For example, I keep seeing people say "I'd rather believe, just in case, so I don't end up in hell". Why not choose to believe in Hinduism, or Allah or any of 30 other religions to avoid their version? Is it because the Christian version of hell sounds much worse? Is it a familiarity and omnipresence of the religion in the society you grew up in? What made you choose one over another? Can you honestly say you made an educated decision and "shopped around" for your religion or did you take the first thing presented to you?
2006-08-30 03:25:01 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Oh, come on. Don't be silly. The Bible doesn't say anything about any other religions' hells. Why would anyone worry about those? Silly boy...
2006-08-30 03:31:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hell is not taught in the Bible. It was borrowed from those other religions by apostate Christendom to scare people into doing what the church said, even if that deviated from the Bible's teachings.
If you were a parent and your child was misbehaving, would you put their hand on a hot stove to punish them? Of course not. That would be horrible. You might give them a 'time-out' in the corner, though.
God doesn't torment people forever for the sins of just a few years. That doesn't make sense, and it isn't in the Bible. God does give people a 'time-out' though, in the form of just being dead. False Christianity has turned so many people off religion by adopting man-made traditions and wrong teachings. Thankfully, they'll pay for their sins soon.
2006-08-30 03:34:00 · answer #2 · answered by Epitome_inc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, now, I gotta admit, if it was simply choosing the easiest religion, I wouldn't have gone with christianity. I didn't choose the easiest, I chose the only one I actually believe. I suppose if you just shop around looking for the easy way, christianity is not for you. Religion isn't really a "shop" kinda thing, its a belief thing. What's the point of following some religion you don't even believe in? If you're shopping, it has nothing to do with belief.
2006-08-30 03:42:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why wouldn't you, that is where Jesus went when he died, though there really is no word in the oldest scrolls that translates as Hell or Hellfire. In the Bible, when people died, they went to Hades until the resurrection, of which there are two, those going to heaven and those to life on earth. Jesus proved this when he rose Lazarus, who came back as a human, but Jesus himself came back as a spirit. While in the grave he could do nothing. He couldn't even visit the fallen angels, to make a final declaration of judge, until after he was resurrected. At the end of this old system, we will again see the same type of resurrect, first at the rapture, when those going to Heaven will be raised up, then the Second Resurrection of Revelations, when everyone else is raise, many to judgment, others to life on Earth. They will than spend 1000 years helping those who lived through Armageddon to rebuild the planet back into a Paradise, but it says they will not marry nor be given in marriage, so what happens to them afterward is unknown. I hope to be on Earth, helping to rebuild it.
2006-08-30 03:39:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suspect hardly anyone chooses a religion based on fear of what happens in an afterlife.
All the Pascal's wager style arguments floating around are not really for nonbelievers. They are mental tricks believers use to scare eachother into remaining believers. With the right fear, they will avoid exposing themselves to knowledge that might undermine their faith. Just look at the pathetic responses on this thread as an example:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Al66HdHoS0BnZ6YLzC6pTpnsy6IX?qid=20060830070248AA5ykH3
2006-08-30 03:34:00 · answer #5 · answered by lenny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Compassion must be depending on the act of allowing someone to bigger valuable themselves. Too many present day authorities hand outs are deliberately designed to keep the undesirable -undesirable! to this point as i'm in touch the authorities ought to stay out of the welfare organisation! they in simple terms make issues worse!
2016-11-23 14:22:18 · answer #6 · answered by allotey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christianity is the only way to be saved. There is only one God and one Saviour, Jesus Christ. Everything else is not true.. Jesus did not leave any room for another way to be saved..
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
2006-08-30 03:33:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I dont fear going anywhere. I believe that when you die, you stay concious in your body, only your body stops functioning and you just stay there.
All of your family and friends think you are dead, and since your body cant move you cant tell them that your not dead, and they bury you alive because you cant tell them otherwise.
There is no afterlife. This is it.
2006-08-30 03:30:35 · answer #8 · answered by m_thurson 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are so utterly confused about Christianity. It's not about fear. God did not give us the spirit of fear. It is about a relationship with God.
2006-08-30 03:31:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
because Hell is real
2006-08-30 03:31:26 · answer #10 · answered by Char 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋