I mostly believed Christianity briefly recently... you know what hurt the most?

[Drich]

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

So if a person does not want to be with God for an eternity, and they spend the majority of the life they have been given putting distance between themselves and God. God is to not honor the bulk of their life's work and drag them into heaven kicking and screaming?

Whether you know it or not Hell is what people who do not want to be with the God of creation want in His stead. Eternal separation. Like you admitted yourself in your thread. You choose whether or not you go to Hell. God is just honoring your choices, and will hold you to them for an eternity.