He does seem to be a villainous entity, as far as most modern people would think.
Accepting jesus as your lord and savior, as far as mainstream Christianity goes, means accepting the death of an innocent, to pay for the crimes of the guilty, to save them from infinite torture, for committing finite crimes. Generally saying it's a free gift, that nonetheless requires you to likely change the way you live your life to keep this "free" gift.
Of course there are other Christians that may say different things about what hell is, if it exists, and even if it's eternal. Still, I go by what the mainstream members think. I just can't accept that kind of thing. It doesn't sit well with my conscience.
Accepting jesus as your lord and savior, as far as mainstream Christianity goes, means accepting the death of an innocent, to pay for the crimes of the guilty, to save them from infinite torture, for committing finite crimes. Generally saying it's a free gift, that nonetheless requires you to likely change the way you live your life to keep this "free" gift.
Of course there are other Christians that may say different things about what hell is, if it exists, and even if it's eternal. Still, I go by what the mainstream members think. I just can't accept that kind of thing. It doesn't sit well with my conscience.
Poe's Law: "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."
10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/
Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50
A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html
10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/
Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50
A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html
