(May 19, 2014 at 3:26 am)Confused Ape Wrote: It really depends on the individual - there are people who get depressed because religious teachings conflict with their personality. Imagine being gay and having family members who say you're going to hell because you're in a relationship with someone you love.
What's the big deal about going to hell? Even Jesus went to hell. According to the fairy tale it's temporary and everyone in hell will get out on Judgment Day. And guess what? Some will get to move into the gaudy bejeweled golden cube called New Jerusalem and kick back with God and his weird creatures.
If you don't get warehoused in hell then you have to spend time in the sea or in death. But even those are temporary until Judgment Day. So when someone says that you're going to hell just tell them that chances are they will be there as well.
