How do I not fear hell?

[Faith No More]

Wow, lots of flippant answers to a very serious question. I was raised a christian, gave it up when I was a teenager, was a 'must be some kind of god' type for years, and became a 'strong atheist' 10 years latter. Here I am 30 years latter, and still occasionally (although very rarely) think about it.

Now, I struggle with a more realistic problem. My ex-wife is a Christian who has insisted on taking our 10yo son to Church. 6 years ago, right after our divorce, I discovered she planned to indoctrinate him, despite my objections. When I voiced my objections, informed her that I had 50% custody (both legal and physical), her response was that 'no judge is going to side with you' on this issue.

And boy, was she right - no need to waist any time finding out, so I rolled over.

Now I'm trying to figure out a way to prevent my son from having to go through years of self doubt and fear ala the 'will I go to hell?' question.

We live in a society where my son is being indoctrinated into a cult that worships a symbol of execution, practices symbolic cannibalism, tells children they are worthless and sinners, teaches children that people who don't think the same deserve to be tortured forever, says we should kill gay people, says slavery is okay, ect ect ect. Here we are, and a judge would side with my wife, despite our divorce contract saying otherwise. I have no recourse except to teach my son critical thinking. I'm confident I can win this battle, but fear that my son will have to deal with the years of self doubt and fear I struggled with. Is there a way to prevent that?

Firstly, welcome to the forum.

Secondly, why don't you create a new thread, as that is somewhat of a separate topic from this one?