We hear "you're going to hell" so often. I read a friend's post just this morning when he "lovingly" restated that every person who does not accept Jesus Christ as their personal savior will go to hell for eternity.
So what do modern Xtians think? There are well over 7 billion humans on the planet at this moment. Polls taken in 2013 puts Christians at approximately 31% (and dropping) of the world population. That leaves 2,333,333,333,33 who will go to hell. This includes the few who have never heard of Jesus of Nazareth. Speaking of Yeshua, there were humans on this planet for billions of years before he came along.
(If you get picky, I know a lot of Protestants who think that Catholics will go to hell too. That would increase the number considerably.)
I remember asking my Mom about the Chinese people and Japanese and Native American and African who lived before Jesus - what about them? Her irritated answer was that God would know which of them WOULD believe if they had the chance. But then, this is also the woman who declared emphatically that if aliens ever showed up, they would have to worship Jesus too or burn in hell. So . . .
What about the billions of OTHER people who weren't BLESSED enough to be born to Xtian parents?
So what do modern Xtians think? There are well over 7 billion humans on the planet at this moment. Polls taken in 2013 puts Christians at approximately 31% (and dropping) of the world population. That leaves 2,333,333,333,33 who will go to hell. This includes the few who have never heard of Jesus of Nazareth. Speaking of Yeshua, there were humans on this planet for billions of years before he came along.
(If you get picky, I know a lot of Protestants who think that Catholics will go to hell too. That would increase the number considerably.)
I remember asking my Mom about the Chinese people and Japanese and Native American and African who lived before Jesus - what about them? Her irritated answer was that God would know which of them WOULD believe if they had the chance. But then, this is also the woman who declared emphatically that if aliens ever showed up, they would have to worship Jesus too or burn in hell. So . . .
What about the billions of OTHER people who weren't BLESSED enough to be born to Xtian parents?
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein
