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Originally Posted by David E

I think this merits a separate thread because it's a different argument against people believing in God. But it is an odd one because I thought the classic secular explanation for man creating God is the opposite: that he needed comfort and meaning in a ruthless world that he did not understand. So wouldn't there be LESS to worry about if a torturer or a murderer who was not punished in this life had to face justice in an afterlife, and the good were likewise rewarded?

There's no contradiction here. Secularists are saying "Okay, we now have a much better understanding of the world than we did back when we invented all these gods. We know better now, so we can chuck that primitive notion and get on with our lives."