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How do you guys overcome the fear of Hell? I know it still slightly nags at me from time to time, so I would like to hear from people who also came from religion. Though, anyone can answer.

Renadt 4 Nov 16
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Look into the actual history of the concept. The "hell" that we know was mostly created by Dante in the 14th century book "Inferno". What gets translated as "hell" in the Bible is actually the place name "gehenna", which referred to a burning garbage dump outside Jerusalem.

Orbit Level 7 Nov 16, 2018
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In much the same way as I overcome my fear of being eaten by a giant half-tiger/half-fish monster with five hundred eyes and teeth made out of rusty fence-posts - it doesn't exist, so I'm not worried about it.

Jnei Level 8 Nov 16, 2018
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It is strictly a makebelieve place created by control freaks to manipulate people.

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Your in Hell right now. Think about it.

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I do not fear what I don't believe exists.
I know hell isn't real, so there's nothing to be afraid of.

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I think the moment I overcame my fear of hell was the moment I went through something so traumatically damaging (at the hands of religious people no less) that I could honestly say Ive already been there, done that.

Like with most things there are many ways to go about shedding yourself of fear and prejudices, personal shame and all the layers of rotten onion religion sprouted around you. There are going to be all sorts of destructive thought patterns to defeat if youve freshly deconverted but I believe it can be boiled down to educating yourself and pulling at every thread of curiousity about your own life, human history, sciences, eastern religions and youll fill in the gaps of your understanding and find out what youre really afraid of.

To start with read up on the 5 different rootwords that were translated into hell in the modern bible. One of those words (the one that all the passages about fire and brimstone used) is literally referring to a place where garbage was dumped and burned. These were so obviously either a) meant to be taken as metaphors or b) made up completely to scare and control people.

Another angle to look at it from is, if the abrahamic god did exist, hes such a horrible prideful wrathful entity with so much apathy for the suffering of the helpless and poor masses that I wouldnt spend eternity with him if he begged me. Hes a completely morally bankrupt prick and Im with satan all the way if these shitheads are for real. Spoiler alert: theyre not but Im still completely sure about my allegiance if they were.

Also hell is where all the cool and interesting people are going to be, so even if it does suck, Ill be in good company.

Research both satanism (the satanic temple not church of nor lavayan nor luciferian) and buddhism, and look up psoas release yoga on youtube. Work your mind n body out between that and a creative pursuit of choice and youll conquer fears you didnt know you had.

Love that song!

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I have NO fear of hell at all. I life a fair, honest and compassionate life. If there's some "god" puppet-master who decides I wasn't on my knees praying to "it" enough, then all is lost anyway. Not playing that game. No fear. Just living life kindly. That should be all that's needed. If everyone would just do that we'd have no problems on this planet. And no need for "gods".

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