If you want a solid way of getting over your fear of hell, I suggest James woods Jr book- leaving Jesus. He was a former baptist minister now turned Jew. He explains how the Christians hi-jacked the Jewish faith to prove Jesus was the messiah. It’s honestly embarrassing now for me I even consider myself a Christian. It’s actaully pathetic what these writers did to prove Jesus. There’s also another book by John David Conner I believe that goes into this topic. That’s what finally sealed for me. Example, Isiah 7:14 has nothing to do with Jesus and the prophecy was actually debunked. I’m pretty much done with my fear of hell. Anyone on this forum who thinks someone needs to be set on fire for eternity needs their head checked. You are a disgusting human being if you are ok with that and I pray that god (if he exists) forgives me for following a mass murder like him. I’m gonna flood the earth, then come down here and tell you to worship me and if you don’t I’m gonna set you on fire. Psycho! All of you who have this fear of hell, you will bet over it, I promise. I never thought I would but I have.
Chris_Hansen said
Honestly, if you still fear something, then you still believe it is real. The only way to fight an irrational fear of something, is to stop believing it is real or that it can harm you.
Not saying it is easy, but it is the only way.
This is powerful and well thought out…
And good post RG959…
A baby who has been taught since birth they are going to Hell if they leave Islam or Christianity for example – will probably never lose 100% of that fear even if they say otherwise. Can they lose it 99% thru reason and logic and sheer bravery ? Yes. For many that leave a religion that teaches something like this it gets better over time.
This concept of an eternal hell in exchange for a short finite life is one of the most evil, sadistic ideas ever preached.
The time will come in human development when raising a baby from birth in a fundamentalist religion of any kind that teaches this will be considered child abuse. It may be 100 years from now, but that day will come.
Thank you all for posting. I had been checking it every so often but then lapsed for a few months.
You were all very thoughtful.
Some responded with trying to convince me of your certain analytical views of various bible passages.
Some defended the notion of hell as a sort of “justice”.
Some scoffed at the idea of any loving god sending people to hell.
Some tried to evangelize me.
Some mentioned religious trauma syndrome.
I appreciate all of your responses. Thanks. But I would have to agree with the sentiment that, given enough time, all wounds can be healed. I don’t fear hell anymore and I don’t even think about it much. I still am very interested in the topics of religion, science, and philosophy. Not because I think any religions are true. But perhaps it’s due to me being brought up within a religion and has somewhat dominated my thoughts from a very age, is the reason why it continues to be a relevant field of study.
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