if you had to choose between one or the other
2007-03-05 04:42:55 · 18 answers · asked by manna eater 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
might you want to consider this when you decide how to divide your time up between repenting for yourself and recruiting new Christians?
2007-03-05 04:48:20 · update #1
The two souls saved and me in Hell would be my choice, that is the reason for my life anyway to save souls so in my death I'd choose the same path.
2007-03-05 04:46:20 · answer #1 · answered by Haz the Preacher 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Tricky Tricky
1) how can you save 2 souls if you are not saved yourself
2)if you choose yourself over any other soul you would probably end up burning anyway.No 1 soul is more important than the other.
3)We are to live for others, "love one another like I love you" Thus saith the Lord
2007-03-05 04:50:54 · answer #2 · answered by Stamping Machine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Buddhist would answer without hesitation: Option 1 ... the decision would be made accorded to the power of Supreme Loving Kindness, Selfless Sacrifice and Ultimate Compassion... all for the sake of even one being.
Goddess of Mercy Kuan Yin's ( skt Avalokitesvara ) vow: Until all of this Suffering World is Emptied of Sorrow and Pain, I will not enter into full Nirvana ( Enlightenment )
Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha's vow: Until I am able to rescue all being from Hell and ensure that it is emptied, I will not enter into Ultimate Nirvana.
This is the example of these two being's limitless vows for the sake of others.
2007-03-05 04:52:58 · answer #3 · answered by Tiara 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SOUNDS LIKE A DEVIL'S OFFER
They are both false alternatives or contradictory.
First - I don't believe God would allow you to burn in hell if you helped save 2 souls.
Second - You could never "save yourself" if you offered others to burn in your place.
How about this choice? Let's try to save all three souls!
2007-03-05 05:05:51 · answer #4 · answered by JJ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well considering that I am already saved I wont burn by saving 2 souls. And if I am already saved and those 2 burn anyway, that was not my choice, but theirs. Noone has to come to Christ because of what I say, do or believe. I only plant the seed.
Peace
2007-03-05 04:48:37 · answer #5 · answered by lynjen31 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Romans 9:1-5 (Paul Speaking)
I am speaking the truth in Christ--I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit-- that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh. They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises. To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.
So it seems as if Paul was sorrowful enough to rather be accursed than his kinsmen end up in Hell... I pray that no one suffers such a horrible fate as that.
2007-03-05 04:48:25 · answer #6 · answered by dooltaz 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Silly question:
1. I have no power to save any souls (not even my own)
2. God would NOT honor any efforts toward salvation from someone who would chose to spend eternity away from the favor and grace of God (i.e., in Hell).
2007-03-05 04:48:53 · answer #7 · answered by themaestro 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Saving myself definitely!!! Unless the other two were like my children or something. Eternity is a LONG time dude!!!
2007-03-05 04:47:28 · answer #8 · answered by Dirty Sanchez 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One can only concern themselves with saving their own soul.
2007-03-05 04:51:11 · answer #9 · answered by MoPleasure4U 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'll choose nothing that includes the cult nonsense of hell and burning for an eternity. people need to grow up.
2007-03-05 04:47:43 · answer #10 · answered by jen1981everett 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋