What do you have?

Question

The only thing that anyone has is what they have in their heart.You either have Jesus{LOVE] or satan which equals Hate or nothing which is not love which is not Jesus Do you understand what I am saying.If you were to die what can you take with you?If Jesus does not live in your heart what is the use in even doing anything because the outcome or ending is hopeless.So what is the use.Does this make common sense?

Answer 1

This is not only common sense but also wisdom,especially when you remember that life here is but a short blip between two eternities.

Answer 2

"Christianity was the ultimate product of religious syncretism in the ancient world. Its emergence owed nothing to a holy carpenter. There were many Jesuses but the fable was a cultural construct. Nazareth did not exist in the 1st century AD – the area was a burial ground of rock-cut tombs. Following a star would lead you in circles. The 12 disciples are as fictitious as their master, invented to legitimise the claims of the early churches. The original Mary was not a virgin. That idea was borrowed from pagan goddesses.

Scholars have known all this for more than 200 years but priestcraft is a highly profitable business and finances an industry of deceit to keep the show on the road. "Jesus better documented than any other ancient figure" ? Don't believe a word of it. Unlike the mythical Jesus, a real historical figure like Julius Caesar has a mass of mutually supporting evidence."

Answer 3

Hmm. Your first mistake is just a few letters in: the only thing you have in your heart is blood.

And yes, I know it's an idiom - but when you're discussing issues like life and death it helps to stay focussed and say exactly what you mean. Nobody has anything else 'in their hearts'. What you're really talking about is a deep, emotion-driven conviction, and recognising it as such already clears some of the woolly, magical thinking away.

Unfortunately the thinking behind your question never really rises above this fluffy, impressionistic speech: Jesus 'in your heart'; Satan 'in your heart'. One tiny glimmer of hope and logic shows when you note that it's also possible to have nothing 'in your heart'. Sadly you appear to simply discard this interesting option: it's not Jesus 'in your heart' so it can't be good. QED.

According to you, unless you have Jesus in your ventricles, there's no use in doing anything. Is there any logic underlying that statement, or is it simply so because you say it is? Does this mean that all the great men who have ever lived, regardless of all the earth-shaking things they may have done, were wasting their time completely because of a lack of Cardiojesus? No matter how many lives they saved or knowledge they gave to humanity, it's all worthless?

I'm not at all sure what you mean by 'the outcome or ending'. Is that the outcome of one's life's work, or just what happens when one dies? Actually I'd think more highly of someone who worked - in however small a way - for humanity's benefit, rather than just to score points to get into heaven.

So what, you ask, is the use? Well, quite a lot, actually. Maybe you're just a schmuck working on an assembly line, wrapping insulation around wires - but if you do your job badly, you could wind up destroying a passenger jet, say, with all the people on board. Or maybe you're out in the desert all day, studying ants - but you could find out something about ants that will lead to a cancer cure. Or you might simply be a good friend to someone at a time of crisis, and help in some way to make that person work through his difficulties, and then he goes on to father the next Einstein. Do you really think that it's all useless, wasted effort if you're not besotted with some questionable and slightly unbalanced 2,000 year-old desert hippie?

The sort of existential angst you're displaying is something that could only happen in an advanced and fairly decadent society. Just a century ago you would probably have had too many real problems to worry about to tie yourself in emotional knots about the pointlessness of life without your imaginary friend.

As it happens, lots of us get by just fine without having demigods clogging up our arteries. On the face of it, I'd suggest having yours removed, as it's obviously interfering with the flow of blood to your brain.

CD

Answer 4

All I can do is share what works for me. I can't change what other people choose to do. I am a christian, I believe in God, and I am a very spiritual person. I couldn't imgaine living my life any other way. I spend each day being the best person I can be for me and for my family. I believe that it is very important that I do good things and am kind to others.

Answer 5

Yes of course,

If life with out Jesus is good for nothing though you are a multi-millionair.

Jesus if the vital for any good thing in life. Jesus is the center of Creation. And Jesus alone is the way to Heaven. this is for everybodies notice.

Answer 6

It's doesn't make sense.

That's a very narrow view to life.

There are many other things that someone can have in their hearts even without the Jesus or Satan.

Love and hate can exist even without the Mr. J and Mr. S

Answer 7

Love makes the world go round and my heart is full of LOVE. God is love.

Answer 8

Makes perfect sense. Amen!

Answer 9

Your question is too black and white (no racial slurs intended). What about all those gray in-betweens? If someone is good, why does it matter whether or not he/she has Jesus?

Answer 10

Satan does not equate to hate, just another path of love.