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Originally Posted by Daradon
Even without going into what one believes of them or whether one agrees with them, they are more based on feeling, emotion and tradition, rather than logic.
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What's that saying - you can't reason someone out of a position that they didn't reason themselves into.
The other purpose of the New Testament was to introduce Hell, a concept that was not in the Old Testament. Before Jesus - meek and mild - you were at the mercy of an omnipotent dictator that demanded your worship and convicted you of though crimes...but at least you when you died there was no threat of eternal torture.