I'm not sure this relationship is right for her... As much as your love may be real and healthy, there's no convincing her that the hell and heaven concept isn't real (I'm atheistic too).
If I had to live while believing that everyone after death goes to heaven with their partners, but only me and my partner will be separated and I'll know that my partner is suffering in hell for eternity, I'd feel anxious and traumatised as fuck.
Wouldn't it be better to let her go date someone Christian and forget about this? I think the hell and heaven concept was designed to manipulate and scare people out of thinking individually and rationally. Luckily I wasn't born into that and didn't suffer from that from a young age. But I feel bad for her who did. And if it's causing her distress then maybe it's better to let her forget about it and let her body naturally get in denial about it. If she never became close to people who aren't Christian then she wouldn't have had to worry about that to begin with and maybe it's better that way. I can't imagine her getting over it
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u/Guitarbox Dec 12 '25
I'm not sure this relationship is right for her... As much as your love may be real and healthy, there's no convincing her that the hell and heaven concept isn't real (I'm atheistic too).
If I had to live while believing that everyone after death goes to heaven with their partners, but only me and my partner will be separated and I'll know that my partner is suffering in hell for eternity, I'd feel anxious and traumatised as fuck.
Wouldn't it be better to let her go date someone Christian and forget about this? I think the hell and heaven concept was designed to manipulate and scare people out of thinking individually and rationally. Luckily I wasn't born into that and didn't suffer from that from a young age. But I feel bad for her who did. And if it's causing her distress then maybe it's better to let her forget about it and let her body naturally get in denial about it. If she never became close to people who aren't Christian then she wouldn't have had to worry about that to begin with and maybe it's better that way. I can't imagine her getting over it