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Originally Posted by Matthew Shea  If I'm reading between the lines properly, you seem to have OD'd on the hellfire and brimstone and it's chased you away from your faith. |
Not really. I pondered the view of
Annihilationism a couple years ago. About one year ago, I dropped the doctrine of hell altogether and began pondering Universalism. I dropped many other doctrines during this period as well, including the Trinity, the Deity of Christ, and Biblical inerrancy. I considered myself a Christian, though. I can't pinpoint a specific day, but I looked around, saw the path I was going on, and realized it was not leading further into Christianity, but rather out of it. The weird thing was, I was okay with that. I questioned my decisions many times, but everything I saw, everything I read, and everything I experienced, confirmed my feelings.
I had gotten over the fear of hell at that point, but after my 'deconversion', it resurfaced.