Why hurt your chances?

Question

Here's a question I have for the non-believers.

We don't truly know what will happen when we die. As a believer, I have my belief. I truly believe I will go to heaven, since Jesus is my lord and savior, and I am saved.

But, nobody really knows, 100%.

You don't either.

So, if saying cruel things about Jesus, if disrespecting him is your thing, and if there is even a possibility that you may burn in hell for it, why do it? Wouldn't it make better sense to say nothing, than to seal your fate?

Answer 1

These things I write unto you that ye may know. The bible tells us things that we may know. We can trust God's word and what He says. The bible says to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. Of course that's for those that are saved. Yes I know 100% where I go when I die. I will be with my Lord and Saviour. Epehsians 1:13-14.

Answer 2

Not that I agree or disagree, but you need to realize that Christianity is not the only belief system. I think it's ridiculous to down any religion. Some people don't believe in anything so to them saying something about Christ is like saying something about the Tooth Fairy. It is good that you seem so true to your faith, but remember others don't believe and they don't respond well by being preached to. They lash out and say stupid things instead. I believe religion is a very personal thing.

Instead of asking people why say anything because you might burn in hell... ask if they maybe should say nothing out of respect for other's beliefs. You need to respect other's beliefs too. Perhaps you should stop telling people they are going to burn in hell... and stop assuming you are going to heaven because you are saved. Because - right - no one really knows. I think this is the main problem many non-belivers have... and it creates hate. Some religious people sound like they are brain-washed by cults.

Spread the word but do it nicely. I think being a good person is a more important.

Answer 3

I thought I had once made a list of all of the Pascal's Wager questions out there, but if I did I can't find it now.

There are two problems with it: 1) An omniscient God could see that you were just using it as a rationale, and it means living your life as a lie.

2) Christianity's is only one possible interpretation of the afterlife. What if the Muslims are right? You'll be in hell, too. Why should Pascal's Wager only be interpreted as regards Christianity? Isn't that a little short-sighted?

Additionally, I don't see why you 'truly believe you will go to Heaven'... Your Bible clearly states that only God knows...

Answer 4

That's Pascal's Wager right there. First of all, that would be a horrible reason to pick a faith, wouldn't you agree? Picking a faith just because if you're right you will be rewarded. Second of all, that would mean that Christianity would have the same weight as Islam and Judaism since they both promote a higher happiness for dead believers. Why don't you have faith in these religions? Probably because you just don't believe in them. And I don't believe in any. So are we that much different?

Answer 5

Maybe the One True God is nothing like Jesus. In fact, the One True God might be really, really angry with people who would think he is anything like the descriptions of Jesus. So by making fun of Christianity, I am making God happier with me, and by praying to Jesus you're just sealing your own eternal fate.

So I guess since you don't know 100% that my theory is wrong, I guess you'd better start mocking Jesus, just to be safe, right?

Answer 6

Well, i dunno if you haven't realized. But people following other religions may believe something different about what happened to Jesus. Also, they completely believe that they are going to heaven if they follow their own religion, and not necessarily Christianity, there is also Islam and Judaism. Besides, doesn't it sound a bit odd that you get to go to heavan without even having to be good at all? What kind of belief is that!

Answer 7

People that do that, have no reason to believe in heaven.
None. And they think that those that do are contributing to a kind of cancer that is plaguing us all.
And are angry about people that support this kind of corrupted philosophy. It is a big deal. And people are so afraid of death they give fuel to this cause. Un-coincidentally they happen to be afraid of death because of this cancerous plague called religion.
The consequences on your life and the lives of those around your are catastrophic.
Nietzsche said "Christians can only think of themselves" and your statements prove that is correct.

Answer 8

We don't say cruel things about Jesus.

We say cruel things about the "followers" of Jesus, who, idealistically, follow a book made of smaller books written by people from different centuries who never knew Jesus.

Please don't generalize.

- 16 yo Pagan

Answer 9

You're referring to Pascal's wager. It goes like this;
If I believe in god and pray to him I go to heaven.
If I don't, I go to hell.
So, the safest course of action is to believe.
However, it proceeds from a false assumption; that there is a god. And of course, there isn't. God is imaginary. Nothing more.

Answer 10

Is your mind open to expanding ideas? If you are given a slightly different way to view meanings of words or ideas, would you be willing to try? I have a long, long history of following Unity's teachings which, when added to life's lessons acquired along the paths I chose to follow, have given me a poet's eye for addressing the issues you raise. When you say "nobody really knows, 100%", I gently challenge this by saying, "We, as emanations of God, the Good, Omnipotent, do have All-Knowing within us. I believe that, as infants, we are born knowing (springing from the Cosmic All), but we do not know what we know. Life is a lesson for reacquainting ourselves with our own divinity, lost to our senses as part of the materialization process, but still within us. I have come to know that both Heaven and Hell are states of consciousness which occur and reoccur at any given moment, and that "As the mind goes, the energy flows." If one thinks in negatives, one will electromagnetically attract negatives; if one thinks in positives, one then generates positives in response. As to your "saying cruel things about Jesus", what if the whole idea of Jesus is a Divine Metaphor for transcendence potentials within each of us--the example of one who chose well and rose to Highest Good energies despite all-consuming oppressions or adversities. Seeming cruelty has no power whatsoever over Divine Truth, so rest easy. Do not feel pressured to change others; simply center to your own loving faith within yourself and all else falls into place. I like to think of those who react to life in extremist ways as "Infants crying in the night, infants crying for the light, and with no language but a cry" (from a Tennyson poem). One cannot be angry or offended by those whose extremisms are a form of weeping. They are on their own path, and may seem to resist that which their hearts, minds, or souls may be seeking, but in time their own divinity seeds within will guide them to the Gardens they hunger to find. Your task is but to be true to yourself and center yourself in the glowing light of your own loving faith. You then poject a pleasing aura to which all will respond in a favorable way. No need for you to pass judgement or be hypervigilant, for God is Omnipotent. And what is cruel? When I lose my keys, I sometimes fuss at God when, in reality, I am fussing at my own lack of memory or competence. Don't you think God knows when one is merely venting or projecting? Honesty is a valued trait, even if the expression of honest emotions or thoughts does not agree with your evolved levels of belief. Give people room and time to find their own way. They, too, are holy in their own right.