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Archpaladin, I see what you're saying in that a fear-based religious belief does not seem logical, or at least not on a large scale. But the truth of the matter is that it does work and has worked for a long time on many people in many religions. I say this because generally people have a fear of the unknown, especially when it's intangible, as God is. And if you are under the belief that that unknown God has all the power in the universe to create and destroy, and that God sees all and knows all, and that God has the power to judge you, possibly for eternity at the end of your life... well, suddenly being afraid kind of makes sense.
And just for the record, I personally do not buy into any of this because I'm agnostic, but I just wanted to point out what I've observed.
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