You mistakenly believe that people who call themselves Christians and beat black people are Christians. You do yourself a deservice and smear true Christianity. Those who love the Lord do not do these short of things. You appear to want it both ways. I have nothing to chew on here, but what you need to realize is that true Christians are people seperate from the acts you describe, which you seem to dishonestly ignore. Hell, Fire, and Brimestone is a belief that Jesus often spoke about and becuase it is so incorporated in the scriptures I will continue to talk about it and the coming invasion of America by Russia is a Biblical fact which I will not ignore as well.
If hellfire, and brimstone was nothing to worry about, then Christ would not have died for our salvation.
epiphany... otherwise i consider you a fairly intellegent woman, however i must say that the whole died for your sins thing is a bit over played... all yall tell me "he died for your sins" which in itself it preposterous...if he has died for my sins then what the hell are we worried about? somebody already paid the price needed for the sins of mankind...and how do you faithful follow him, appreciate him, love him? by committing the very sins he sacrificed his life for? damn... no wonder the divorce rate is increasing, drug usage is at an all time high(no pun intended) and teen pregnacy is astronomical....becuase you guys dont know how to love... you havent the slighest clue... so you all turn to your vices and addictions, commit sin after sin, in hopes that somewhere down the line you will have the time to get shyt right... jesusdied4you... you are an asshole...u claim to love the lord and be a steward over his work... bullshit you another christian that reads chapter aand verse but only accept that which is convienent, or serves your purpose at the time... untill you or any other christian can say that you are without sin, you will never truly be a christian, you will always be pining away at a spot in heaven, not realizing you wont get it! for all of you christians who seem to think there is a god but no devil you are stupid beynd reason becuase you can not believe in one without the other... they are specific in the authors design to counteract and control their followers... for everybody else whom seems to think there is salvation at an alter worshipped by none of a pure heart... my only advice to you is keep on lusting, fucking, stealing, def8iling your temple while you can cuz the wages of sin is not death, death instead is the byproduct of birth!
The bible states that Christ died for the sins of the world, but his gift must be received. Christians call this being born again. Unless you receive His gift by asking Christ into your heart and making Him Lord of your life you donot have the gift. It's a free gift, but you must ask first to receive it. When you receive this gift, you are telling God you will try to follow His path. Broad is the way that leads to destruction and many their be that go in there at, but narrow is the way that leads to eternal life and few their be that find it. The Devil and his demons are real and so is hell. For those who reject God they will see this place first hand. I have personally had encounters with demons. They hate Christ and they hate all human kind.
Way back in 1973 I had a number of encounters with demons. These encounters lasted about 6 months. Finally I came across a group of Christians who understood what I was going through and told me that I would have to go through a deliverence to rid myself of the two demons that were attacking me. In a house in Crete Il. I sat down with a number of Christian people who started to address the demons around me. They commanded them to leave. After about 3 hours the last demon said he would not leave. The Christians spoke with authority and told him if he did not leave he would be destroyed. He spoke up at that time and stated that he would rather be destroyed then burn in hell. I heard the screams and another person did as well. One of the wives that were present saw him burning up on the floor. This is a true story. Don't let anyone tell you hell may not be as bad as you think. I fear it is much worse. I still have the tapes from that experience.
I'm useing my sons post but back in 1973 I had encounters with demons for a period of six months. Take it from someone who has been there. Demons are real and they hate all of God's creation. According to the bible most people not only will know there is a hell, most people will end up there. The only salvation given to men is in Gods Son Jesus Christ. And as we all know most of the world hates Him.
You have no idea what you are talking about. Eternal damnation is reserved for most of the world because they think God is a joke. I no otherwise. What a sad and terrible day that is coming to this world.
What a god of love, to throw most of his beloved children to eternal fire. Kind of brings a tear of joy to my eye.... It seems the Creator of All, the All Powerful God can't take a joke. hahahahahaha!
The people of the earth are not his "beloved children" until they accept Him first as their beloved God. Which they refuse to do and is evident because of the obvious conditions we now see in the world today.
My God loves all people, regardless of any faith or lack of it. It sure is horrid to read such bold superiority complexes being so self assured that all other faiths are wrong............ If that is the real God, fuck him. It is okay, my God can take a fucking joke too.
None of you are keeping the point in mind. God does not send people to hell. We send ourselves. Hell was created for satan and his demons as a God-less realm. They chose to distance themselves from him. Hell is a one way street that you send yourself down. Heaven is a place of paradise. A place of worship and praise. If one cannot love God on this realm, why would you expect to move to his realm? If you don't like someone, you don't go to their parties, right? Heaven is a party for God. Those who wish to make it, want to be there. Those who don't, won't be. That is the simplest break down of the two. God loves everyone, but not everyone loves him.
What if you are right? Then the fact that I do not believe that He was nailed to the cross so his blood could wash away my sins, is enough to fry for eternity? If I did believe it, I still would refuse to put the responsibility for my own sinful actions onto his shoulders. So do I burn for that? So....Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Muslims, Jews, Shinto, Taoists, and all the other ones are all hellbound? Just to clarify the entrance requirements........ btw, I feel that we do go on after death, but reincarnation is my guess currently.
If this is true, your god can eat my ass, because I don't want to be around a jerk like that anyways. I agree with kitty that your comment is very blaspehemous. Clearly you care more about setting yourself above the rest of us than anything else, and are willing to besmirch your own religion to do so. Good luck with that. So even if your right, the funny thing is, I'll still be seeing you in hell!
So even if your right, the funny thing is, I'll still be seeing you in hell! lol at least we might get a point or two from lucifer for refusing to be jesus worshippers.....
Actually.... Jesusdiedforu has a point. If you do not look at God as your father, then how can you in turn, call yourself his child? Romans 8:14 "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God."
its roasting on the barbie for me then I dont see a man as god, esp. not a one religion man what about all the other faiths? hell?
Of coarse reincarnation is your best guest. The countries that first imbraced reincarnation use to let the cows pass them by as they starved to death in the streets. They would not kill the cow to save their life or the life of their children because they thought the cow was one of their past relatives. This is the kind of spiritual ignorance that fostered reincarnation. And this is your best guess? Without the bible, this is the kind of demented thinking the world is reduced to. The bible puts great value on human life, other religions teach the lives of animals are more important.