Help me not fear heaven/hell

[fredd bear]

[Fireball]

[Belacqua]

I thought I’d ask for some help here.

A word to the wise about this forum:

Bullying and insults are accepted forms of speech here. Even as a fellow atheist, if people disagree with you for any reason, they are likely to call you the foulest names they can think of at the moment. 

I don't know about your background or what triggers your anxiety, but it might be wise to keep your cards close to your chest here until you know the personalities who will be responding to you.

[Losty]

I thought I’d ask for some help here.

A word to the wise about this forum:

Bullying and insults are accepted forms of speech here. Even as a fellow atheist, if people disagree with you for any reason, they are likely to call you the foulest names they can think of at the moment. 

I don't know about your background or what triggers your anxiety, but it might be wise to keep your cards close to your chest here until you know the personalities who will be responding to you.

Meh, there are jerks everywhere. Most of us are nice

[fredd bear]

[brewer]

I thought I’d ask for some help here.

A word to the wise about this forum:

Bullying and insults are accepted forms of speech here. Even as a fellow atheist, if people disagree with you for any reason, they are likely to call you the foulest names they can think of at the moment. 

I don't know about your background or what triggers your anxiety, but it might be wise to keep your cards close to your chest here until you know the personalities who will be responding to you.

[Fleeing Jesus]

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.

Lying awake terrified makes me a troll?

[Gwaithmir]

Check the internet for an atheist group near you.

[Rahn127]

To that 01% in your brain that still has heaven & hell rattling around, tack these ideas in your head.

You are living a mortal life. It is limited in so many ways. If you still have the idea of a soul floating in the crevices of your brain, then once your soul is free from all limitations, it will become infinitely powerful.

No one or no thing will be able to move you anywhere.
You will be on an equal footing with any infinitely powerful being.

Idea #2 - After you die, your consciousness moves to another body. You will never ever experience a heaven or hell. With an infinite number of universes in the multiverse, you will always be alive somewhere.

Idea #3 - After you die, you're dead. You stop experiencing. You stop being aware. You won't even know that you are dead.

[awty]

I thought I’d ask for some help here.

A word to the wise about this forum:

Bullying and insults are accepted forms of speech here. Even as a fellow atheist, if people disagree with you for any reason, they are likely to call you the foulest names they can think of at the moment. 

I don't know about your background or what triggers your anxiety, but it might be wise to keep your cards close to your chest here until you know the personalities who will be responding to you.

Oh, you poor delicate flower.  Take your persecution complex elsewhere.

I can think of plenty of fouler things to call you but am curious why you stay here if it's so awful.  Find a Christian forum and sing some Kumbaya.