Imagine if you are drowning and Jesus tries to throw you a floatation device, but you refuse to take it. If you drown, you have no one to blame but yourself.
Agree?
2007-10-02 14:38:35 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
What a weak argument. I'm not drowning.
Liesel.
2007-10-04 02:43:02 · answer #1 · answered by Liesel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What if you are drowning and Muhamed or Krishna or Buddha or one of the other prophets or "gods" throw you a floatation device? Are you going to refuse it? Are you going to wait for Jesus to come and help you out? If you refuse the others' offers then aren't you going to hell too? C'mon down, it is warm and we are having a great party!!!!
2007-10-02 21:50:26 · answer #2 · answered by worldneverchanges 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not!
The concept of a fiery place of torment called 'hell' is not a Bible teaching.
It is a man made doctrine used to scare and manipulate parishioners.
The Bible teaches that when we die we go back to the ground from which we came(Gen.3:19).Death is likened to sleep in the Bible.(John 11:11).Those asleep in death are promised a resurrection in God's due time.(Acts.24:15).
Jehovah God,our Creator and Heavenly Father loves his earthly creation and doesnt desire any to be destroyed but 'desires all to attain to repentance'-2Peter3:9.
2007-10-03 01:47:09 · answer #3 · answered by lillie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You forgot to mention that you are saying I was THROWN into the water in the first place, and their are thousands of floats, after I try them and find they are invisible and without form, substance, or sense, I tend to just swim instead, as other peopl earound me drowned by believing their float was the only real float even though I saw no float at all. If I get drowned by God for being 'arrogant for swimming' after all that..he's obviously in charge and welcome to it.
2007-10-03 06:37:08 · answer #4 · answered by Bajingo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmm. That statement is strange. Why would the omniscient, omnipotent god throw anyone a flotation device when he created you knowing full well that you will not believe and will not take the flotation device.
The only one to blame in that scenario is the god.
2007-10-02 21:47:54 · answer #5 · answered by CC 7 · 7⤊ 0⤋
No, according to christians Jesus created all things including hell, before humans existed he created a place of torture knowing that they will use the free will bad and after that he created hell to torture humans , of course this is according to christians but not what the bible really teach...
2007-10-02 23:06:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Imagine I build a biologically based "robot" with all of the markers of intelligence and self awareness. Imagine that I do this knowing that the personality it will develop (based on my design) will eventually decide to kill. Who is responsible for the killing?
So, an all knowing all powerful creator would be responsible for everything that happens in creation, period.
2007-10-02 21:48:20 · answer #7 · answered by neil s 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Well, not necessarily. God is judging the people at their deaths, effectively, He is actually sending them to Hell. Well, this goes to the "trials" that God puts in front of humans. Well, when a trial is given with little proof, how are they to overcome it? It's nigh impossible, unless they're overly devout. Those who don't believe, of course, are more likely to believe when evidence presents itself. But that effectively removes the point of the trial. But if God wants to save, why does he judge and damn partially innocent souls to Hell, who feel guilty and are remorseful of it? Why does he not cleanse them of their sins, even though they may not believe in Him? It would ruin the point of salvation, as you effectively damn them to Hell, a place of torment. So God, in a sense, is lying, but not exactly. He promised salvation to those who believe, but why not save those repentant souls, but non-believers who are repentant get sent to Hell?
2007-10-02 21:50:42 · answer #8 · answered by The World Ends with You 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If Jesus threw us literal floatation devices instead of metaphorical ones, maybe we'd be more inclined to believe in him. As it stands, it's just another stupid religion that's no more or less provable than any other one.
2007-10-02 21:46:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
NO. You need to seriously study the origins of the doctrine of hell and of the immortality of the soul to find out where they truly came from.
They did not come from the Bible.
2007-10-02 23:22:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, but whose fault is that they are drowing to begin with? They didnt throw themselves in to the water, knowing they can't swim. OR what if they can swim just fine and Jesus sends them a float that they don't even need. Then what?
Bad analogy. Don't make excuses for your blood thirsty God. No one believes that nonsense but you.
2007-10-02 21:52:49 · answer #11 · answered by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋