I agree with your conclusions Demonaura. I'm a Christian in the accepted sense that I follow Christ yes. With all that goes with that.
I'm not talking about my own personal interpretation of heaven and hell there, the idea is widely accepted. I happen not to see the point of an afterlife, although I keep an open mind. How does that affect me here and now? Not at all as far as I can see. It ties in with the idea of the soul and that being eternal. If you read it as applying to our lives here and now, then it makes perfect sense.
I'm not talking about my own personal interpretation of heaven and hell there, the idea is widely accepted. I happen not to see the point of an afterlife, although I keep an open mind. How does that affect me here and now? Not at all as far as I can see. It ties in with the idea of the soul and that being eternal. If you read it as applying to our lives here and now, then it makes perfect sense.