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I’d definitely say that a lot of christian’s are favoured in terms of being introduced to the faith early on in their life, me included, which makes it easier. But i wouldn’t necessarily deem it as brainwashing, simply because as you mentioned the older you get the more you think about it yourself, which leads to many deconstructing what christianity actually is. And some use this to leave the faith, others, it makes their faith stronger. Secondly about the fear part, yes christianity is based on fear but not fear in the sense that you mentioned, it’s based on the fear of God as it says in Proverbs 9:10 “the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding” so this fear , is what sets apart the true believer from those that just hang onto the title of christian. As this fear makes you aware of the things the Lord hates, and leads you down the path of sanctification. If the fear that you were talking about , about being scared of hell, was the reason someone simply believed in Christ, then sorry to say but that person isn’t truly a believer, but just trying to escape eternal suffering. Which brings me to my third point about how you’d feel the pain. Our body is split into three parts, body, soul and Spirit. Therefore when one dies, their physical body ie the flesh is destroyed and left behind as you’d expect, but the pain someone would feel would be to their soul, which is the part that makes us who we are and is the one that goes on into the afterlife, that is the part that would feel the pain of hell, but via Jesus’ sacrifice we have the grace to make heaven if we truly believe in Him and His calling. And in case you’re wondering about the third part, the spirit is simply the part that connects us with God it’s our spiritual nature and our capacity to connect with Him. I’d advise anyone that’s confused about any part of christianity to read the Bible and truly break down all these concepts and questions for yourself, and watch the truth manifest to your own self, as i am just a messenger.
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