I’m obsessed with the idea of hell

Even though I don’t believe in such things, I do find the idea of a hell to be somewhat fascinating. The different depictions of hell throughout many ages and cultures, whether it be of a cold, gloomy domain devoid of light and hope, or of a fiery pit where demons torture sinners for all eternity, are all disconcerting in their own right. I used to fear hell, believing that never-ending punishment surely awaited me if I so much as thought something deemed “impure” by the Catholic church, causing me to struggle to suppress purely natural, biological urges for many years. Even petty sins, I was told, would scar my soul. Hell, I’d been told that I was born a sinner, even before I had the capacity to sin. It makes me angry to think of all of the lies and the mind-games that organized religion are perpetuating, and what upsets me more is the fact that it’s targeted toward children from an early age.

And nonetheless, I still remain intrigued by the concept of hell, by the way it’s described and represented in art and movies. It’s my upbringing.

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My name is Dylan and I will sometimes have thoughts or ideas that may or may not be relevant to your life.