Fear of death

[Godscreated]

It's good to see so many here that have good family relationships, that is one thing that makes the journey worthwhile.

The journey to hell?

If it's a journey to hell, can it ever be worthwhile?

Never gave that a thought when I replied, all I intended was to show how much I value family and how important family is in our journey through life. What your journey results in is your choice, as for me I chose to continue with God.

Of course, it's made up, so I won't worry. I must admit I'd be more worried if I was a christian? Have I done enough to please the insane, egotistical shy daddy? Will it be like I expected or hoped for? Etc etc.

I am convinced that the main reason that christians cling on to faith and convince themselves it is true, is fear of death. Religions all seem to be about dying and after death, as if they were desgned to allay fears of death. If anything, they create more fears.

You should read and study the NT, life is precious and meant to be enjoyed, many times we are told in the NT that we can have great joy in our lives as chritians and we should live that way even when times seem to be quite rough. We as christians understand that life's ways are not guaranteed to go smoothly, we are told if we will trust God he will walk through the bad times with us and bring us through our troubles. Yes, I do mean christians can find comfort and joy while going through hardships as long as we allow God to have control over our situation. Life itself is about dying so why would christianity ignore what is going to come eventually, christianity gives believers hope and that hope leads to eternal life. Let me make a suggestion, if you will carefully study scripture and I do mean carefully you will find that scriptures teach that sin is what brings the fear of death. Christ was sent to defeat death (and he did) and in that we have forgiveness of sin and in forgiveness we have eternal life. So you see christians need not fear death, most of us do have a fear of how we'll die. [/quote]