(December 5, 2014 at 12:28 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote:(December 5, 2014 at 12:19 am)Godschild Wrote:
You seem to have a whole lot of detail on hell beyond what the Bible says, and a poor understanding of how people relate to their torturers.
Your correct, however there are things in scripture that point to what I have said, or something close to the same. Hell is described as a place of darkness, that could be translated in different ways though.
I have no problem with how people react to their tormentors ie. tortures as you call them. In what I stated those in hell are there own tormentors, and they have to react to themselves and that is how I see people reacting to themselves. You're trying to interpret what I said in a way to use it to your way of thinking, take it and argue it as it is, please.
Quote: If hell doesn't make them beg for forgiveness, it can only be because it isn't that bad. Truly suffering people will say anything to make it stop. I suppose cursing would kick in when it's well-established that God is merciless and will never forgive them.
In what I shared God is not responsible for their suffering they are and they realize it. So who do they beg to for forgiveness, themselves, what good is that. Don't you think that the mental and physical stresses of hate, terror and horror as I described them would be worse than fire and brimstone. As I said in my earlier post God can't go against justice, the justice of an all knowing God.
Quote:But thanks, I'm sure the lurkers find your religion much more attractive now that you've explained more of it.
What lurkers, I'm insure what you mean?
(December 3, 2014 at 4:07 pm)Godschild Wrote: It is, all one has to do is chose Christ as savior in this life, see above to know why Christians call Him savior, because unlike atheist want to believe there is something to be saved from, one's own personal self.
Quote:But God is unable to forgive dead people, eh?
Unable, yes. He want forsake His own word, He's true to what He says, they have an opportunity while they are alive, and that's how it is, like it or not.
(December 3, 2014 at 4:07 pm)Godschild Wrote: God gives us the choice to live with Him forever or not to live with Him forever, in eternity there are only two places to live.
Quote:That seems silly. Why not a hundred? Or a million? What kind of moral and intellectual midget would only come up with eternal bliss or eternal sorrow for finite acts? What about eternal meh? Eternal replays until you get it right? The Hindu afterlife (afterlives) makes a lot more sense from the point of view of justice, mercy, and fairness.
With the Hindu's you could wind up a worm forever, fish bait, that's a bad deal in anyone's book, except for the fish that is.
It's God's creation and his right to do with it as He with his omniscience sees fit. I've explained to you so many times that unforgiven sin eternal, not finite, so terenal justice is only fair.
(December 3, 2014 at 4:07 pm)Godschild Wrote: That's what this life is about, to accept the life God offers through Christ or to live one's own life, God makes the offer, so yes by necessity God gives us the choice.
Quote:Through you, you claim, and I've rarely run into someone who makes Christianity sound like the wrong way to go more than you do. If it's really your job to convince us of this, and God is real, he should really help you and he's clearly not. You make him sound demented.
The reason you believe what you wrote is because those who reject God's truth see things that way, so yes God's helping me, that's why you hate what I say, Christ told His disciples that this would be the reaction of those who hate Him.
(December 3, 2014 at 4:07 pm)Godschild Wrote: Why, He gives chances to the end of one's life.
Quote:As long as you can't know he really exists, you get a chance. As soon as you really know the score, all chances are withdrawn. A cosmic 'gotcha!'.
Not hardly, I know He exists and guess what, because I do gives you no excuse not to know, God will tell all that who reject Christ.
(December 3, 2014 at 4:07 pm)Godschild Wrote: He extended His mercy throughout one's life.
Quote:What mercy does someone who dies when they're three get?
A place with God forever, where there will be no more sorrow, sickness, hate and ect.
(December 3, 2014 at 4:07 pm)Godschild Wrote: Also, there would be no justice in allowing someone to live against God their entire life and after death giving them amnesty, why, because how would that be fair to those who chose to live for God before death.
Quote:They would have to be monsters to prefer that people who didn't agree with them suffer for eternity.
I don't want anyone to suffer for eternity and neither does God, that's why Christ gave Himself as a sacrifice for all mankind. It's not our choice where they wind up, it is their's, we have no say in the matter.
Quote:I wouldn't wish you a bad day for not being more rational (or kind, or compassionate, or charitable), let alone any significant suffering. I'd certainly rather put up with your company than see you tortured because it wasn't fair to me to have you around.
People with unforgiven sin would cause trouble in heaven, why because they haven't changed. That would make heaven something other than what God promised.
You go to a movie everyone has recommend as an excellent movie, and you don't like it, you're not exactly happy with those who said it was good.
So, no the people who gave their lives to Christ would not get along with those who think they deserve something they did not commit to.
(December 3, 2014 at 4:07 pm)Godschild Wrote: One more thing here, I'm quite confused, people here cry foul when someone like Jeffrey chooses Christ right before he died and now there's a claim of appeal right after death, curious just curious.
Quote:I know it's hard for you to tell the difference between cannibals and decent people who happen not to be Christians, GC, so I'll take that question as sincere.
It's serious. I can tell the difference and it's small of you to say I can't. There's a difference Dahmer recognized his sin and was remorseful, he chose Christ as his savior and the Father granted him forgiveness through grace. If a man like Dahmer was, can see the truth and respond to it, then why do you find it so hard.
Quote:Dahmer can get in if he repents and asks for forgiveness five minutes before he dies, but a Hindu who adopted orphans and died saving a missionary can't get forgiveness five minutes after she dies.
There is a difference Dahmer sought forgiveness because he recognized his sin. The Hindu thought she was good enough to get to heaven on her own, doesn't work that way, Christ makes us worthy of heaven.
Quote:It's a cockamamie system. If there is a God and an afterlife, it's got to be run better than that ridiculous set-up you claim.
There is noway I or anyone could describe the awesomeness of heaven, but I can and do make it clear how one gets there. Sorry if you can't handle something made so simple, that even the simple minded can understand.
(December 3, 2014 at 4:07 pm)Godschild Wrote: We witness to people about their choices, we tell them what's behind each door, yet God and his followers are blamed for others wrong choices, that's the reasoning of a child.
Quote:Believing fairy tales based on someone's say-so is the reasoning of a child.
Granted, however the story I've been told came from God, not a human, yes a human witnessed the story but, God confirmed it's truth and worth.
(December 3, 2014 at 4:07 pm)Godschild Wrote: You, blaming us for your actions and opinions, that's the same as I described above, childish reasoning. You find excuses to reject God and blame us, see why there are no reprieves after death.
Quote:My actions and opinions are my own, and yours are yours. My observing the unseemly relish with which you comtemplate the damnation of those you fail to convert is a side matter.
First of all we need to get something straight, all I can do is witness, it is God's job to save you, I have no power to do so, nor would I want that kind of power.
Quote:If I were anti-Christian, I'd be grateful for the display of callousness, but in fairness I'd like to remind lurkers that GC only represents a narrow brand of hateful fundamentalism,
I don't see people that come here and see what's going on as lurkers, since you do I would think that would go against your credibility to call others as haters. I do not represent hate and despise it. To the one who say, "if I were an anti-Christian," yet demonstrates it almost daily, has little credibility with anyone.
Quote:most Christians are decent folk, and some don't even think you automatically suffer forever if you don't believe their stories.
It's not my fault that others try to white wash God's plan and justice, I have no control over them, you see it's those who cause others to say I've nothing to lose by being God's enemy. Not true you make yourself an enemy of God and you will pay the price you ran up here in this life.
(December 3, 2014 at 4:07 pm)Godschild Wrote: Yes, there are those who tiptoe though the tulips, but they avoid telling people the truth, why, they want to be pleasing to everyone, they look for kudos from both sides, they play both sides of the fence.
Quote:Or maybe they took the admonition of Jesus to be as harmless as doves and wise as serpents to heart. You have to give him credit for getting that you draw people in with the sweetness and light and don't drop the eternal torture on them until they're in so deep that it's hard to get out.
To bad you do not understand what the saying means but, maybe some day.
Now here's the truth Jesus preached more about hell than most any other subject, He preached more about hell than heaven, seems He thought it would be a good place for humans to avoid, it's why He paid our price and gave us a choice to avoid it. Jesus said Christians would be hated because of Him, yet I readily accept that, but don't get me wrong it does hurt.
Quote: Modern 'evangelists' have forgotten that lesson, and are a good portion of the reason that Christianity has begun to dwindle in the USA.
You're right the modern church is at fault, it's gone soft. This nation was a much stronger Christian nation when Christians witnessed the real truth. Angry people such as yourself have intimidated Christians, but I'm not one easily intimidated.
(December 3, 2014 at 4:07 pm)Godschild Wrote: They gamble with they're own salvation, they hinder others who may be searching, why, they desire the first sin, the sin of selfishness.
Quote:Apparently the first sin is not believing everything you hear.
Lucifer,Eve and Adam fell to the sin of selfishness that brought on the sin of disobedience.
(December 3, 2014 at 4:07 pm)Godschild Wrote: Yes Drich and I might be abrasive at times, we tell the real and brutal truth at times, not to gain points with anyone but, because we care.
Quote:Is that how Jesus told you to witness? I'm pretty sure he gave instructions that don't translate easily to ranting on the interwebz.
Most not all atheist are the champions of ranting here, give yourself some credit.
(December 3, 2014 at 4:07 pm)Godschild Wrote: If you desire to see us any other way but caring is your choice, but remember this we have spent a great amount of time here that we could have easily spent doing other thing, things more enjoyable than the treatment we get here.
Quote:You enjoy the treatment you get here very much, I think.
You're wrong much of it hurts and unfortunately we respond wrongly at times, most Christians have admitted they have and some of the atheist have and I appreciate those who do so.
(December 3, 2014 at 4:07 pm)Godschild Wrote: There are very few who come here and stay as long as we have, including atheist. Please remember this, we came in love, the love of Christ.
Quote:If you come in love, why are you such an ass? I think you come because you like to argue, and you like to feel persecuted.
That's the opinion of one who claims not to be an anti-Christian, yet shows how anti-Christian he is in most of his posts. Persecuted that's funny, Christians in this country are not persecuted.
Quote:You know you can get a rise out the atheists with your 'believe me or you'll suffer in hell forever and you deserve it, too!' approach, and you keep coming back and keep doing it because THAT is what you love.
Why do you throw so much hate at us. A lot of the atheist do what you described and on a regular bases, anyone reading these post on this forum can see this, you can't fool them. I've never threatened or said any specifically deserves hell and I challenge you to show me where I have.
Quote:The number one tool in a real witness's toolbox is how they behave. You don't have physical evidence. You don't have reason and logic. You don't have miracles. The one thing you have is the way you act. You could get half the 'Nones' back in five years if 10% of Christians exhibited 10% more of the qualites Jesus advocated for his followers. Fat chance of that.
We're not perfect, we do make mistakes, but there's one mistake we haven't made, refusing to accept Christ as our Lord and Savior. I have all kinds of evidence but, you dismiss it without even considering the consequences or considering it's validity.
Quote:I do think when Christians become a minority here, they'll have a reformation of sorts. Being in the minority is good for improving a religion's behavior. When they can't throw around their weight, it makes them a little more thoughtful. IMHO.
What do you mean in the minority, we're already there and it's our fault, unnatural sex gets more attention and carries more weight than Christianity, it's become a sad day for this country.
GC
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.