Are Christians committing a type of terrorism when they threaten people with a "hell on earth" scenario ?

Question

They say "Jesus is coming back with a sword and vengeance".... so anyone who does not believe will be slain.


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Answer 1

We didn't say that .
He did:

"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
"Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'
"Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'
"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'
"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.'
"They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?'
He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.'
"Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life."

Matthew 25:31-46

Answer 2

Christians should be saying "Jesus is coming back with a sword and vengeance" out of love. I've not heard the "hell on earth" part. I think the difference between terrorists and Christians is this: Terrorists kill if you don't believe as they do, and sometimes even if you do. Christians should be pointing the way to Jesus but keeping the option open to their audience and Christ as to whether or not belief actually follows. There should be no actual violence -- just witnessing what they believe. I can't speak for other Christians, but that is what I believe God calls me to do.

Rhonda F.

Answer 3

Oh yeah...so I guess Paul Revere was a terrorists as well?

If your traveling on a dark road in life and the bridge up ahead was out and I knew that you were heading in that direction..

would it be wrong of me to go ahead and let you drive off that into the raging blackened waters below?

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As a Christian ..would you not expect us to try and convience you that your heading into danger and death ahead?

Where does that make one a terrorist? We are not warning others of dangers ahead for our own selfishness.

You have great misconceptions of what a true Christian is. You make them your enemies and while the real enemy is sitting back laughing at you. He knows his time is short and he vowed to destroy each and everyone he could convience to follow him. When you are not allowing Christ in your life then you are automatically siding with the enemy of Christ.

Answer 4

They warn about hell, not threaten people with hell.

Then not all Christians, or believers in Christ believe that hell is a physical place. Most like Catholics believe that hell is an spiritual place not a physical one.

Answer 5

Maybe. The whole conversion by threat of doom thing never sits well with me. Their intentions might be good, but their methods suck. Jesus is coming back, but not in a spirit of vengeance.

"I like your Christ, but not your Christians." --Ghandi

Answer 6

No. Christians aren't going around threatening to send people to hell themselves. Rather, they're going around warning people about hell. If that makes Christians terrorists, then anybody who warns people of danger is a terrorist for the same reason.

Answer 7

Perhaps, It all depends on the particular Christian and weather or not they are a zealot. If they are in fact saying that Jesus (the Prince of Peace) is coming to destroy all who do not believe they, like Judas, do not understand His mission. He is coming to drive out Satin and his followers.

Answer 8

hell is not on earth but in the belly of the earth is where Jesus went for the 3 days that he was dead to preach to those that did not have a chance to hear the message of salvation. those 3 days represented the 3 years Jesus preached on earth. scientist say that the center area of the earth is hotter than the surface of the sun, but it would not need to be that hot to be hell. 240degrees would be enough.

Answer 9

The difference between that and real terrorism is that Jesus isn't "coming back" with anything.

Answer 10

Christianity, taken seriously, IS terrorism.

ter·ror·ism:
1.the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, esp. for political purposes.
2.the state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization.

For violence, see the entire history of Christianity; for threats, look no further than the "Christians" on this board who daily tell people they're going to hell for every trifling indiscretion - they DO represent the main line of tradition. And of course it's political, because we all know that there's really no separating Church and State. You can take God out of the Pledge, but "Christians" will still vote Republican!

(I know I'm not describing all or most Christians here, by the way. I'm the first to admit that most Christians are decent, cool people, if only because most Christians are "lukewarm." They want to be good and religious, but they don't take religion very seriously except in times of crisis. "Jesus" is the symbol of all that is holy, but everything they're supposed to believe about him is compartmentalized away and unexamined, accepted out of habit. They'd be offended by what I'm saying - I know, because this describes most of my friends - but they're really atheists in practice, and I think they represent the true majority of "Christians." They just don't tend to hit forums like these as much as the militants.)

Answer 11

terror:
noun 1. intense, sharp, overmastering fear: to be frantic with terror.
2. an instance or cause of intense fear or anxiety; quality of causing terror: to be a terror to evildoers.
3. any period of frightful violence or bloodshed likened to the Reign of Terror in France.
4. violence or threats of violence used for intimidation or coercion; terrorism.
5. Informal. a person or thing that is especially annoying or unpleasant.

The answer is YES.