I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse.
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Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.
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