Love Peanuts. But we're not wrong if we're true to what we feel and think. That's true for religious people too. We're always right if we're following our own path, being true to our own path. We're wrong when we impose our truths on others. We're wrong when we judge. And judging is different than sharing. I want to live in a world where we can all share who we are, where we are, without judgement. Freaking idealistic, I know.

Nice to know that Charles Schulz wasn't as religious as his comics seemed to indicate.

Good grief I always expect to be wrong unless of course I am right.

I agree. You can't just believe just because you may be wrong. And for a god to send us to hell because we can help our disbelief would be monstrous. You can flip the switch like, "oh god died for me and he wants to save me from hell, I believe in you now and I invite you into my heart" it doesn't just happen out of fear.

It's just the old, repackaged, and fatally-flawed 'Pascal's Wager' that presumes belief is volitional. There is no switch in one's mind that can be turned to the 'I believe' position. One can act as if they belief, claim to believe, go through all the motions, but true belief in anything has a basis in something and can't be faked by anyone. And if there is a supernatural entity who will judge me and punish me for my having drawn the conclusions I have from the experiences and knowledge I have gained over my lifetime, that entity is monstrous. Doesn't eternity worshipping anything sound more like punishment? Eternity is a long, long time.

Christains have often used the "scare tactic" of "What if you are wrong"...implying I could go to hell for being an atheist.

If only the Pubs felt this way.