i very poignantly recall being taught as a young naive impressionable child that if i didn't believe in christ as my savior i faced an eternal afterlife in hell. in addition, i was given the definite impression that it was necessary to sacrifice or subdue 'the flesh' (basically, my sexuality) in order to be a good christian and go to heaven.
later i learned that a philosopher had more or less articulated this same sentiment in what came to be known as 'pascal's wager', which posits that it makes a lot of sense to believe in (the christian) god:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_wager
by this time i had matured and developed enough critical thinking and knowledge to reject christian indoctrination, and thus i turned pascal's wager on it's head with this thought:
it makes a great deal of sense not to believe in (the christian) god because such believe requires one to sacrifice living a full life (and one only has one life to live) and the existence of such a god rests entirely on claims which aren't backed up by any credible evidence or logic whatsoever. thus, one has nothing to gain by being a believer, and much to lose!
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