All I can say is, if Christianity is going to make you stress out about going to a heaven or hell for the duration of this one and only life you are sure of, you should question if that is a healthy way to live. It wasn't for me, so I let it go. The thing that was to be giving me joy in life was quietly killing me inside. Just my opinion, but I recommend walking away from it rediscovering who you are through the lens of humanity instead of religion.

you might note that Jesus remarked that He was in the "last days" too; surely a euphemism for becoming an adult or something similar? It likely "matches what's going on now" bc it is general enough that it matches any period in history, and in fact we can find groups of people going all the way back to the apostles (who thought that the kingdom was about to appear upon entering Jerusalem) who got all stoked and forgot that the kingdom does not come by observation

As for "hell," it's almost surely a bad translation by our norse/angle scribes, who had no better word i guess, but note that Gehenna is on earth, even though it is always xlated as "hell," and Tartarus i wouldnt be worrying too much about anyway. SamClemens famously said "The best cure for Christianity is reading the Bible," so wadr most of your concerns would be allayed by getting away from other ppl who insist they know how to interpret the Bible for you.

I'll leave you with some Scripture that most xtians don't like much,
No son of man may die for another's sins
No one has ever gone up to heaven
He who seeks to save his soul shall lose it
No one knows where they go when they die
All go to the same place
The kingdom of heaven is within you

It’s a scary place to be, for sure. But really it’s just a pattern of thinking that other people have given you, and other patterns do exist.

It can be a slow process, so it’s good to pace yourself, try not to worry, and do a lot of reading. Reading Carl Sagan’s “The Demon Haunted World” was helpful to me. The best cure for bad information is not to struggle with it, but just replace it with better information.

When it comes to figuring out the nature of reality, science has proven to be more reliable than religion.
Best wishes.

Hell is an emotional blackmail that keeps the churches in power.
We are very much a product of our childhood. If you were raised atheists you wouldn't believe in god. If you were raised in Italy you would be speaking Italian.
Sam Harris is a good read to tear apart the false beliefs instilled by religion. Dan Barker, Daniel Dennet, the list is long and worth the time.

I am sorry you are feeling such tension & uncertainty in your life. These are hard times & perhaps we as Americans are not accustomed to difficulties such as the plague, the weather, the job market situation. The end of days have come & gone frequently throughout history. This is the challenge of life. I the great vastness o the cosmos, none of us are important. None of us matter. We only matter to each other. Observe safe practices & you will survive these times & become a more resilient person. You are not alone.

The fact that you have doubts is that the logical part of your brain is telling you "something ain't right here"!

The bible was written by men to control people and revised to adapt to the times

As far as the "second coming" is concerned...was there even a first??

Growing up I was into studying biblical prophesy. I do find there are things written that can be now seen. Like the establishment of Identification for taxation and government control capitalism slave cannot buy or sell with out identification, the biblical metaphor mark of the beast-666 as being required by Masonic lodge secret religion racist devil worshippers since their freedom from England July 4th,
1776 to rape this land from the original indigenous inhabitants calling them such as Mexicans, indian and native American, being lead by Angelic lord of host Lucifer the devil most commonly known as Jesus the Christ.

Once christianity finds out Jesus is Lucifer the devil, it would be the fulfilling of the biblical prophesy of apostasy or prophecy of the "falling away from the faith".

Then, maybe we could get the Masonic lodge secret religion racist devil worshippers brought to true justice to free everyone on Earth to enjoy their own free brick homes built by true masons, free from mortgage, free from rent, free from taxation, free from governmental terrorism and free from religious oppression. Then get everything from Earth packed onto Noah's spaceship and raptured to most likely Mars because we only have a few billion years before the Sun explodes or expands into a Red giant star and burns up everything on earth.

2 Peter 3:10 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

Hello and welcome. Congratulations on becoming a responsible adult by making an honest search for the truth. Credible evidence according to scientific standards is the only way to distinguish fact from fiction.

There is no evidence of any gods and nothing else in nature that indicates that anything like a god is even possible.

Think of all the ridiculous, impossible and horrific actions, events and contradictions that the Bible says are true but couldn't possibly be.

There is no evidence that prayer works and there is no way even a Supreme Being could hear the thoughts of so many people especially while overseeing the actions of all people at the same time.

There's no evidence of heaven or hell. Someone made them up to get us to conduct ourselves the way they wanted us to. It is the perfect scam - something that can't be confirmed until after death when it doesn't matter anymore.

Think of all the horrible things that happen in this world that a conscientious God would have a duty to prevent, but doesn't.

You will always know the truth if you believe only things supported by evidence. Religion is what causes war. Humankind must end religion before religion ends humankind. Best of luck to you!

ill help by telling u that hell is a made up place and its not even in the bible

what kind of a lord and saviour would want u to be tortured

the jesus is santa claus for adults

id encourage u to grow up

the meaning of life is to give it ur own meaning, however it is u choose to do so

don't be skurred bro its simply folklore

Also my friend and I both had like dreams of the second coming where both Christian.
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