Deconverting: Lingering Questions And Doubts

Deprogramming the fear associated with religion
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[@msp633]

great call, y'all

[@blueredingreen]

The hosts phrased it in terms of what the caller should say to their family. But how he described how they responded to various things, I'd strongly recommend against discussing it with them (especially if you still live with them or you're dependent on them). Because it doesn't sound like such discussion would go well.
Figure things out on your own time and without pressure from other people, and if you end up reaching some conclusions, you can decide later whether and how to tell them about that.

[@blueredingreen]

I dealt with my fear of hell by focusing on the fact that I believed in an all-loving god. If such a god exists and if hell exists, and if you'd go there for simply using the brain God gave you to question what you believe and to try to figure out what's true, then hell can't be all that bad. It just doesn't make sense that they'd punish you for that, never mind them doing so eternally.
I deconstructed my religion entirely shortly after that.

[@danjohnson8138]

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[@LearnTheHorizon]

I thought hell is the good place where all the sex, rock music, gambling, lazing about, overeating etc happens?