What's wrong with believing in things?

I recently came across a discussion in which the user was asking others whether they believed in hell. I read a couple of answers to this post, and the discussion starter's responses to it. It is quite obvious that the person strongly believes in hell and refuses to accept or even acknowledge any alternative. In case of such a strong belief in hell, why start a discussion to know whether others believe, if you are only going to contradict everything they say and try to convince them of your beliefs. I see no sense in it. It is one thing to start a discussion with a genuine intention of knowing. If I am curious to know why people believe in hell so much, I might start a discussion asking them. But I sure won't try to convert them to the way I think. To come back to your question, I have no irrational beliefs. Right now, I am the most rational person on earth. However, I did have an irrational belief about the Christian god till recently. Cheers and happy mylotting

It's not about cha;llenging someone on their beliefs and making them feel hopeless it's the way we explore through curiosity what basis the people have for their religion... hence the words: debate, open-minded, curiosity, inspiration, doubt, beliefs etc. How would people convert to being religious without someone talking to them about the beliefs and being informed? And how would someone change from something they were made to believe in if they are not challenged? Its not about religion per se it's the continuous fascination of what it entails tht causes debates. Lol without talking about it how can we discover what we ourselves believe in? I believe we are in heaven and hell and that if God and hell actually existed then everyone would go to hell. Because we all murder with every step we take. I got challenged in class and the girl said... the nuns at her school said that that commandment only applied to humans.