how to get rid of past fears from christianity

i am a witch of 46 years old.i used to be a pentecostal christian but i got out as i felt totally not at my place.when i became a witch i had to learn a lot of things,one of them was to makle my own decisions.but the thing that still bothers me is the thought of hell.i cant seem to get rid of the horror that it has left in my memory.my mom is also debit on it but i am past the fear of the devil.but the fear of hell is still in my head,even though i know that it is a crazy thought that we would end up there and ppl who happen to convert right before they died go to paradise.it is like a youth trauma.do you witches sisters and brothers know how to get rid of it?blessed be.

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Permalink Reply by Shalamar Rue on October 29, 2009 at 1:21pm: Well I suppose you had the same teachings as I did. Anything that wasnt what we were taught was therfore bad, evil and going to hell.
But there are many forms of hell. Hell can be in your own mind. It can be something you create.
I really dont believe the hell of the christains. I dont beieve that is what it is. Really I dont.. look deep in your heart. Hell is in what we do to ourselves, by how we live our lives in what we do to others.
Although I do understand what you mean. When I was little I was scared of the devil and the hell he came from. But then I realized that the God I was supposed to worship, I worshipped from fear, and this same God created the devil and the hell that the devil came from. This same God I worshiped from fear of the devil and the hell that my God created.
I know I'm probably not making a whole bunch of sense right now and Im sorry for that. I do try to make sense, but it doesnt always come out that way. I was raised holiness pentecostal. I've been a Mormon at one point, a Baptist, an Episcolpalian(however you spell that) and I've even tried my hand at being a Catholic. Now I am what my heart and mind tells me I should be. and I am content in that.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by tineke been on October 30, 2009 at 2:29am: thank you shalamar.i find it hard to believe and the christians will tell you yes god created hell and the devil but that was from him making a choice to be disobidient to god.well it still makes no sense whatsoever.but i hope ill get more peace at this religion i already have.it was like coming home.i think i followed a lie.well thank you anyway for your comment.i dont know what episcolpianism means.bb; ▶ Reply to This