RE: A discussion around family table.
May 6, 2010 at 8:34 pm
(This post was last modified: May 6, 2010 at 8:39 pm by fr0d0.)
(May 6, 2010 at 7:14 pm)Scented Nectar Wrote: That would mean that no one goes to hell unless they want to go.Absolutely. You have the choice to do the crime. Any punishment is the result of your choice. No one is forcing you to be good. Your reward for positivity is a clear conscience. On the other hand, foster negativity and you live hell. you are tormented. What you're arguing is counter natural. What you seem to be promoting is non accountability, and that just doesn't fit logically, whatever way you look at it.
(May 6, 2010 at 7:30 pm)Rwandrall Wrote: Actually its not about being guilty because of something you didn't do. Any time you feel jealousy, lust, anger, hatred, any of these "negative" emotions, you sin. If you succumb to them in any way, you REALLY sin. pretty much everyone is a sinner because everyone is human.I agree. 'Sin' is a positive act. Christianity prescribes to the idea that humans are imperfect.
Christianity also offers complete forgiveness. You're bastardising the message by claiming it feeds on guilt. That's the opposite of Christianity, and an easy cop out rather than a frank consideration of the facts.