Seeker Erebus @SeekerErebus - 2mo
When Christians talk about Christ, we often talk about the love He has shown us, His sacrifice and what it means, etc. We don't talk often enough about what happens to those who refuse His gift. I think most of us don't really believe that what awaits is Hell, even if we say to ourselves we do. I had an out of body experience 10 years ago, when having absolutely no reason to continue living I tried to end it. I was deeply gnostic at the time, figured there was no downside and plenty upside. I met a woman, and she told me the horror of my error. I spent maybe 1-2 real world seconds, beginning the journey of entering Hell. There is no horror, that has ever been inflicted in this world by man, that I would not happily endure a 1000x over to never experience that again. The event seared itself on my soul, and as is potent and visceral in memory as it has ever been. A brief instant of that, no pain in this world is comparable. And I knew, that that would last for eternity if I died fully. I was lucky enough to claw myself back to flesh, get emergency care, and stay alive. It took me years to find a reason to live, but going back to that is not an option my mind can handle. The Catholics were right when they used severe physical punishment in an attempt to convince those sentenced to death to repent. Not always in who and why they made such sentences, but it was utterly sensible to inflict one horror in hopes of preventing worse beyond death. Something I think we would be wise to remember as this peaceful period of history draws to a close, and war returns in fury.
