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the church requires that you believe in god to go to heaven (and use their facilities as a middleman for your religious discourse with the lord), otherwise how else would they collect their tithings?
In fact, the original notion of hell has nothing to do with the fiery pits described in Dante's Inferno. Nowhere in the bible is the word "torture" mentioned in reference to hell, only "torment". Hell is described as the ABSENCE OF GOD, meaning if you don't believe in god, you don't have to chill with him in the afterlife. The catholic hell we all imagine would be so painful is just a device to scare people into being christian. It proved especially effective against the indigenous peoples of "uncivilized" lands conquered by the christian empires of europe.
You will never find a satisfactory answer to your question, because there is none that defend that claim.
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