love god, or go burn in hell for all eternity. is that really an argument to believe in christianity?

Question

doesnt leave much room for free will...

Answer 1

See, the deal is... Believe in God and do the right thing, so he can put you in the right path....

If you don't believe in God and do all the wicked things, then you're going down in the wrong path... and bad things will
happen to you... that wrong path is hell.

Many people do bad things and their life is hell.... facing
consequences....

So that what I think what it means.

Answer 2

No that is not an argument for Christianity. It is used by the babes in Christ too often I'll admit, and yes you are right about the room left for free will. However what makes you think there is much room? Sometimes we have no room at all to make decisions yet one must be made.
The young illiterates of the faith do use simple terms to converse with. But I think that you would find that the literate of the Bible will give you a very strong debate on faith, the veracity of the Bible, and good reason to worship God.
However .....if you aren't interested in debate with a knowledgeable Christian, and do not find that our answers are sufficient for you. Then why don't you study the book yourself? Go to the source for answers, forget the fruit of the vine for now and go straight to the vine. Later when you find the truth you can carry some of the fruit of the vine yourself.
May God bless you in your endeavours for the truth.

Answer 3

If God makes someone agnostic, then he did that. If God made someone atheist, he did that. These people don't believe because: 1) They don't trust people, and people wrote the bible 2) There are so many different religions that they can't all be true, so why believe 3) Just because people have mind, and they can build things, and be intelligent, that there must be a greater one of them, doesn't mean there actually is one 4) God hasn't proven anything 5) Christians aren't exactly following their own book anyway 6) They may have a deductive theory. Since Christians believe evolution isn't existant and isn't compatible, that means whoever believes in it, isn't Christian, so they might believe in evolution and that's why they don't believe in God 7) I won't fight in the big hell vs angels...hell on earth...armageddeon type thing if the devil treats me badly, so he will have a big ultimatum to carry....tee hee lol

Answer 4

Your free will allows you to stay on the highway to hell, or to get off at the only exit... through Jesus Christ. Why go along with the herd and follow the rest of the rats in the race to get there? God has made a way for us. Your choice to accept that truth or not. That is why Christians are warning you. If you know someone is going to hurt themselves or others by what they are doing, wouldn't it be an act of love and concern to let them know about it? Not to say anything is the same as not caring at all. No hate or superiority involved in the message here. Just the knowledge that there is a living God, who is as real as the air we breathe.

Answer 5

Doesnt sound like much fun, does it? Interestingly though, that is the argument that Jesus used most of the time. Doubt it? Read the Gospels. What I find interesting about that, is it really shows how much God actually loves us. To come to God, ONLY because He is the best alternative, does not say much good about us. But to think, that He will actually accept us under those conditions, just shows us how merciful He really is. Once a person realizes this, then I believe they will truly start to Love God for the right reasons. "The FEAR of the Lord, is the BEGINNING of Wisdom". & "You will seek ME, and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart" (and dont let anyone fool you into thinking that the word "fear: means "reverence" or some other such nonsense. The word means "fear").......theBerean

Answer 6

No, it's not an argument TO believe in Christianity,
but it is a legitimate statement (according to the majority view with some dissenters) of the consequences of not becoming a Christian,
IF CHRISTIANITY IS TRUE

I don't happen to think it's true, and I've examined the issue as carefully and honestly as I can.

But it's a big claim, and a lot of people accept it, (mainly consciously, or largely by accident of tradition and geography? That's a separate debate) so it's worth giving it at least some thought.

Answer 7

To a Christian, God is a Father.
I myself is a father of 4 children aged 30, 20, 10 and 7.
Will I burn them in hell if they do not love me.
No! God wont too.
But if because of what the do the burn themselves.
Thats a different story.
With matters regarding our relationship with God I always
relate it with my role as a father.
Would I as a father do such a thing to my children?
No? Then God wont too.
As a father I really wish my children to have free will even in deciding whether they want to love me or not.
Or whether they want to call on me or not.
But I always tell them I love them.
And I am very happy when they call on me.
Which father doesnt love his children?
Would God not love his children?
Think along this line.
The answers are clear as crystal.

Answer 8

The Lord never condemns anyone eternally.

I read recently that Pope Benedict is unhappy that the concept of eternal damnation in the fires of hell is gradually diminishing in the lives of people of the modern era.
I would submit that the idea of a merciful and all loving Lord precludes the idea of an eternal damnation and eternally committing us, His "children", who He loves dearly, to such a fate.

It is simply illogical and contradictory to postulate that we as human beings can exercise tolerance and discretion and our original source, the Lord, cannot. Does the doctrine espoused by the Catholic church exclude God from making discreet judgements, from exercising compassion and forgiveness? I think not. It is a case of projecting impersonal concepts on the Supreme. They argue that God is omnipotent, yet they project their mundane limitations onto Him. He is not a materially limited and malicious being. Lord Krishna is the absolute Supreme being, and He is not subject to any of our limitations, mental speculations or any other mundane constraint.

Frankly, one of the primary reasons I abandoned catholicism in my search for a spiritual path which made logical sense was the doctrine of eternal damnation. I embraced Krishna consciousness and the Bhagavad Gita, which explained many fundamental questions with logic and detail.
Source(s):

Answer 9

#1. There is No hellfire! It is & always has been a myth, first in pagan religion, then adopted by the Catholic religion. It is nowhere taught in the Bible.

What Has Happened to Hellfire?
- What Really Is Hell? http://watchtower.org/e/20020715/article_01.htm

#2. The fear of God that followers of the True God have for him, is Not a fear of retribution or torture! It is fear in the sense that they have deep respect & awe for Jehovah God.

You Can Understand the Bible! :
- Help to Understand the Bible
- Why Study the Bible?
- - The Key to a Meaningful Life
- - What the Fear of God Means
- - Godly Fear and Love Work Together
- - Jesus was joyful in the fear of Jehovah
http://watchtower.org/library/w/2001/7/1/article_01.htm

So you see, there really IS the opportunity to choose, without any fear of horrible ongoing torture hanging over one's head.

The Wonderful Gift of Free Will
http://watchtower.org/library/dg/article_05.htm

Answer 10

Hell is in simple terms lack of life. you go with life or lack of life. anybody is acquainted with there is not any in between. in case you've been once attracted to Christianity then you really know that God does forgive...you know the Jesus lack of life on a go element...it truly is forgiveness. For some reason some human beings do no longer favor to settle for this forgiveness Jesus presented. Why do not you?

Answer 11

Free will is the ability to make a choice, or to choose your actions. God gives you a choice, you have the ability to make the choice. What's so hard to understand about that?
God does not need someone to make a philosophical argument for him. His decisions are not based on what we think of them, or what we think he should do