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for skipping out of politics early?

2007-07-08 17:00:02 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

queen of yack: sorry. had to go pick up my sis from jail.

2007-07-08 17:07:18 · update #1

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Not if you convert to the way of the baklava and the blueberry muffin.

Hey, folks, don't worry about anybody who might have complained! There are tight-azzes everywhere, ESPECIALLY in Politics.

Personally I think it was a needed break from what was becoming a rather heated chain of discussions. Check out some of my responses if you'd like a few giggles.

2007-07-08 17:27:03 · answer #1 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0 1

You mean allegedly skipped out of politics early. If you're gonna beat hell, ya gotta beat city hall first.

2007-07-09 00:06:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

No but if you do it again I am sure to kick your butt! You never leave me on a raid. I had to change accounts and everything cause I ran out of answers...I come back and you left me.:(
*wipes tear from eye*

Edit: well I suppose you could not have had him wait huh!!
LOL JK

2007-07-09 00:05:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Only way to go to hell is by rejecting Jesus.
I do not see how politics has anything to do with it.

2007-07-09 00:06:05 · answer #4 · answered by zoril 7 · 0 1

Politics is not something that God wants you to participate in.And then as for Hell:
Have you ever seen someone being tortured? hopefully not. Deliberate torture is sickening and abhorrent. What, though, of torture inflicted by God? Can you imagine such a thing? Yet this is exactly what is implied by the teaching of hellfire, an official doctrine in many religions.
Imagine, for a moment, the following horrific scene: A person is being roasted on a hot iron plate. In his agony he screams for mercy, but nobody listens. The torture goes on and on, hour after hour, day after day---without any pause!
Whatever crime the victim may have committed, would not your heart go out to him? What of the one who ordered the torture? Could he be a loving person? In no way! Love is merciful and shows pity. A loving father may punish his children, but he would never torture them!
Nevertheless, many religions teach that God tortures sinners in eternal helfire. This is claimed, is divine justice. If that is true, who created that terrible place of eternal torment?And who is responsible for theexcruciating agonies inflicted there? The answers would seem obvious. If such a place really exists, then God would have to be the creator of it, and responsible for what happens there.
Can you accept that? The Bible says:" God is Love"(1John4:8) Would a God of love inflict torture that even humans with any measure of decency find revolting? Surely not!
Still many believe that the wicked will go to a fiery hell and be tormented forever. Is this teaching logical? The human life span is limited to 70 or 80 years. Even if someone perpetrated extreme wickedness for his whole lifetime, would everlasting torment be a just punishment? No. It would be grossly unjust to torment a man forever for the limited number of sins he can commit in a lifetime.
Who knows the truth about what happens after we die? Only God can reveal this information, and he has done so in his written Word, the Bible. Here is what the Bvible says: "As the beast dies so the man dies; and they all have but one spirit....All are goingto one place. They have all come from the dust, and they all returning to the dust."(Ecclesiastes3:19,20) There is no mention here of a fiery hell. Humans return to dust---to nonexistence---when they die.
In order to be tormented, an individual has to be conscious. Are the dead conscious? No. "The living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all, neither do they anymore have wages, because the remembrance of them has been forgotten."(Ecclesiastes 9:5) It is impossible for the dead,"conscious of nothoing at all," to experience the agonies of hellfire.
Does that mean that we are not punished for our sins? No, that is not the case. Our holy God punishes sinners, but he does not torture them. And when sinners repent, he forgives them. What is the punishment for sin? The Bible gives a forthright answer:"The wages sin pays is death."(Romans6:23)
Life is a gift from God. When we sin we no longer deserve that gift, and we die.
You may ask 'How is that just? Why everyone dies!' That is true because we are all sinners. In effect, no one deserves life. "Through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men because they had all sinned."(Romans5:12)
At this point you may be thinking 'If we all sin and so die, then, why should we try to be virtuous? It seems that the wicked man is treated exactly the same as the man who tries to serve God.' But that is not the case. Although we are all sinners, God forgives those who sincerely repent and try to change their ways. He rewards our efforts to make our minds over and do good(Romans12:2)These truths are the basis of a marvelous hope.
We cease to exist when we die. But that does not mean that everything is finished. The faithful man Job knew that he would go to the grave (sheol)when he died, But listen to his his prayer to God: "O that in Sheol you would conceal me, that you would keep me secret until your anger turns back, that you would set a time limit fort me and remember me! If an able bodied man dies can he live again?...You will call, and I myself will answer you"(Job14:13-15)
Job believed that if he was faithful until death, he would be remembered by God and resurrected. This was the belief of all God's servants in ancient times. Jesus himself confirmed this hope when he said:The hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who did good things to a resurrection of life, those who did vile things to a resurrection of judgement.

2007-07-09 00:05:33 · answer #5 · answered by I speak Truth 6 · 0 3

Matthew 10:28
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

2007-07-09 00:05:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

No one is going to hell. Jesus died for every ones sins. "God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself". He will get you there if he has to drag you in.

2007-07-09 00:17:25 · answer #7 · answered by expertless 5 · 0 0

No. lol boy you are always trying to skip out of something!

2007-07-09 00:04:21 · answer #8 · answered by .:Miss. Dawkins:. 3 · 2 2

You did the right thing.

2007-07-09 00:07:14 · answer #9 · answered by nalaredneb 7 · 1 0

I am this close to removing some of my last answers because of how much reporting there was..... this close: I---I

2007-07-09 00:05:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4 1

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