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>>16597903
I went through some intense suffering over the past few months and one night had a sudden feeling of "I guess I've always really been a Christian." Almost felt like God was reaching out to me. I'm still on the fence but have a whole new understanding of why people are religious, it goes much deeper than "hurr durr why would you believe in a sky daddy without proof." Used to be a fedora-tipping atheist myself. In your father's case I don't think there's any logical argument you can use to convince him, religion runs more on personal experience. Maybe he should take a visit to a church, mosque, etc?
>>16598500
*tips*

I don't know about you OP but I think your mind has to be completely paralyzed to believe it's okay for God to send nonbelievers to be tortured eternally for no crime other than disbelief. The Orthodox view of this is far better imo - that heaven and hell are not places, but just one's personal experience of being before God. A blissful state for the believer, and a horrifying one for the person who rejects God.