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Or that people you love believe that you're going there

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May 31, 2021

Imagine what it must be like to really believe there’s a place called Hell, red hot and real, a post-mortem torture chamber of unspeakable horror where you will certainly, without any doubt, spend all eternity if you don’t accept Jesus (Books do Furnish a Life, P296).

5:44 PM · May 31, 2021

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and that you *deserve* it

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Alan Watts said imagine heaven as a place where you are constantly going to church. How boring! No wonder Hell is more fun! Wine and debauchery! Why wouldn’t you want to go?

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If hardcore Christians don't think you will end up in hell, you're living a boring life

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Well, decisions have consequences.

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As a former Christian/young earth creationist this shit drives me nuts because it's literally not based on the bible. The bible doesnt say that sinners go to hell. Hell is barely mentioned and it's mostly a prison for satan himself. Too many Christians didn't read their textbook

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I've never understood the incredible equanimity of my friend, a fundamentalist Christian, who fully believes that people he cares about are eternally damned if they don't become Christian too. If I believed that, it'd psychologically destroy me.

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This troubled me greatly as a child.