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RE: Help me not fear heaven/hell
March 17, 2019 at 1:23 pm
(March 16, 2019 at 6:18 pm)Catharsis Wrote: (March 16, 2019 at 4:34 pm)Fleeing Jesus Wrote: Hey, everyone. I thought I’d ask for some help here.
I was raised Christian but don’t believe in god anymore. I think it’s all nonsense. We’re on this pale blue dot alone. I believe in science and reason.
The problem is my atheism is only at 99%. There’s 1% of me that still thinks I could be wrong and that I’m going to hell for being a bad person. I’m also afraid of the idea of endless life, mostly because I struggle with anxiety and the idea of eternal anxiety in heaven is my idea of hell.
Can anyone help me unhinge the last 1% so that I’m not afraid of heaven and hell anymore? It would mean the world to me. I’d like to not have this hang over me for the rest of my life.
- Fleeing Jesus
Stop trolling  and don't be a bad person and you'll be fine. Fine example of godly sympathy.
If that is what your god represents it deserves to die a horrible death.
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RE: Help me not fear heaven/hell
March 17, 2019 at 1:31 pm
(March 16, 2019 at 4:34 pm)Fleeing Jesus Wrote: Hey, everyone. I thought I’d ask for some help here.
I was raised Christian but don’t believe in god anymore. I think it’s all nonsense. We’re on this pale blue dot alone. I believe in science and reason.
The problem is my atheism is only at 99%. There’s 1% of me that still thinks I could be wrong and that I’m going to hell for being a bad person. I’m also afraid of the idea of endless life, mostly because I struggle with anxiety and the idea of eternal anxiety in heaven is my idea of hell.
Can anyone help me unhinge the last 1% so that I’m not afraid of heaven and hell anymore? It would mean the world to me. I’d like to not have this hang over me for the rest of my life.
- Fleeing Jesus
While you were still a believing Christian, how much did you fear the hells if all the religions that you did not believe in?
I mean, the descriptions in the Koran of Jahannam are much worse than the descriptions of the Christian hell in the Bible.
Why are you not fearing Jahannam?
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
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RE: Help me not fear heaven/hell
March 17, 2019 at 1:35 pm
(March 17, 2019 at 12:44 pm)chimp3 Wrote: (March 17, 2019 at 12:39 pm)Fireball Wrote: I'm thinking you're right. Might be a sock?
Possibly!
I’ve been looking for help, this is true. Not a sock, though.
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RE: Help me not fear heaven/hell
March 17, 2019 at 1:47 pm
(March 17, 2019 at 1:35 pm)Fleeing Jesus Wrote: (March 17, 2019 at 12:44 pm)chimp3 Wrote: Possibly!
I’ve been looking for help, this is true. Not a sock, though.
Some of the following vids may help you get over your fear:
This one is an ex-pastor, now an atheist, speaking on the history of hell -
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
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RE: Help me not fear heaven/hell
March 17, 2019 at 2:03 pm
(March 17, 2019 at 1:23 pm)Abaddon_ire Wrote: (March 16, 2019 at 6:18 pm)Catharsis Wrote: Stop trolling and don't be a bad person and you'll be fine. Fine example of godly sympathy.
If that is what your god represents it deserves to die a horrible death.
There's no god. Gods don't exist.
Or do they?
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RE: Help me not fear heaven/hell
March 17, 2019 at 2:18 pm
(March 17, 2019 at 1:35 pm)Fleeing Jesus Wrote: (March 17, 2019 at 12:44 pm)chimp3 Wrote: Possibly!
I’ve been looking for help, this is true. Not a sock, though.
God isn't a sadistic monster that torture live being for eternity. That's not a God, that's a Monster made to scare people in to submission. Nobody will torture you forever.
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RE: Help me not fear heaven/hell
March 17, 2019 at 2:20 pm
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(March 17, 2019 at 2:18 pm)purplepurpose Wrote: (March 17, 2019 at 1:35 pm)Fleeing Jesus Wrote: I’ve been looking for help, this is true. Not a sock, though.
God isn't a sadistic monster that torture live being for eternity. That's not a God, that's a Monster made to scare people in to submission. Nobody will torture you forever.
Are you saying people try to gain control of other people by claiming God will punish them otherwise when they don't?
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RE: Help me not fear heaven/hell
March 17, 2019 at 2:23 pm
(March 17, 2019 at 2:20 pm)Catharsis Wrote: (March 17, 2019 at 2:18 pm)purplepurpose Wrote: God isn't a sadistic monster that torture live being for eternity. That's not a God, that's a Monster made to scare people in to submission. Nobody will torture you forever.
Are you saying people try to gain control of other people by claiming God will punish them otherwise when they don't?
Some people might say that temporary hell doesn't scare them and continue to inject drugs in to their body until soon death. But when eternal hell threat comes in to play, it helps a lot of people stop killing themselves. Although, very few people endure such belief in eternal hell.
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RE: Help me not fear heaven/hell
March 17, 2019 at 2:24 pm
(March 17, 2019 at 2:03 pm)Catharsis Wrote: (March 17, 2019 at 1:23 pm)Abaddon_ire Wrote: Fine example of godly sympathy.
If that is what your god represents it deserves to die a horrible death.
There's no god. Gods don't exist.
Or do they?
Mine does, You've only got a myth. Sad.
Bless. RAmen.
"For the only way to eternal glory is a life lived in service of our Lord, FSM; Verily it is FSM who is the perfect being the name higher than all names, king of all kings and will bestow upon us all, one day, The great reclaiming" -The Prophet Boiardi-
Conservative trigger warning.
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RE: Help me not fear heaven/hell
March 17, 2019 at 2:26 pm
(March 17, 2019 at 2:24 pm)Nay_Sayer Wrote: (March 17, 2019 at 2:03 pm)Catharsis Wrote: There's no god. Gods don't exist.
Or do they?
Mine does, You've only got a myth. Sad.
Bless. RAmen.
Would you mind expanding a bit on your god?
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