the only thing preventing me from killing myself right now is the fear of hell. i have untreatable, severe chronic pain and i want to die asap, but this stupid unshakeable fear is holding me back. please help me…how do i get over this fear so i can free myself already? i can’t take it anymore, i feel so trapped…
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The Christian “Hell” is just an idea designed to keep people under control and to do what they want. I wouldn’t be worried about it.
No one can really tell you what to do since no one knows if hell exists or not. Some claim it does some claim it doesn’t, others claim hell is here on earth, and most religions depict different versions of it, but i guess it’s one of those things you have to experience to know if it’s real or not, and once you are there… well, you can’t return. I guess it’s up to you to know if your current condition is so bad that dying is your only option regardless of what might happen once you are gone, but i’d advice you to read up on hell definitions regarding different religions/cultures so you can be more sure about your choice… i wish you the best regardless of what you do, and sorry if my response doesn’t help much. I do know how untreatable pain feels and yeah… i pretty much think that by itself is hell on earth.
are you sure the pain is untreatable? Maybe the doctors just need to provide you with stronger medication. Maybe you need hospice care. I know it seems like death is the only way out and fear of hell shouldn’t be the reason you live. But, I don’t believe suicide is correct either. I’ve had a long personal struggle with suicide myself and some pretty fuck’d up things happen in my life. But, if you are a Christian then the answer is you need more care to have a better life. In the bible God tries to show that even the smallest most seemingly worthless person is important and loved and I think if you believe that it will help you. As for the pain situation I think you need a better doctor.
There is no hell. Honestly, I truly believe there is none. Why? Because there is no God. All there is, is us. We are just as the animals.. We will die and that’s the end. I was once unsure, but I am now a proud Atheist. It doesn’t make living any easier, but it sure takes the fear out of dying. And I’m not just one of those people who says it just because I WANT it to be the truth. I’ve put my time in and I’ve studied up. I have actual rational logic behind believing there is no hell. I could go more into it if you want…
Our ‘minds’, ‘souls’, ‘spirit’ and consciousness are all physical in nature. Thousands of years of investigation has shown us that our brains comprise and produce our true selves, although because that for most of human history we have had no understanding of how our brains work most Humans have falsely believed inferred that we have souls1. Souls and spirits do not exist. Our bodies run themselves. We know from cases of brain damage and the effects of psychoactive drugs, that our experiences are caused by physical chemistry acting on our physical neurones in our brains. Our innermost self is our biochemical self.
So, therefore, if there is no such thing as a soul, there cannot be a heaven or a hell.