Am I Going to Hell? What the New Testament Says About Death and the Afterlife

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• YO

  @youdeservethis · 3 years ago

  I grew up in a fundamentalist family.  One of the hardest things to let go in my deconversion was a fear that I would spend eternity screaming in Hell because I stole a package of orange TicTacs when I was five years old.  Thank you Dr. Ehrman for helping me finally break free of Christianity's chains.

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• CH

  @CharlesMartel676 · 1 year ago

  I grew up in a very dark, joylesd, foreboding brand of Catholicism.  Everything was condemnation and damnation.  And,  the church wonders why the youth aren't attending mass anymore.

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• MI

  @MicahBuzanMUSIC · 3 years ago

  Being a child and thinking you're going to hell if you don't believe in Jesus is traumatic. I don't know how many times I was "born again" out of a obsessive compulsive fear that I might not really be saved.

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• DA

  @davidstair9657 · 1 year ago (edited)

  My wife struggled with &quot;not being saved&quot; her entire Christianity, until she deconstructed a few years ago. &nbsp;She finally is at peace about her afterlife! &nbsp;<br><br>The mental health of vulnerable people are greatly troubled by teaching on the soul, eternal life, and eternal torment. &nbsp; <br><br>My wife was literally tormented her whole life with her fear of not being chosen.

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• SC

  @scottwarthin1528 · 2 years ago

  &quot; If you believe in something it is a good idea to know where the belief comes from, &quot; Bart articulating what SHOULD go without saying.

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• DE

  @deborahbarbour2241 · 2 years ago

  My mental health is so much better since I stopped believing in Hell. 😊

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• JA

  @JasonYoung-p3z · 2 years ago

  Bart was cracking me up in this video. &quot;Am I gonna have any hair?&quot; lol He is a bit of a comedian.

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• JE

  @jerryjones7293 · 3 years ago

  Dr. Ehrman&apos;s background resonates with me as a deconstructing theist. He has helped me to exorcise the fears of my past conditioning. I now want to know rather than blind believing.

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• BE

  @betzib8021 · 3 years ago

  I adore the sanity of this channel where i can learn about the theological elements that have so informed our culture...without someone trying to pull me into &quot;a relationship with the Lord&quot;.

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• ER

  @erink3289 · 3 years ago

  When I was a child indoctrinated in Catholicism, I remember being told that heaven was a place where everyone sings praise to god and worships him for all eternity. I thought my gosh that sounds terrible, church FOREVER?! But instantly I shut that down, I was AFRAID TO THINK IT, because hell was surely worse. I knew I was finally free when (less than a year ago) I was able to say out loud “this is all stupid and I was taught to be afraid to think.” Still counting the ways THAT has screwed up my life. <br><br>I found Dr. Ehrman’s lectures a few months ago and he has brought so much clarity. The religious part of my education (Catholic school through 12th grade) was never for my own good. And it certainly left a lot of Christian history out of the classroom. It’s all very fascinating and has totally accelerated the deconstruction I’ve been working on for years.<br><br>In the past year, I finally reached a point where I saw the light and took a breath, “born again” …but this time on MY terms.

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• EL

  @elainebraindrain3174 · 3 years ago

  I&apos;m afraid of life and death. Existance is not our choice, death is not our choice, it&apos;s all a frightening horror story for me and many others.

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• MA

  @Max-Harden · 4 months ago

  We all face a near personal apocalypse in death.

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