Someone who was born and raised in Indian isn't rejecting Christianity, he's accepting Hinduism. If some christian missionary preaches to him, but he decides to stay with the tradition that he is familiar with, does that mean the Hindu is "rejecting" christ?
Or worse, following the devil? What about wiccans, buddhists and atheists who simply don't believe that jesus was god?
Are they "choosing hell" or just making a personal choice?
If I actually thought that god existed and jesus was salvation, I'd be a christian tommorrow. But I have NO reason at all to think that.
2007-09-16 17:57:32 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
So is hell a choice? If you believe in hell, why doesn't god let everyone into heaven?
2007-09-16 17:58:19 · update #1
Hell is a choice. At least for those of us that have the opportunity to hear the Gospel , If you are completely ignorant of the Gospel you will not necessarily go to hell.
If however you have been given the opportunity to hear and learn the Gospel and you still reject it, then you are on a slippery slope. please note that being given the opportunity hear and learn the Gospel does not refer to having heard a missionary preach once. You actually have to be able to learn and understand what is being preached, then you have a choice to make, heaven through Christ, or Hell through rejection.
2007-09-16 18:10:02 · answer #1 · answered by ozchristianguy 4 · 1⤊ 6⤋
Scenario:
A guy runs up to you, puts a gun to your head, hooks a lie detector to you and tells you that you have to say you believe Jesus is God and saved you from your sins AND MEAN IT or he's going to kill you. If you refuse to say it or the lie detector shows that you don't really believe it, does that mean that you chose to be shot in the head and killed?
If any Christians who believe in Hell said no to this question, then it is high time for them to re-examine their faith. The above scenario is practically identically to the "Hell threat" except in reality it is their "loving" God who is holding the gun (Hell).
2007-09-17 19:42:50 · answer #2 · answered by Tea 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God is one. There are many paths to God. Some are going to take you so far, then you might have to switch and go to another in order to progress. People that have a problem with that are fanaticle.
Hell is not eternal. When we do something bad, we get punished for it, for as long as the crime entails punishment. How can any crime be justified by eternal hell?
That's the vedik view, which i think makes loads of sense.
2007-09-16 18:08:59 · answer #3 · answered by happy_n_freeone 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
No one choose hell, regardless of whatever religion they believe.
If u believe in goodness and kindness, ur following God's way.
2007-09-16 18:39:09 · answer #4 · answered by araizex 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God holds no person accountable nor responsible for not knowing about Him or Jesus Christ - that is His job to let Himself be known to people.
Stalin of Russia and the Chinese Communists would not allow the bible nor religion into their countries and God does not hold the people, who lived and died there, responsible.
Becoming a Christian is a calling or an election, done by God, the Father, Himself [not Jesus] see: John, chapter 6, verse 44. God holds those, who do know better, accountable with the knowledge and understanding given to him or her, from Him. (Luke, chapter 12, verse 47) - they will be beaten with "many stripes". (Notice - it doesn't say they "go into hell")!
2007-09-16 18:13:53 · answer #5 · answered by guraqt2me 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
why is everybody up in palms over this? the youngster swore for the time of her speech. she would not have. all she has to do to get her degree is write a letter of apology, which she refuses to do. what's incorrect with this international in the present day? is it incorrect to hunt for a sprint appreciate and accountability out of our pupils? her mothers and fathers are a shame for backing her in this. she could purely write the apology be conscious and watch her language interior the destiny.
2016-10-09 08:06:38 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, the christians are sooo "intelligent" and "loving", they conceive of a God who set up a torture chamber and will torture people for billions upon billions of years, and call their God LOVING.
I feel sorry for the christians, they are so utterly brainwashed they cannot see trough the bs they believe.
2007-09-16 18:10:51 · answer #7 · answered by . 2 · 7⤊ 1⤋
They don't believe there is a Hell, nor a Heaven.
Those were just tools to help leaders and preachers manipulate their citizens.
2007-09-16 18:16:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Hell only works on Christian minds. For the rest of us we have free choice. I kinda feel sorry for Christians.. it's sad that they isolate themselves.
2007-09-16 18:07:32 · answer #9 · answered by bryanccfshr 3 · 4⤊ 2⤋
well, it seems it's all a set up. according to the Bible whether your soul ends up in heaven or hell is predestined. the Bible god apparently knows in advance of creating you that he'll be rewarding you with eternity in blissful heaven or consigning you to infinite torture. if you're not one of the lucky chosen ones who he provides with the gift of faith he is, in essence, creating you so he can damn you. you never really had a choice or a chance. he's a nasty little deity. isn't he?
2007-09-16 18:13:20 · answer #10 · answered by nebtet 6 · 6⤊ 2⤋