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I'm afraid of being agnostic, I need help
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I'm afraid of being agnostic, I need help
January 2, 2015 at 9:33 pm
Hello. I'm a 23 year old woman who was raised her whole life in a devoutly christian home. My father reads the bible everyday and talks about Jesus Christ all the time. Several of my siblings are christian, while a couple are not.
I have been struggling with religion my whole life. The logical side of me knows it doesn't make any sense. But my heart keeps telling me my parents can't be wrong. I feel so trapped, because Christianity goes against everything I believe in. For instance, I have a gay brother whom I care for very much and I can't fathom him going to hell for just loving another man.

I've studied the bible and I see so much hate and archaic reasoning. I've tried to force myself to believe in it, but I just can't. I'm honestly comfortable not being religious, but that fear of hell is still there. It's always in the back of my mind.

I'm not sure why I'm writing this, but I have no one else to talk to about this fear. How do I overcome this? How can I stop being so scared about hell, when I know it can't possibly be real?

I'm so angry that my parents raised me in this religion. I wish so much that I was born in a agnostic or atheist home so that I wouldn't be crippled with this fear of hell.
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I'm afraid of being agnostic, I need help

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I'm afraid of being agnostic, I need help - by TaosFlower - January 2, 2015 at 9:33 pm
RE: I'm afraid of being agnostic, I need help - by Esquilax - January 2, 2015 at 10:24 pm
RE: I'm afraid of being agnostic, I need help - by Exian - January 2, 2015 at 10:24 pm
RE: I'm afraid of being agnostic, I need help - by dyresand - January 2, 2015 at 10:31 pm
RE: I'm afraid of being agnostic, I need help - by dyresand - January 2, 2015 at 10:49 pm
RE: I'm afraid of being agnostic, I need help - by Strider - January 2, 2015 at 10:54 pm
RE: I'm afraid of being agnostic, I need help - by dyresand - January 2, 2015 at 11:11 pm
RE: I'm afraid of being agnostic, I need help - by Jenny A - January 3, 2015 at 2:07 am
RE: I'm afraid of being agnostic, I need help - by Strider - January 2, 2015 at 10:41 pm
RE: I'm afraid of being agnostic, I need help - by Exian - January 2, 2015 at 10:58 pm
RE: I'm afraid of being agnostic, I need help - by dyresand - January 3, 2015 at 12:06 am
RE: I'm afraid of being agnostic, I need help - by dyresand - January 3, 2015 at 12:22 am
RE: I'm afraid of being agnostic, I need help - by Drich - January 3, 2015 at 1:39 am
RE: I'm afraid of being agnostic, I need help - by Drich - January 3, 2015 at 1:56 am
RE: I'm afraid of being agnostic, I need help - by Drich - January 3, 2015 at 2:22 am
RE: I'm afraid of being agnostic, I need help - by dyresand - January 3, 2015 at 10:27 am
RE: I'm afraid of being agnostic, I need help - by Natachan - January 3, 2015 at 11:07 am
RE: I'm afraid of being agnostic, I need help - by abaris - January 3, 2015 at 11:32 am
RE: I'm afraid of being agnostic, I need help - by robvalue - January 3, 2015 at 11:58 am
RE: I'm afraid of being agnostic, I need help - by robvalue - January 3, 2015 at 12:53 pm
RE: I'm afraid of being agnostic, I need help - by Drich - January 3, 2015 at 3:36 pm
RE: I'm afraid of being agnostic, I need help - by Godschild - January 4, 2015 at 11:07 pm
RE: I'm afraid of being agnostic, I need help - by dyresand - January 5, 2015 at 12:36 pm
RE: I'm afraid of being agnostic, I need help - by robvalue - January 5, 2015 at 12:41 pm
RE: I'm afraid of being agnostic, I need help - by Alex K - January 7, 2015 at 11:33 am
RE: I'm afraid of being agnostic, I need help - by robvalue - January 7, 2015 at 12:33 pm
RE: I'm afraid of being agnostic, I need help - by KevinM1 - January 7, 2015 at 7:44 pm
RE: I'm afraid of being agnostic, I need help - by Alex K - January 7, 2015 at 6:55 pm

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