No, it's extremely un-ethical. What's even worse is that they do this to young children, who do not have the knowledge or reasoning to know better.
2006-10-31 12:28:04
·
answer #1
·
answered by Michael 5
·
3⤊
1⤋
I'm not sure of what you mean by eternal damnation, but anyone using this to intimidate others would not be acting in an ethical manner. It is not for us to threaten anyone with any thing. The Bible teaches that there is life and there is death, but no place of eternal torment for humans after life on earth...just life or death.
Psalms 37:9-11 (9) "For evildoers themselves will be cut off,
But those hoping in Jehovah are the ones that will possess the earth.
10 And just a little while longer, and the wicked one will be no more;
And you will certainly give attention to his place, and he will not be.
11 But the meek ones themselves will possess the earth,
And they will indeed find their exquisite delight in the abundance of peace."
2006-10-31 20:34:20
·
answer #2
·
answered by wannaknow 5
·
0⤊
2⤋
Historically Christians intimidate Christians with the threat of eternal damnation (excommunication). They present hell to non-Christains to motivate conversion more than to intimidate.
2006-10-31 20:38:41
·
answer #3
·
answered by Anonymous
·
0⤊
1⤋
there are many types of christians, but the type of christians that think they are the only right ones yes threaten people with damnation. God is not a evil God and I dont know why anyone would think such a loving God would Torture someone for eternity. That would not be a loving God.
2006-10-31 20:30:05
·
answer #4
·
answered by daisy322_98 5
·
0⤊
1⤋
I don't know about ethical but it sure doesn't seem useful. I certainly don't want to have anything to do with people that threaten me. So I don't see how threatening people would make them want to be like you. Instead they should tell people why they believe in Christianity and what ways it's benefited them personally.
2006-10-31 20:33:07
·
answer #5
·
answered by gen Xer 2
·
0⤊
0⤋
Threat or warning? You use words like threat because you want to make people out to be more ruthless and uncaring than they are...
Seriously most Christians don't try to intimidate people with threats, but merely try to warn others of the dangers that they percieve.
I mean is it threating someone with a glass of water when you see that they are dehydrating?
2006-10-31 20:37:54
·
answer #6
·
answered by Zach 3
·
1⤊
2⤋
What ever it takes to make them think for themselves and stop listening to others who know less than they do about Christianity. The whole key to helping someone is to get them to study for themselves instead of listening to others in my opinion.
2006-10-31 20:28:51
·
answer #7
·
answered by Anonymous
·
1⤊
1⤋
not at all! if the love of God will not make you submit, you sure won't "scare up" any believers! But if the issue comes up , if you aren't on God's team then you are the enemy,we know it doesn't seem fair but thats the way it is. ..so come on to Jesus people his yoke is easy and his burden is light.
2006-10-31 20:43:47
·
answer #8
·
answered by yellabanana77 4
·
0⤊
1⤋
It's not that it isn't ethical... I'm not sure that ethics really has anything to do with it... but it certainly is flat out wrong for my fellow Christians to judge and say things like that.
2006-10-31 20:26:00
·
answer #9
·
answered by Iamnotarobot (former believer) 6
·
1⤊
3⤋
It depends... we cannot send anyone to eternal damnation though we can warn that it's pending. I cant send anyone to jail either but it is ethical for me to warn someone that they could go to jail for doing something isnt it? I dont KNOW that someone will go to hell, any more than I KNOW they will go to jail...nothing unethical in warning, but the means in which someone may warn someone else can be unethical
2006-10-31 20:27:56
·
answer #10
·
answered by impossble_dream 6
·
2⤊
3⤋