(June 27, 2009 at 10:23 pm)DunnoAnymore Wrote: Every time I tell myself God doesn't exist, I ask myself almost simultaneously: "Am I going to hell for thinking that?" So, as you can see, it's a never-ending cycle of confusion.
In my understanding God WANT'S you to question his existence and it is precisely that that proves your love to him. Only in victorian times was the reasoning accepted that Hell was the scary destination you're imagining. To follow God is to do stuff positive to your human existence. Not following God is doing stuff detrimental to you enjoyment of this life and therefore = hell. That's it. To make any more of it than that - to think of some fairy tale burning pit is completely besides any point. Why the fuck should you worry about that now? The reason religious people include this into the scenario is to address the concept of there being a soul and that soul being eternal. Still the same principle applies. It's all about happiness and anti destructiveness.
What denomination are you/ were you from BTW?
