The Fear Card

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My ears have been raped the past 3 weeks with preachers saying that if i don't accept god I will go to hell

As the bible states.

or the only way to get to heaven was to accept god as my savior.

As the bible states.

but right up in your face and in front of everyone say "this man is going to hell because he does not believe."

Are they wrong? At least from their viewpoint?

Then I reply why should I fear someone that has never shown one shred of evidence that he ever existed

Well, that's the point of faith. Really, if you don't why do you even bother getting mad at that person for telling you that you're going to hell?

Why should I worship your god, if there are so many different religions, even in your own faith, that dissagree on the contex of the bible.

No matter what religion you worship, they will tell you nothing else but what this man told you.

They would answer that I have to believe and god will show me the way. I have to have faith. Then i respond Why do you have to try to scare everyone into beleiving in your god?

Since you're all scared and all, do you believe in Jesus?
Or do you think that they adress their words to the believers themselves?

i replied that I am not afraid of hell, and heaven wouldn't be a place i would want to dwell anyhow for eternity.

Why? It's rather foolish to pick hell over heaven. Only a fool would do so.

Kissing some guy's ass is not what i call fun.

You'd rather burn for all eternity? Be my guess. I'd take my chances with kissing his ass.

secondly there is no evidence of heaven or hell so if there is a god

Which brings us to the point to why you were having this meaningless discussion about "I'd rather choose hell" thing.

so if there is a god, he set us up to fail. so i would have lost all respect for him

But there is faith, friend. Really, it's a personal thing.

what if your religion is the wrong religion and mormonism is true, or muslim or what if they are all screwed and zeus was the real god and everyone has dismissed him.

But that'd really bring you nowhere, really. IF you have doubts about the geniunity of your faith, and think that it might not be real, I suggest you look for another one, until you find the one that seems to be real.

I finally ended with if you put blind faith into fear and god it can cause intolerance and even uneeded wars.

Wow, you showed him.