duffman..going to hell..ohhh nooo
September 25, 2010 at 5:01 pm
(This post was last modified: September 25, 2010 at 5:04 pm by duffman21.)
hello all! Just wanted to give my story in a nutshell in hopes that someone can relate to my oppression to freely think for one's self...
Born and raised into a Lutheran home, i followed this faith and believed its content to be ABSOLUTE truth. I always questioned the validity, but...NO WAY could the bible be false...for it was ALL my mind knew to be "truth". The consequences for descending from this faith were not positive in my mind(social suicide of religious family/friends, outcast as someone who has "devil-horns", or seen as HELL BOUND needing salvation) so why think about descending? I feel this is a common trap a lot of Americans fall victim too when exposed to other religions, science based evidence, etc...the individual, more or less, becomes trapped in this dangerous lifestyle of fear of god and desire for apocalyptic salvation. Knowing there is no god is like a breath of fresh air and a huge burden off my shoulders..it truly is a beautiful thing when you accept the Earth in which we inhabit as a unique and beautiful experience of life in this vast universe of space.
At the age of 25, after 23 years of dedicating my life to the Christian God lifestyle, I've come to bask in the glory of critical thinking and common sense. I feared Hell so much ...and still feel its terrorizing effects on my mind even though I know it not to be true. My goal in this life is to make sure there is 100% certainty that I will NOT be an Evangelical pastor in the next life (hey, i'm free to have my own theories of where life picks up after the lights go out) haha
feels great to share this...so thx for listening!
-sean
Born and raised into a Lutheran home, i followed this faith and believed its content to be ABSOLUTE truth. I always questioned the validity, but...NO WAY could the bible be false...for it was ALL my mind knew to be "truth". The consequences for descending from this faith were not positive in my mind(social suicide of religious family/friends, outcast as someone who has "devil-horns", or seen as HELL BOUND needing salvation) so why think about descending? I feel this is a common trap a lot of Americans fall victim too when exposed to other religions, science based evidence, etc...the individual, more or less, becomes trapped in this dangerous lifestyle of fear of god and desire for apocalyptic salvation. Knowing there is no god is like a breath of fresh air and a huge burden off my shoulders..it truly is a beautiful thing when you accept the Earth in which we inhabit as a unique and beautiful experience of life in this vast universe of space.
At the age of 25, after 23 years of dedicating my life to the Christian God lifestyle, I've come to bask in the glory of critical thinking and common sense. I feared Hell so much ...and still feel its terrorizing effects on my mind even though I know it not to be true. My goal in this life is to make sure there is 100% certainty that I will NOT be an Evangelical pastor in the next life (hey, i'm free to have my own theories of where life picks up after the lights go out) haha
feels great to share this...so thx for listening!
-sean
if you reject religion .. you pass.
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