How do I do this?

Question

Some people say you have to live forever & ever, no choice, God forces you to live forever & ever & ever, no matter if you want to or not.

You will burn in hell, or live in heaven.

I don't hate God, I can see a reason why to do things for him (sort of, if you really cared), but also, I don't see why non-existence can be so hard for the God of the "impossible".

I never asked to come here (so should not be bound to following rules that God created, since I was FORCED to be here, even though I did not wish to).

Why can't I just go back into non-existence? If I want a thing badly, and God doesn't even care enough to give it to me? What kind of monster is that?

I don't care for living forever, whether for good or evil, I just simply want to cease living, ok? I want my right to die forever, to never be alive, to be as though I never were (not burning in hell or living in heaven, simply because some monster decided I better live & obey them etc.)

What can I do? Commit suicide in hell?

Answer 1

There are many reasons to not believe in the god of Abraham. You have enumerated one.

I, for example, could not abide with (in the Bible, this god literally takes the good to "live with him") a deity that would have such a thing as a hell, and furthermore a deity that lies and deceives.

I say lies and deceives because for someone like me, being in heaven while people were in hell WOULD BE HELL, and every righteous person I know cannot abide needless suffering, so in order to have these people in heaven, while having a hell, a deity would need to hide the existance of hell from them, or send them to hell, and both choices are sucktacular.

Another example is that if my grandfather were in heaven, and any of his kids were in hell, and vice versa, heaven would be a hell unless that god lied and tricked people into thinking none of them were in hell.

There are many, many, many problems with Abrahamic faith- you've touched on a few.

Answer 2

When you leave here you will go back from whence you came - unless you get sidetracked into hell, but I am sure you are too smart for that.

God does "care" - they are happy to send you whatever you want, but there are rules. Whatever you dwell upon in your heart and mind is what you get - not that which you plead for at bedtime. If there is something that you really want, spend that bed time prayer time seeing yourself in your mind very clearly already having what you want and thanking God in advance for his help. Of course God is limited by free will - so you are better off praying for someone to be happy or for someone to love in your life rather than praying to change the feelings of another, for example.

Take a deep breath. In fact take a few. Relax. Think. This is not supposed to be that hard. You have some power here.

Peace!

PS - We did all ask to come here. This whole thing was our own idea. We came here to learn something we wanted to know and we watch the lesson unfold every minute.

Answer 3

The fact is that you have two choices. I sure hope you choose Jesus.

You sound discouraged and depressed. You sound like you’ve had a rough life. It can change, but you have to change it.

Find a good church, and find some good friends in that church. Do you go to church? If you don’t, you should. You can find someone to talk to there. If not at one church, try another. You should also read the book of Job. If anyone ever had a rough time in life, it was Job, but as things turned out, Job had a purpose, and all that Job lost was restored.

Don’t let the bumps get you down. What doesn’t kill us only makes us stronger. Attack this problem as if it were a challenging game of strategy. See your problem as a worthy adversary, but laugh because you will win.

You should also watch the movie, “It’s a Wonderful Life” again.

Answer 4

living forever is not what you think it is... when we die, we leave this world, and enter the other earthly realm, where time does not exist, seriously. Forever does not exist on earth, that's why it seems like such a long time. when we go to heaven (or hell) it is our soul that goes there, which can't be killed. It goes on, it endures. It's hard to explain, because we as humans can't completely comprehend forever.

Does the clay get to tell the potter what to do? doesn't the potter know best? why then should we question our maker, who sees things from an eternal point of view, on our existence?

Answer 5

You can only destroy the body, but it is not the body that goes to heaven or hell, it is your spirit. That you can never destroy.

You are in a quandary.

I remember a story of the rich man and Lazarus. Lazarus went to paradise and the rich man to hell, and they could see each other. There is no hiding who is in hell.

grace2u

Answer 6

why stress over what "some people" say? i personally choose to study religion and spirituality from slightly more personal sources. believe what feels true to you.

the whole line of thought that you can be condemned by someone elses beliefs is just silly

Answer 7

I'm not preaching to you, but if you give your life to God, He will give you a reason to want to live. He did it for me.

Answer 8

It might make a bigger impression to commit suicide in heaven. That would blow them away.

Answer 9

i wonder if you'll still feel that way on your deathbed?