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Comment author: Lumifer 02 May 2016 02:41:44PM 1 point [-]

There are only questions of what guilt is used for, and whether or not that guilt ends more lives than it saves.

That starts to remind me of medieval Christianity. The only question is whether you can save souls from eternal torment, anything that happens in this world is utterly irrelevant in comparison, and guilt, yes, guilt is a very useful tool.

Thank you, I'll pass.

Comment author: buybuydandavis 03 May 2016 03:08:48AM 0 points [-]

I believe that is still the official Catholic position.

Pascal's wager applied.

Some quote from some "official source" went like "better that we all die an agonizing death than that one soul is lost to damnation".

Comment author: Lumifer 03 May 2016 04:50:43PM *  1 point [-]

I believe that is still the official Catholic position.

Kinda-sorta. On the one hand, yes, on other hand nowadays Vatican likes to talk about ecumenism and how everyone (notably including non-Christians) should live in peace and harmony.

Some quote from some "official source" went like "better that we all die an agonizing death than that one soul is lost to damnation"

As usual, what it means is "better that you die an agonizing death than that one soul is lost to damnation"

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