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Has fear of hell influenced your thinking?

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You know how Pascal's Wager goes...if the theist is right and the atheist is wrong, the atheist will burn in hell for all eternity. If the atheist is right and the theist is wrong, the theist has no postmortem consequences.

There are many gaping holes in this arguement. But theists continue to use it nonetheless, and it does show how the fear of hell or eternal punishment can be used to influence people's thinking.

Few agnostics or atheists I know were raised with those beliefs. If you used to be religious, did you have a fear of hell? If so, how did you overcome it, or did you? After all, the church tends to use powerful imagery.

While I welcome comments from anyone, the question is geared more for the irreligious. I would prefer that those with religious affiliation not use this post as another chance to proselytize.