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I just don't understand the concepts... It all seems so unrealistic. Like if there really was a God, he couldn't come up with a better plan than that? I'm speaking strictly the story of the Bible. I don't understand how you are supposed to fear someone, but also love that same being. I hate the idea that we are some kind of broken creation and that we can't possibly be fixed. We are told we are filthy, unworthy, and undeserving of anything, and yet it is somehow our faults that we were made this way? And yet the arguement being that we were once created perfect and through our disobedience we are now vile and imperfect creatures. And now that we are imperfect we now need someone to save our souls... We've all heard it before God hates sin but loves the sinner and the path is narrow and few will actually make the cut. I've also grown sick with the way people try to justify hell. By saying that God is so perfect and holy that he can't be in the presence of the wicked so they must be separated from him. And since God is infinite crimes against him are automatically infinine too. Really? This makes no sense because if God is omnipotent then how could anyone ever really be separated from his presence? I also can't understand why God can't just forgive us if he is all powerful... Why does he have to send down some bloody sacrifice to give us some get out of hell free card? That is another thing that I hate... How the devout make you feel guilty if you don't believe what they want you to... ''God loves you so much that he sent his only perfect son to die for you so you could have eternal life. He sacrificed everything for you.'' There is so much wrong with that statement... How much of a sacrifice was Jesus really? Granted he came down and suffered being crucified but think of how many other people on earth have endured way worse tortures. Plus if the Bible is the truth Jesus was raised and ascended into heaven. That isn't a sacrifice! A sacrifice in my mind is losing something forever... Right? So many of these doctrines just make me ill thinking about them. Like how unbaptized babies and aborted fetuses are burning in hell. What kind of sick f*ck could say such a thing? That makes God look like the worst terrorist of them all. I wouldn.t wish everlasting torture for my worst enemy let alone some innocent little baby. That is just disgusting... Is this really how it is? Could the Bible really be how it is? Is that really what God is all about? If it is, it almost makes me wish I was never born because it's all just too f*cked up to even want to be a part of it. I'm sorry I'm ranting... I'm also sorry if I offended anyone.

Hello everyone... I'm new here, and I guess I just wanted to post and see what kind of responses I would get. I guess the first thing I should start of by saying is that I am in no way religious, but have been thinking a lot about what becomes of us after we pass on from this life. And I am afraid I am going to hell... With all the information I have come across regarding the afterlife I've noticed that the Fundamentalist/Evangelical Christians are the ones who believe that they have all the "right" answers, and that it is either their way or the hell way. They are the chosen, and there is no other way.And anyone who deviates from this way is a heretic, or a blasphemer. The reason I used the title I did is because the whole idea of Christianity in the Bible is completely absurd to me. I read on here someone who had said, either you believe, or you don't believe. And I guess I am one of those people who just can't believe... The "God" of the Bible is a completely absurd character in my opinion, and I have no desire to follow or worship such a character. Hence the reason I am scared I am destined for the flaming pit. Does anyone here find a lot of the tenants and teachings behind Christianity absurd? The idea of sacrificial atonement, vicarious redemption, compulsory love and original sin? I just cannot wrap my head around these things... I mean the Bible itself is completely disgusting to me. The Old Testament is horrible... And even then, as horrible as the Old Testament is, the New Testament isn't much better because it isn't until Jesus arrives on the scene that all of a sudden not only must you suffer in this life, but you are also going to suffer after you are dead. Seriously? I mean, who can really read the book of Deuteronomy and not take offense or find it sick and twisted? Another thing that I cannot wrap my head around is the Bible itself. If the Bible is supposedly the word of God, and God's instructions for us then why is it so difficult to understand? Don't you think that it would have been made a lot more simple so every single person that read it could understand it completely? Instead of having to attend a church where the man behind the pulpit has to tell you what it says? Wouldn't it be more clear? And wouldn't it be so clear that no one could possibly twist the scriptures and cherry pick for it to say what they want for it to fit their agenda? It just seems to me that if it really was God's instruction manual then no one should be able to misinterpret any part of it... And yet, no one can agree on what it says. Not even Christians can agree on the simplest of doctrines like how to get saved... Are you saved by faith? Are you saved by works? Are you saved by faith and works? Does anyone actually know? I don't know... I find it all frustrating. Are millions upon millions of people literally going to burn in a lake of fire because they didn't believe the right thing? I just can't wrap my head around it.... I just can't bring myself to believe these things... Nor can I bring myself to love a being like the God of the Bible. I don't know much about Progressive Christianity... But I'm sure the Fundamentalists probably think you are all heretics and spout scriptures to you to back up their point.