Re: religion and faith (also long)
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Yes, I think hell is a conscious choice. Plenty of people would take Faust's deal. Even without the bonuses on offer, people prefer being boss now, and not worry about later.
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I assume you wouldn't take the pact, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't and I suspect Midge wouldn't. Many would.
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Your suspicions are entirely correct. In fact I go beyond that by saying that accepting god as love when it is obviously a travesty of it, evidenced by its cruelty, may very well be "the" Faustian pact. It may make you feel better whilst you are alive because you have faith, but you will regret an eternity under the thumb of a tyrant.
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