(July 26, 2010 at 10:18 pm)Godschild Wrote: You like Min, EvF and all the rest that have responded to the claim that christians have no fear of hell do not understand anything about christianity. One can not lose their salvation but they can give it up many on this site have done that very thing. Satan tempts christians all the time and we to often fall into his trap, we are just human, but that does not mean we will go to hell, we ask forgiveness of our failing and we are forgiven by God through Jesus Christ. To do the things underlined would mean one has renounced his/her belief in Christ. The 100% certainty means we try to follow the teachings of Christ.
Why would anyone believe that knowing that heaven and hell are real would change the way some people act. In this country the death penalty is used in cases of first degree murder and a few other very violent crimes yet people keep on committing these crimes.
Christ told the parable of the rich man and the begger when the rich man died he found himself in hell and he wanted to go back and tell his family to change their ways so they would not end up in this cursed place and he was told it would do no good because they already had the law of Moses and they did not follow it and his return would make no difference. Humble faith is the key that opens the Gates of Heaven.
That is one of the most mindless and nonsensical dribble I have ever had the displeasure of reading.
Yes, Godschild, we are just human, and humans like you are often deluded by myths and fairy tales. The human imagination is very susceptible to delusions, regardless of how much evidence and reason you get thrown at your face, you still discard it all and even go as far as claiming it is the work of Satan (another product of the human imagination), trying to take you away from your imaginary friend.
I feel sorry for people like you who live their life according to some medieval doctrine and only avoid doing bad deeds due to fear of everlasting punishment. This is the only chance you get at life, live it to the fullest. There are no angels waiting for you behind some pearly gates.
Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...
