Some of the issues:
* Suicides might be more common - because existence might be perceived as being far better in Heaven, or because some see it as fulfilling some duty (Suicide-bombers?), or the rewards are often made out to be more attractive (72 virgins?), etc.
* Living a life in preparation for some future life, rather than living as if this was the only existence and treasuring it as such.
* Waiting for some kind of apocalypse or future event, as predicted by some religious doctrine (The Endtimes).
* Believing in Hell, and perhaps the concept of evil, such that some will believe many will be destined for such - like atheists, for example.
* A belief in a 'chosen people', destined for some paradise, and perhaps the separation from others that such a view might bring.
* A belief that we are reincarnated into something else after death, often based on what we have done whilst being alive, or blaming a past existence for what we might have now.
Probably quite a few more, but are these enough to consider such beliefs as problematic and not very helpful?
* Suicides might be more common - because existence might be perceived as being far better in Heaven, or because some see it as fulfilling some duty (Suicide-bombers?), or the rewards are often made out to be more attractive (72 virgins?), etc.
* Living a life in preparation for some future life, rather than living as if this was the only existence and treasuring it as such.
* Waiting for some kind of apocalypse or future event, as predicted by some religious doctrine (The Endtimes).
* Believing in Hell, and perhaps the concept of evil, such that some will believe many will be destined for such - like atheists, for example.
* A belief in a 'chosen people', destined for some paradise, and perhaps the separation from others that such a view might bring.
* A belief that we are reincarnated into something else after death, often based on what we have done whilst being alive, or blaming a past existence for what we might have now.
Probably quite a few more, but are these enough to consider such beliefs as problematic and not very helpful?
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