OP - welcome to the forum and please pardon me for my sometimes brusque approach.
As for worrying about what will happen if you stop believing, just keep in mind that there really is no more evidence Christianity has more validity than ancient Greek pagan god belief.
Do you worry what Zeus will do? Will Athena ruin your love life or get you hooked up? Will Poseidon make your next boat trip a living hell?
Start with the fact that some critical bits of the Bible are known to just not have happened the way they are portrayed. At all. Not one bit.
Take the Exodus story. No evidence any of it happened and much contrary evidence. Or the Genesis creation account. Or the Flood. Or the so-called prophecies of Daniel.
All thoroughly and rigorously debunked and available for your review on the net.
So, start with the skeptical position and get those god believers to show you their gods are worthy of belief before accepting someone's line of malarkey.
No religion to date holds up under even minimal scrutiny.
Except Pastafarianism. That is the One True Religion! Why, I even had pasta last night and here I am writing about it! Coincidence? I think not.
As for worrying about what will happen if you stop believing, just keep in mind that there really is no more evidence Christianity has more validity than ancient Greek pagan god belief.
Do you worry what Zeus will do? Will Athena ruin your love life or get you hooked up? Will Poseidon make your next boat trip a living hell?
Start with the fact that some critical bits of the Bible are known to just not have happened the way they are portrayed. At all. Not one bit.
Take the Exodus story. No evidence any of it happened and much contrary evidence. Or the Genesis creation account. Or the Flood. Or the so-called prophecies of Daniel.
All thoroughly and rigorously debunked and available for your review on the net.
So, start with the skeptical position and get those god believers to show you their gods are worthy of belief before accepting someone's line of malarkey.
No religion to date holds up under even minimal scrutiny.
Except Pastafarianism. That is the One True Religion! Why, I even had pasta last night and here I am writing about it! Coincidence? I think not.
