re atheists and hell in article athos rutgers edu atterlep vela acs oakland edu cardinal ximenez writes i have seen two common threads running through postings by atheists on the newsgroup and i think that they can be used to explain each other unfortunately i don t have direct quotes handy atheists believe that when they die they die forever a god who would condemn those who fail to believe in him to eternal death is unfair i don t see what the problem is to christians hell is by definition eternal death exactly what atheists are expecting when they die this is the problem this is not hell this is permanent death it is indeed what atheists generally expect and it is neither fair nor unfair it just is you might as well argue about whether being made mostly of carbon and water is fair however the atheists who claim that hell is unfair are talking about the fire and brimstone place of endless suffering which necessarily includes eternal existance life i dunno but some sort of continuation not at all the same thing granted you clearly feel that hell death but this is not a univeral sentiment as near as i can tell if your idea of god condemns heathens to ordinary death i have no problem with that i do have a problem with the gods that hide from humans and torture the unbelievers eternally for not guessing right deletia hell and literalness dan johnson and god said jeeze this is dull and it was dull genesis these opinions probably show what i know
