Campfire Chat About Hell

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I think you missed the point tack. This isn't just theist vs. atheist, this is a married couple who have vowed to love each other no matter what. Even with those vows, it didn't stop her from using her religion to condemn her husband to hell. Regardless of how serious she was or not, it is not something you should ever say to a spouse. If my wife ever told me I was going to hell, there would be serious reprocussions. It's arrogant enough to tell people they're going to hell because they don't believe the same thing you do, but to say that to the person you've married is unacceptable and should raise some serious issues to the forefront of their relationship. If level heads had prevailed, she would have never said that in the first place.

I understand that. My wife and I constantly help each other work through our issues. When it comes to issues of sin or salvation, we're both very understanding, but we're also very frank. We both to vows to each other, but we also took them to God. For 10 wonderful years we've both managed to put God above ourselves most of the time and then each other's needs above our own. Telling someone they're going to hell because they don't believe what you do is arrogant, yes I'll grant you that. Helping someone work on their flaws, especially when they've asked you to, isn't arrogant it's good communication. From the outside it might seem like condemnation, but I could very well have said the same thing to my wife. She'd take it far differently than an outsider would though so I probably wouldn't do it in public unless it was in fun or trying to start up a conversation, though.