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but my friend is a chrisitan. He wants me to go to church with him every week, and im not all that enthusiastic. I feel guilty for even thinking about saying no because i get all self concious when i think of him thinking of me as a sinner. Anyways we were having a very good time at a footbal game and then we were talking about stuff and somehow the topic just came up about dying. He was like, no offense but if you died right now i think you'd go to hell. He was being really serious. Well, it depressed the hell out of me. Im a nice person, i dont try to judge people, i like to share, my morals are higher then anyone elses and then i get depressed because i cant live up to them. I was really hurt but i didnt let on. He wouldnt elaborate, he said we could talk about it on the phone sometime. Well, do you think it was right of him to say that? Or am i just being dumb? I cant help but feel like im some kind of 'project' hes trying to save... (link)
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There are three concepts of death.
Heaven and Hell makes the least sense out of the three.
There is nothingness ~ which was first really introduced massively by Friedrich Neitzsche. Who claims people make up religions because the concept of having nothingness after death is too much for the human mind to handle.
There is reincarnation, which makes a lot of sense; "Matter cannot be created or destroyed" ~ the cycle of life.
Then there is the afterlife ~ heaven and hell or whatever, the idea that after you die you transcend to a different level of existance.
Explain these three things to your friend.
And explain to him that any of the three can be right.
And that he needs to be much more open minded. If he wants to believe in something, splendid. But don't automatically assume that it is right because you believe in it. Since there is no proof, don't pretend like there is.
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