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Title: I fear hell, and this article made things worse for me. What do you guys think?
Post by: Habib-style on February 01, 2017, 11:25:44 PM
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/20...y-yes.html

How can it be that so many people apparently go to hell, yet not see the devil? Does this not prove that it is not a made up event?
I really want some rational feedback. When I am afraid, I am anything but rational!
Thanks very much in advance!
Keep in mind. I was raised religious, so this is a very scary concept to me. I just want to get your views.
Title: Re: I fear hell, and this article made things worse for me. What do you guys think?
Post by: Mr.Obvious on February 02, 2017, 03:02:57 AM
Not gonna read the article Habib, to be honest with you.

Always look for the evidence. Actual, undeniable evidence. Without it, claims have no weight.

And remember, don't give in to the fear or the terrorists christians win.
Title: Re: I fear hell, and this article made things worse for me. What do you guys think?
Post by: Baruch on February 02, 2017, 04:13:47 AM
You have nothing to fear but life itself.  That and fear itself.  I wish life wasn't scary, but that seems to be a survival mechanism.  Gotta go ... have to outrun a cheetah!
Title: Re: I fear hell, and this article made things worse for me. What do you guys think?
Post by: Sal1981 on February 02, 2017, 05:35:47 AM
I fear Sithrak and the inevitable ever-cooking cooking pot he'll cook everyone in FOR ALL ETERNITY!

There's nothing you can do, so stay alive as long as possible.
Title: Re: I fear hell, and this article made things worse for me. What do you guys think?
Post by: Unbeliever on February 02, 2017, 04:10:06 PM
Quote from: Habib-style on February 01, 2017, 11:25:44 PM
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/20...y-yes.html

How can it be that so many people apparently go to hell, yet not see the devil? Does this not prove that it is not a made up event?
I really want some rational feedback. When I am afraid, I am anything but rational!
Thanks very much in advance!
Keep in mind. I was raised religious, so this is a very scary concept to me. I just want to get your views.
The powers that be are trying to control you through your fear. Will you allow that to happen?
Title: Re: I fear hell, and this article made things worse for me. What do you guys think?
Post by: widdershins on February 02, 2017, 05:11:09 PM
I don't fear fearmongering itself.  I fear the simpletons on whom the fearmongering works.  Those are the people who elected Trump.
Title: Re: I fear hell, and this article made things worse for me. What do you guys think?
Post by: Baruch on February 02, 2017, 07:13:28 PM
Quote from: widdershins on February 02, 2017, 05:11:09 PM
I don't fear fearmongering itself.  I fear the simpletons on whom the fearmongering works.  Those are the people who elected Trump.

And now the fearful reaction to election partial-failure .. by the snowflakes.  Fear mongering works really well on them particularly if it is from Soros, the Puppet-master of Color Revolutions.
Title: Re: I fear hell, and this article made things worse for me. What do you guys think?
Post by: Mr_C on February 02, 2017, 07:27:31 PM
That link isn't working for me.
Title: Re: I fear hell, and this article made things worse for me. What do you guys think?
Post by: Cavebear on February 23, 2017, 08:52:51 AM
Quote from: Baruch on February 02, 2017, 04:13:47 AM
You have nothing to fear but life itself.  That and fear itself.  I wish life wasn't scary, but that seems to be a survival mechanism.  Gotta go ... have to outrun a cheetah!

And snakes.  And spiders.  And letters from the IRS.  Bats maybe.  And only certain wasps or ants.
Title: Re: I fear hell, and this article made things worse for me. What do you guys think?
Post by: Hijiri Byakuren on February 23, 2017, 10:21:14 AM
Makes me glad the place doesn't exist, is what I think.
Title: Re: I fear hell, and this article made things worse for me. What do you guys think?
Post by: Baruch on February 23, 2017, 02:06:57 PM
Quote from: Hijiri Byakuren on February 23, 2017, 10:21:14 AM
Makes me glad the place doesn't exist, is what I think.

But ... nightmares are real, in the same way all dreams are.  If your dream of utopia is real, then the nightmare is just as real.
Title: Re: I fear hell, and this article made things worse for me. What do you guys think?
Post by: Cavebear on March 05, 2017, 05:23:41 AM
Quote from: Baruch on February 23, 2017, 02:06:57 PM
But ... nightmares are real, in the same way all dreams are.  If your dream of utopia is real, then the nightmare is just as real.

That is a logically false equivalence.  The non-existence of one thing does not prove the non-existence of the other.
Title: Re: I fear hell, and this article made things worse for me. What do you guys think?
Post by: Baruch on March 05, 2017, 08:35:22 AM
Quote from: Cavebear on March 05, 2017, 05:23:41 AM
That is a logically false equivalence.  The non-existence of one thing does not prove the non-existence of the other.

So you don't have pleasant dreams or nightmares?  It is a fact that you do.  What they represent is arguable.
Title: Re: I fear hell, and this article made things worse for me. What do you guys think?
Post by: Gawdzilla Sama on March 05, 2017, 01:16:38 PM
Some people see Heaven when they have an NDE. I saw a brothel in Amsterdam. I had a certain billionaire's gold card.
Title: Re: I fear hell, and this article made things worse for me. What do you guys think?
Post by: Baruch on March 05, 2017, 02:34:18 PM
Quote from: Gawdzilla Sama on March 05, 2017, 01:16:38 PM
Some people see Heaven when they have an NDE. I saw a brothel in Amsterdam. I had a certain billionaire's gold card.

Was your "girl of the day" offered by the Madam, a tranie?  I heard that Dutch boys like to stick their fingers in dikes ;-))
Title: Re: I fear hell, and this article made things worse for me. What do you guys think?
Post by: Gawdzilla Sama on March 05, 2017, 02:56:32 PM
Quote from: Baruch on March 05, 2017, 02:34:18 PM
Was your "girl of the day" offered by the Madam, a tranie?  I heard that Dutch boys like to stick their fingers in dikes ;-))
You're leaking your own predilections there.