(April 27, 2014 at 6:23 pm)GalacticBusDriver Wrote:(April 27, 2014 at 6:16 pm)Stephanie Wrote: Folks I'll be honest here. I don't believe from choice, I believe from fear. I litterally admit the only reason I believe is out of fear of hell. I have attempted to live my life without fearing it, but could not. There is always the "what if I'm wrong?" question burning within me.
It becomes even worse since I am in fact a transsexual, and many of my fellow believers still believe I will burn in hell because of it, even if I do believe.
Seriously?
You have no reason to fear hell. None whatsoever. It's a place made up to scare people. Gotta keep 'em in line somehow. There is no evidence for any gawds, debils, heavens, hells or any of the other tripe religion has come up with to explain the unexplainable. There is only reality. Let small minded people think whatever they want and be who you are.
It would be a whole lot easier if my parents didn't paint it as such a reality. They claim to speak to God, my mom has seen him apparently, it is more real to them than anything else in the world. How could they be so so so so so so so so so so misled?
