Abusive Theology 101

[ITChick]

I would like the verses that state this.

Based on this knowledge, if someone is raised with no knowledge of the concept of god or sin, they will not be held responsible for any "sins" they commit their entire life. Therefore must not suffer the consequences of sin and be sent to hell.

However, the bible teaches that you have to accept Jesus as your personal savior in order to go to heaven.

So we have a conundrum on our hands.

@Rahul, Esquilax, and ITChick: You've all asked really good questions. I'm willing to discuss it and help it make sense, but I'm doing this from my phone and, quite honestly, I can't keep up with the posts in the thread. I really think there are too many voices and unresearched opinions here to have an intelligible discussion, so if you sincerely want to know, thrn please go to my profile and shoot me a pm or an email.

Thanks =)

Locke, I have to admit that I am a super sceptic and that emails/pm's between us would probably just be a waste of time.

I would be as surprised if you manage to convince me that God exists, it is the christian god and that he is not an evil bastard as I would be if someone convinced me that father christmas is real and he is the one who brought me presents.

Now, if I am wrong (in either one of these two) I do think that it is VERY important for me to find out. So I am open despite being VERY sceptical.

What about a very friendly debate (in the debate area or elsewhere where the people who are allowed to post are limited) on these forums, where we are not trying to prove each other wrong. I just list my objections and you tell me why you think I'm wrong.

That way I won't feel as if I'm wasting your time as you might convince someone else with your arguments. You will also have a slight advantage due to the fact that I haven't read the scriptures in years.

(I do think it is of value to have more than my/your opinion, but I also agree that if there are too many people key issues might get lost)

Edit: sorry, I would have pm'ed this but couldn't figure out how to do it on the stupid phone.