People would rather go to hell?

Question

because of how Christians act than to go to heaven..?
I hear people say no cause of the Christians and how they act,,you would rather die and go to hell because of the way they live? Then to live the life God choose for you?

Answer 1

You clearly weren't paying attention to my last post.

There IS NO HELL. Stop using a fictional place that is effective on toddlers. We're adults, and many of us have a firmer grasp on capitalization, punctuation and spelling than you. (Notice, it's "than you" not "then you.")

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Answer 2

There is no Hell or Heaven.

However, if the Christian god were in fact real, and heaven and hell existed, I would rather go to Hell. NOT because of how Christians act, but because of the actions of the god described in the Bible. The god described in the New Testament is a spiteful, hateful, unjust monster.

Answer 3

My decision has little to do with how Christians act. I do not believe blind faith is a good thing--ever. And I certainly believe that the God of the Hebrew scriptures does, and commands humans to do, immoral things, and is, therefore, unworthy of respect. I don't worry about hell because I don't believe it exists, any more than I believe in Valhalla or the Summerlands of other religious traditions. I will live my life as well as I can, then die. There will be no posthumous reward or imprisonment.

Answer 4

How christians act is just another piece of evidence that their religion is not based on truth, on something that makes a difference in anyone's life. All we have to judge a "belief" by is the external results that belief system produces -- quoting from your own bible, "...by their works shall ye know them." By the works of that vast majority of christians, I see nothing useful in their belief system. Christians lie, cheat, steal, commit adultery, end up in prison, break social and religious rules, and every other "bad" thing just as much as non-christians do...so what is the point, then of being christian? If doing so doesn't produce a better life than not being christian?

Ah, heaven you say. Doesn't matter whether being christian produces a better life here on earth, if you're christian you're "forgiven," and so will go to heaven when you die. Sort of an insurance policy, right?

Trouble is...there is no evidence of any kind that there is any kind of afterlife. No evidence of heaven, of hell, or anything else. None. So should I live my life committed to a belief system that produces no benefits of a better life here on earth, that is replete with illogical assumptions, conflicts with logic and reason, and which contradicts what my senses and mind tell me about the world, just to have some small chance of making it to a "heaven" for which there is no evidence? Sorry, can't do it. Though I don't believe in any god given the complete lack of evidence for one, if there is one it is impossible for me to believe that "he" would require me to lie to myself, to deny the evidence all around me, and to be completely hypocritical in order to make it into "his" presence after death. If that's what your god requires, I want no part of "him."
There is nothing to indicate there is any hell, nothing to indicate any "god" chose a life for me. I prefer to live my life gaining knowledge, understanding, and living by reason -- not following the ancient superstitions of ignorant sheep-herders whose myths have no basis in reality.

Answer 5

They're just saying that because they obviously feel you are incapable of comprehending the fact that they just do not believe Christians have all the answers.

*I would not want to go to your idea of hell only because it sounds like it really sucks. I think you're using the word 'Christians' in exchange for 'good people'. I act like a good person but I don't believe in a Christian God. It's an illogical question for me and I can't give an answer based in reality.

Answer 6

Well christianity as is seen in the eyes of the media is quite ugly. If you were an outsider and did not personally know any christians who lived by what they preached, refused to judge and condemn, gave to the poor and did everything they could to lead a godly life all you would know is what the media shows. So why would you want to be part of a group that routinely has issues of pedophilia, homosexual activity(done by those telling you not to do such things), stealing from people, and creating dissention and war in the name of what they supposedly follow? It is hard to fathom why anyone would want to be active in that part of society.
Those who walk the walk need to lead by example but they also need to speak louder by their actions...ie sending priests who rape others to jail, sending preachers, who have their activities shoved in the spotlight as an example, away. Only when people outside our fold see us taking better care of the souls we already have will they be willing to get involved with us on any level.

Answer 7

it's an excuse so they can eleveate the guilt they feel for not living the life God want's all of us to live.The operative word here is "{choose}".The original Sin in the beginning was Eve disobeying God when she ate the fruit she was told not to eat.She chose her will over God's.it's like a little child told don't do that they do it any way .

Answer 8

I would rather go to hell than to be with a god who would torture for eternity my friends and loved ones for an honest held belief. There can be no heaven for me while others are being burned in lake of fire for eternity.

Answer 9

I'd love to go to hell

I'm runnning in the dust on my way to burn in hell, I'm throwing away those burnt memories away from my dead eyes. I'm trying to get away from life's disease. Damn I feel so hollow, that Sick pig what was he thinking? Lying where angels fall, sending out his fire whispers, I want to see my diabolus, with his gun in hand, we'll sail into the dawn of a new day, chasing cars around our heads. We're on our way to hell.

Answer 10

First, you're making huge assumptions.

One reason people don't choose Christianity is that they have no proof that it's real. The way that many Christians act is simply another piece of evidence that it's not real. Were Christianity a real and viable way of life that leads toward ultimate goodness called God, wouldn't those who claim to believe behave better?

There is no real evidence that Christianity is any more or less real than any other religion. We all have a choice, and I've chosen differently than you. I don't "choose" hell, simply because I don't believe in a hell. I'm not going to choose to follow a religion simply based on the fear that it preaches something horrible and that I wish to avoid something that I have no reason to believe exists.

I choose a path that makes sense to me, that calls me to live a righteous life; not out of fear, but because it's the right thing to do. I "choose" to live not out of fear, but out of kindness and respect for my fellows. I choose to live a life in which I am responsible for my actions; one in which I get no "get out of jail free" card, but one which I know for certain that I am my harshest judge and critic. I live a life that calls me to be responsible to see things from another point of view, beside my own.

My responsibility is to learn, to love and to live. If I am spreading hatred and fear, I shall be responsible for that as well. If I am calling people evil simply because they believe differently than I, that's negatvie energy. I'll be responsible for that as well.

With all of that, things may sound permissive, but they're not. Any action that I perform that harms ANYONE, I'm responsible for. If I spread purposefully, hurtful rumors; I'm responsible. If I say things that hurt another, without a helpful purpose; I'm responsible. If I take things into my body which cause illness, knowingly, I'm responsible. I'm called to think before action; to make immediate ammends when I'm wrong.

Life isn't a free ride and saying "I'm sorry" on my death-bed won't relieve me of my wrongs.

Certainly, you believe differently, and I don't fault you for that. I do fault you for the arrogance of believing that everyone outside of your club is damned. Certainly, you can believe that, but sometime wouldn't it behove you to know a bit about the billions of people you consider damned, and what they actually beliefve?

Christians call all other religions wrong, and of the Devil, and they claim some etherial proof of the veracity of their claim. Tell me which makes more sense:

A: God spoke only in Judea, and from this tiny speck of Earth brought forth the only religion that was right for the entire planet.

B: Deity created a spark of truth in everyone in creation. People took that spark, fueled it, and from that spark came forth the marvelous number of religions that are present on this planet. Each of these religions has been both used and mis-used; Christian as well as Pagan.

I'm a firm believer in the latter, but you can believe as you wish. My largest problem is with those who creat this dichotomy of truth and fiction. People always seem to believe that if one person is right, the other must be wrong. Science has already proven that to not be true. In a world in which a single object can be in two different places at the very same time; in a world in which something can be a particle as well as a wave, aren't we yet beyond exclusivity to the truth?

Answer 11

A wonderful and loving Creator, omniscent, all powerful, all knowing, wouldn't need a 'hell' to explain any of His failures.

In fact, a perfect Creator would see that the concept of hell is again another tool invented by man, used to manipulate helpless victims into their lair, and used to overpower the weak, innocent, children, women, men, so that they can be controlled and their property confiscated for "the common good".

I notice the leaders of all those commoners seem to eat quite well, wear really expensive clothes, and live in fancy homes, all paid for by the 'commoners'!

Could religion be a powerful force for politicians? Duh!!!