simply accept it as soon as it became known to them. Fortunately, anyone with any level of world knowledge can become atheist.

 

[skeptic86]

So you would support the banning of all religions?

Uh, no. This is the real world. People should be allowed to think what they want, and the human mind is such that some people want to be religious.

Even in this hypothetical world/reality, people could think whatever they want. However, their minds would be altered to where they wouldn't desire/want to be religious because such a concept would be silly to all of them.

 

[Rae]

Would you accept the worse afterlife your belief system or lack thereof offers in order to convert every other human on Earth to your belief system or lack thereof?

No. I don't have a "worse" afterlife and I don't want to convert everyone.