HEAVEN and HELL. Are they real? Does GOD exist? I was raised a Christian so all of this should be real to me with no doubt. I do believe in God. I do believe in heaven and hell. And maybe that’s why I’m so afraid? So afraid to like what I like, do what I want to do, dress how I want to dress, and be who I want to be. So much so that I’m ready to just end it all. However, being Church of Christ, if someone commits suicide the consequence is eternity in hell. So what is my way out? I have none. Other than to pretend that I like to dress like a girl, that I like to be with guys, that I like to go to church and feel guilty when I don’t. How is that a life? its not.. It’s not one that I want to live. I’ve wanted to end my life so many times but the only thing that stops me is the fear of hell. Is hell real? Is heaven real? Is God real? Am I real? Am I really here or is this just an illusion? I feel real. Sometimes. When I’m with her I feel real. But when she leaves I feel wrong.. Am I feeling this way because it’s true? Being gay is wrong? Or am I feeling wrong because of how I was taught to think? My mom says if I am embarrassed to tell her something then it is something wrong. But she’s the only one.. She and my family are the only ones I fear telling. Clearly for good reason because she hasn’t looked at me in two days. I just want some other opinions on life and afterlife I guess. God. Heaven and hell. Please tell me.
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Welp if you want opinions, I personally do not expect (or want) and afterlife, However I don’t generally think about it too much. I would imagine that if there is an afterlife that it probably wouldn’t at all be altered by our choices in this life, and if it is meh oh well -_- I would imagine though that honestly nothing can really be wrong with you being you….. I would say that if it makes you happy and makes you feel right that you should do it.
also sorry if I said anything there that may be upsetting…… I know it’s a touchy subject and I was as delicate as I could be.
I don’t believe in god, heaven, hell, afterlife, destiny, karma and stuff like that. I think death will be the end for us. That makes life more valuable. That makes me want to enjoy life.
Thanks y’all.
Oooohhh…. Religion and government have put fear in a lot of us.
I have come to believe in afterlife, although I’d really rather not live ‘forever’. When my body dies, I’d rather be nothing at all. But I think the soul is the true essence of a person. The soul inhabits the body for a brief time (sometimes not brief enough!) and when we drop our body, our soul exists in the spiritual realm. This spiritual realm is not heaven or hell.
I never thought there was a heaven or hell. To me, that concept always seemed twisted. You make a mistake and don’t repent and the consequence is eternal suffering? Nope, don’t think so. Propaganda by churches in the name of ‘religion’ is so they could collect a pile of money from ‘believers’.
My family was not deeply religious, but I was exposed to different Christian churches as a child. I’ll post my experiences in another comment.
It makes absolutely No Sense to me that those spouting their religious beliefs include professing that ‘other’ religions are wrong.
Ages 5 to 10 – Baptist and Methodist “Sunday School” – nothing intense.
Ages 13 and 14 – Pentecostal church with a neighbor friend – bizarre but fun youth group and choir. Even got baptized after ‘accepting Jesus as my savior’. Huh? I guess I believed it at the time. No… I think I believed what was going to supposedly save me from damnation and hell.
Ages 16 and 17 – Catholic church with a high school best friend – she followed the traditions of her Italian mother – I thought the rituals odd and the reverence unnatural.
Age 25 – Fundamentalist churches – brother became ‘born again’. Oh my…. he was now Saving Souls in all actions and discussions. Every conversation was dominated with these words from him: PRAISE GOD.
Age early 30’s – Jehovah’s Witness – in addition to the knocks on the door distributing leaflets, I had a lovely neighbor who was devout JW. But her loveliness was diminished by her insistence that JW is the only religion that has the correct belief and understanding of the bible.
Age late 30’s – Mormon – a dear brother-in-law renounced his devout fundamentalist religious upbringing in which he was raised, and converted to Mormonism. His mother (my then mother-in-law) disowned him for his decision. !!!!
My soul is the real ‘me’. No religion. No heaven. No hell.
I do believe that God exists and I do believe in Heaven and Hell. Just thought I would state that.
If you go to YouTube and do searches for Heaven and Hell… you will hear all kinds of testimonies of people who died for a few minutes and then came back to life when they were resuscitated and you’ll see what people say. NDE = Near Death Experience. DO a search for that too.
I believe the Bible is correct is what it says about the afterlife.
Okay so do you think it’s wrong for me to be gay? Be completely honest.
Basically what Rocketmam is saying is….
mlr18,
well this is what i think, there is no heaven and there is no hell, that’s all made up. we simply exist because the conditions were right on this planet, with that said really it’s up to you and me to make the decision whether or not to stick around, lots of things to think about, family, friends, your happiness, and so on, you only get on chance to live as a human being, since your here make the best of it, once your dead you will never know or think about anything ever again, you will become ashes that’s it, perhaps you can consider that as becoming a part of the big picture, being apart of the big picture only means nothingness, no feelings, no thoughts, no pain,no happiness, zip! no playing on the computer, cooking,inventing, goals, just complete darkness, non existence as we know it. back to were you were before you were born, everyone alive will be there one day again, no second chances so think real carefully before you end the only thing you will ever experience again.
Everyone and everything is going to heaven. Including my chickens.
Even Hell is going to Heaven. There will be an afterparty sponsored by Beelzebub and Cher. BYOB.
I’m not even slightly religious (atheist) but damn I do wish I could believe in heaven, it sound great
Yup, everyone is invited. I can’t live in a world where anyone, even the worst of us, would be going to hell or worse yet nothingness. I believe anyone can find redemption, even if it is after death.
Not a popular opinion.
Hazy Day Sunflower,rivets,
HA HA! YOU REALLY MAKE ME SMILE! 🙂 Ok death is our friend, even for chickens! and hell! actually lets call death heaven, you heard it a million times before i’m sure, before you were born things weren’t bad, no sadness no pain no nothing, really isn’t that heaven? our old tired bodies get worn out by all kinds of things, so once you die you go back to heaven even chickens! 🙂
Have you ever Really Good Cordon omelet?? Yes there are chickens’ in Heaven.
You can’t qualify the time before birth, or the time after death. It’s one of those subjects that aspiring monks meditate on for months on-end without eating or drinking anything, trying to attain zen. It’s an impossibility if you have even a single conscious thought bouncing around your cranium. You can qualify life in the here-and-now, though.
rivets,
I can! it’s a no brainier. I don’t believe in monks or look for answers from them, i know what i know because i was there. i guess you could say I remember what I can’t remember.