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Old 10-23-2010, 11:46 PM   #1
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Switch places mentally for a few moments.

If you believed in an eternal life after death, and that a person's religious belief and actions in this life determined whether they spent that eternal life in heaven or hell ... given those conditions, what would be the rational and compassionate course of action?
The trouble comes when the zealots feel any means justifies the end. They tend to coerce, rather than present their case.
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