how did you get over it?

I've been doing some soul searching lately and find myself denying the christian faith... I HATE fundamentalist christians so bad, threats of hellfire for unbelief and all that jazz. Im coming to an end in this spiritual search, i find no point in it at all, if you want to learn about amazing things study science not the bible or the vedas.

but anyway, that was rant.

How did you get over your fear of hellfire if you are wrong? thats been on my mind for a while.

 

I wasn't raised with it, so I can't help you.

 

what hell fire? i dont believe in "if". I do not beleieve any of that exists and i do not believe i might be wrong.

 

yeah, i mean i don't believe but I still have some baggage from childhood you know? can ';t get over it.

 

here are a couple of arguments:

1)It wouldn't be very fair of god or whomever to send unbelievers to hell. Just think of the Natives in the Amazon. Are they doomed to hell just because they didn't have an opportunity to become Christian? If so then I would go to Hell to protest the unfairness.

2)You've led a moral and good life. Would you really be sent to Hell only for not beleiving? Will a person living Christian principles while not being Christian be sent to Hell. Well, maybe, but once again in a religion that preaches forgiveness that wouldn't be a very tolerant way of dealing with things.

3)At least you're not a hypocrite(like a lot of "Christians I know").

4)It's a religion that places a high value on redemption. Hopefully making a mistake wouldn't doom you.

5)Besides if all unbeleivers were doomed to Hell why would god or whomever let so many intelligent and good people fall away from the light?

And about getting over it. I was never a Christian. I was interested at one point in my life about it because my friends seemed to beleive it. I then read the bible and realized how absurd christianity is. I mean come on...

 

theirs tons of posts and threads here that could help with that......just read em......
religious subjects, usually christian come up here alot