RE: IF you deconverted in midlife, can you help?
October 17, 2018 at 7:41 am
(This post was last modified: October 17, 2018 at 7:47 am by OakTree500.
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From Rational Wiki:
"The hell meme developed from Gehenna, which was the name of the Jerusalem city dump. Gehenna was constantly smoldering with spot fires which never went out and Jesus taught several parables about the worthy going to see Abraham after they died while the unworthy were thrown into Gehenna."
Plus from my understanding, Hell is only ever mentioned few times, and then it depends on the version of the bible you have, as some don't actually mention the word "Hell" at all, but do directly mention Gehenna above.
Some reference a furnace and "a lake of fire", but how big is Hell? Like if it's infinitely sized or the size of a small country, 1 lake and a singular furnace isn't something to be overly afraid of. PLUS then you get onto the contradiction of if Satan is bad or not...because is he punishing the wicked? If yes, then he's doing it for God then isn't he? Or would he just be having parties down in hell as a big FU to the G man himself? I mean it doenst make sense.
Oh and this:
![[Image: proof-that-heaven-is-hotter-than-hell-re...x10241.png]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=wp.patheos.com.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fblogs%2Fexploringourmatrix%2Ffiles%2F2012%2F10%2Fproof-that-heaven-is-hotter-than-hell-resized-776x10241.png)
Quote:Fear of Hell - Despite rationally determining that the God of the Bible cannot be true and things like Hell can't exist, I am STILL afraid. I know it makes no logical sense--how can you fear what you don't believe in? But those fears are still in there. Did you or do you have this? How long did it take to lose it? Is there anything that helped you? I feel like I'm trying everything (reading, watching videos, talking with other atheists, etc.) and that nothing is working well enough.
From Rational Wiki:
"The hell meme developed from Gehenna, which was the name of the Jerusalem city dump. Gehenna was constantly smoldering with spot fires which never went out and Jesus taught several parables about the worthy going to see Abraham after they died while the unworthy were thrown into Gehenna."
Plus from my understanding, Hell is only ever mentioned few times, and then it depends on the version of the bible you have, as some don't actually mention the word "Hell" at all, but do directly mention Gehenna above.
Some reference a furnace and "a lake of fire", but how big is Hell? Like if it's infinitely sized or the size of a small country, 1 lake and a singular furnace isn't something to be overly afraid of. PLUS then you get onto the contradiction of if Satan is bad or not...because is he punishing the wicked? If yes, then he's doing it for God then isn't he? Or would he just be having parties down in hell as a big FU to the G man himself? I mean it doenst make sense.
Oh and this:
"Be Excellent To Each Other"
