(June 6, 2016 at 7:28 pm)SilverFrog Wrote: Hell isn't scary? Maybe not to some people but to children in particular it can be horrific .
The thought that they, their mom and dad or their grandma and grandpa could spend eternity burning in excruciating pain is very scary.
That is what christians are teaching their kids in catechism and sunday school.
How do I know? Because I lived it. I spent my childhood in fear of committing a mortal sin.
Of going to hell because I had a bad thought or because I fought with my brothers or because I told my parents a fib etc etc etc etc.
Oh no. Hell wasn't only scary, it was a real thing as I grew up.
To some kids hell is hell.
I don't believe one's time in hell is eternal, which is a little less scary. Anyway, there are many scary things in the world which we tell our kids about, like death and such. I attended a catholic school for my first eight years and we got fed hell regularly and we were all just regular kids. Didn't worry much about it; just tried to be good and went about our business of playing like all he other kids. If you've been traumatized get a pep talk from Dyresand. He can't wait to go to hell and take his punishment like a man.
