I mostly believed Christianity briefly recently... you know what hurt the most?
June 12, 2012 at 2:11 am
(This post was last modified: June 12, 2012 at 2:14 am by hoppimike.)
It wasn't the feeling of being under control.
It wasn't the fear of Hell (I understood that whether you go or not is kinda up to you).
It wasn't the bad things that God had supposedly done, etc.
Those all bothered me but no. What bothered me most of all to the point where I felt really unhappy, confused and distressed was the thought of all the people that God was supposedly allowing to burn for eternity in Hell. I actually prayed for the first time since an early teen as far as I remember, and I mostly prayed for forgiveness for the people in Hell!
Weird no? I couldn't understand how a loving God could allow people to suffer in such an awful and ETERNAL way. Made no sense to me.
I calmed down though and realized that all the near death experiences I'd heard stories about (from the people who had them) aren't proof, they're just stories - most likely similar to dreams.
Anywho, I just wanted to share that with all of you
Also, sorry for all my threads recently! I'm just enthusiastic about the topic I think! ^^
Take care cool Earthly peeps!
Mike
It wasn't the fear of Hell (I understood that whether you go or not is kinda up to you).
It wasn't the bad things that God had supposedly done, etc.
Those all bothered me but no. What bothered me most of all to the point where I felt really unhappy, confused and distressed was the thought of all the people that God was supposedly allowing to burn for eternity in Hell. I actually prayed for the first time since an early teen as far as I remember, and I mostly prayed for forgiveness for the people in Hell!
Weird no? I couldn't understand how a loving God could allow people to suffer in such an awful and ETERNAL way. Made no sense to me.
I calmed down though and realized that all the near death experiences I'd heard stories about (from the people who had them) aren't proof, they're just stories - most likely similar to dreams.
Anywho, I just wanted to share that with all of you
Also, sorry for all my threads recently! I'm just enthusiastic about the topic I think! ^^
Take care cool Earthly peeps!
Mike
"Minds are like parachutes - they both work best when open."
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