How can any Christians believe that and not really care?
I mean, you can say you care all you want, but if I knew people around me would be punished for eternity or destined to die whilst others survived, I wouldn't be content at all. Whether it was their choice or not. How can so many Christians just go on with their lives normally if they believe that? How can any Christian join the armed forces knowing that they're sending people to hell? How can they ever discriminate against people who'll have eternity in hell? Aren't these people going to suffer enough?
2007-02-15 04:43:58 · 17 answers · asked by serf m 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Where you go is your choice. No one said they were happy about it. You would scream foul if we tried to talk to you about God. Exactly what do you want us to do about it?
2007-02-15 04:51:23 · answer #1 · answered by cmw 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have raised several points.
# 1 yes Jesus Command to go and tell,But I can"t force any one
to make the Right Choice,even God will not overide Man"s Free Will,God places A High value on Man:s Decision.
Now to the Law of the Land.I served with Honor,Some will say they will not Kill,That is A smoak screen, Jesus said to Hate someone,is to kill.Knowing the above A Believer can have Joy/--Happy depends on whats Happening/it has many voices.Attitude very important.Keep Looking Up,.
Here it is We pay Police officer with tax,sometimes He has to use Force Kill or be Killed.,Military sometimes called upon to Kill to save Millions.The Elected Officials are placed in their Positions by the Lord.Some would say I didn"t vote,oh yes you voted,by not going to the Polls.We are all Killers by Proxy,and as to keeping to ten Commandments ,We have all broken everyone/To those in the days Christ walked this Earth,He had
something to say to those that Thought they lived by the Law
He held them to the Law.In the new testament He went even further ,and said If you think in your Heart your Guilty.
When the Roman Soldier ask Jesus that Question,Jesus said
Be content with your wages,other words don"t take more than your pay/Now a Roman Soldier had to Kill at times.Jesus didn"t tell Him to become a deserter to avoid killing.I guess you think
An appointed Police Officer Should turn the other cheek when a killer slaps Him on one side.God Instituded Human Goverment after the Flood.Gen 9./There is not a ruler anywhere ,that God Hasn"t Placed there,Some people by their Actions have a Dictater,God does the Promoteing ,Be He Saint or Sinner.To resist the Goverment is to resist God.Finaley no one sends anyone to Hell,But A Man"s own Words determine His Eternal Home.
2007-02-15 05:31:13 · answer #2 · answered by section hand 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure does seem difficult to be happy knowing that. What a shame than that so many people are unhappy because of a book claiming to be from God. The other option is that the book in question is not the word of God and that the real God will not punish anyone for not meeting completley arbitrary, immpossible to fulfill rules that were written thousands of years ago by men who didn't know any better.
2007-02-15 04:50:22 · answer #3 · answered by Sara 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You bring up a very valid point. To be a true Christian means to understand the gravity of the situation that people without Christ are in. We need to try to reach the lost before it is too late for them.
A true Christian is like a man standing on the deck of a cruise ship - throwing life preservers to swimmers in the water that are unaware of the school of hungry sharks on their way. This needs to be done with love, urgency, and without tiring or giving in to political correctness.
2007-02-15 04:53:57 · answer #4 · answered by teran_realtor 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Excellent question!
It's like knowing that 9/11 was going to happen. People dying in flames (except 9/11 people got to actually die, unlike people in hell). How could ANYone remain calm or sane if they really believed most of humanity is headed that way.
Which is why I think fundamentalists have such issues with being "humane" on so many levels. Because something short-circuited in their morality under this horrific belief system.
2007-02-15 04:49:14 · answer #5 · answered by Laptop Jesus 2.0 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
That is why I tell people to turn to Jesus. I am happy at times & I also grieve often for people. Few reasons:
1. My emotions & hormones change.
2. Sometimes I don't focus on that.
3. People choose where they want to go. Example, as I try to explain what the Bible teaches:
One day God cut a hole into the walls of heaven and said, "Whoever wants to can come." Many entered in through the opening, but most people just sneered at him. So God sent people to tell others about the hole. Many of those sent ones were mocked and killed for their message...eventhough they proved the validity of their message through signs. Even today, there are millions that God is using to spread his message & there are many who are still being killed for it today. I should know, I am one of them.
Why would someone refuse the message and refuse to enter heaven through the hole, which is Jesus? Heck, he even rose from the dead to prove that he was the way in.
Why would you refuse to come through God's provision of Jesus?
2007-02-15 04:59:49 · answer #6 · answered by Jeff- <3 God <3 people 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Suffering is filling of our self, in pain, basically is the nature of the Body God create, suffering isn't the condition of matter without intelligence consciousness, conscience and awareness, without the body there aren't filling just senses, and if you didn't learn how to use and improved your senses in a positive way, and in form to help our self to follow our creator desires for Man/woman's to become, then non of what HIM(God), gave us to have a life and pursue perfection will be there to remainder of HIM(God), we will be just Energies, (negative energies), no Spirit, not souls, not mind Not brain, just hell.
2007-02-15 05:01:53 · answer #7 · answered by paradiseemperatorbluepinguin 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
People who are going to hell are just like thoes that throw their lives away on whatever. That's why Jesus told his diciples to carry the word to the whole world.
2007-02-15 06:33:02 · answer #8 · answered by crystalonyx3 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, I plan on recruiting as many souls (heaven bound) while I'm here on earth.
I am one person...and I can make a difference. With God, all things are possible!
If you are not a part of the solution, then you my friend, are a part of the problem.
2007-02-15 04:57:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I applied for a job in Hell's Broken Dreams and Disillusionment department. You get government benefits!
2007-02-15 04:52:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋