He is my best friend and i dont want to know that he will go to hell when he dies
2007-12-01 15:51:43 · 44 answers · asked by Youth Pastor in Training 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Give him a lobotomy.
2007-12-01 15:54:32 · answer #1 · answered by Eldritch 5 · 8⤊ 2⤋
You don't. You have to understand that people will believe what they think is right, and it's very hard to change that. You don't want to create a rift between you and your friend by trying to change his beliefs. If he is really your best friend, be more concerned about whether you are hurting him by trying to convert him rather than where he is going when he dies. I know this sounds callous, but I and many other people have chased away friends who get into our religious views. I've found that the best way to get around this is to find something else to talk about. Beliefs are a bit personal and shouldn't be infringed on. If your friend is receptive to your talks about Christianity, then by all means carry on with it, but if he's not, you should respect that.
2007-12-01 16:08:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Be concerned with saving your soul first and foremost, let God decide for himself whether your friend deserves hell or not.
As you grow in love of Truth you will become like a magnet for those around you. As you go, try to see what really bothers you about the theory of evolution, and what truth your friend sees in it, where truth is God is too; you may be in for a few surprises and at least you will know yourself better.
The revelation was gradual to the people of Israel, be a true follower; besides friendship is a very precious gift of God don't waste it on vain arguments.
2007-12-01 16:13:03 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Look, I'm not going to sit here and judge you. I don't believe the same way you do, and I'm alright with that. But probably the best solution is to let your friend figure it all out on his own. Be his friend, and tell him you'll support him. Even if it means having different beliefs. He's still the same person you became friends with, after all. Hope I helped.
2007-12-01 16:07:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christianity and evolution are not incongruant schools of belief. I am a Christian, and believe that we HAVE evolved since creation. I do NOT beleive that lightening struck a primordial pond, causing a bacterium to divide, and millions of years later that became my uncle Gerry. Ask him if we decended from monkeys, and ultimately, the prototypical life form, from where did THAT first life form arise? Atheists often acuse christians of making stuff up as we go, yet not ONE has been able to answer my earlier question.
I am not trying to put down the atheists, they DO have faith, it is in what they put that faith that is the question!
Do not lose your friendship over this, but present him with this arguement and hope he is receptive to the truth as you see it.
2007-12-01 16:00:15 · answer #5 · answered by Stephen H 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Did you hear that news story where a man tortured her toddler daughter in hideous ways for hours before she finally died-putting her head under water, banging her against the wall, burning her? It was all because she wouldn't say, "yes sir."
Do you really think that your friend is going to Hell for believing in evolution?
2007-12-01 15:58:42 · answer #6 · answered by Mr. Bodhisattva 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
And why do you think a knowledge of a scientific theory and a belief in god are incompatible?
Why not tell him he can have both!
Go read Francis Collins please and supplement your bible studies with some basic science and logic!
Faith and Reason! Balance the two!
And unless you know he's committed a sin far more serious than an knowledge of science why do you think he will go to hell?
2007-12-01 16:05:03 · answer #7 · answered by JeeVee 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If your friend needs "convincing" them maybe its because he has an open mind. Christianity is reliance upon a book, and what other people have written. The Bible has been changed with every upheaval of the church. Evolution and Faith are not necessarily mutually exclusive, but he's got to figure that out for himself. Maybe you should examine your own beliefs. Why have you bought into Christianity so hard that you feel the need to impose it on others?
2007-12-01 15:56:15 · answer #8 · answered by DeFreeze 4 · 7⤊ 2⤋
My Brother, I am grateful for your consideration for your friend. That is wonderful thing to care for his soul like that.
Yes the factual evidence is overwhelming in proving there is a God and that evolution is wrong. You can show him how all the missing link fossils are based off of things like an extinct pigs tooth (Nebraska Man). Or how scientists use the wrong carbon dating to get readings of things being millions of years old. Just to name a few things. There is just too much evidence stacked up against the fairy tale of evolution. I have included two links that provide lengthy detailed information on the subject.
Romans 1:16 says "For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek." If you want your friend to be saved. Then share the gospel with him. Use the law, the ten commandments to show him his sin, and then tell him of the gift that God offers to him in Christ Jesus. It is the power of that message that will save your friend.
The Lord be with you brother. Do not cease praying for his soul.
2007-12-01 16:05:40 · answer #9 · answered by Joey K 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I thought that question had been resolved.
Christianity and evolution are not mutually exclusive.
Flail yourself with other questions.
If I'm wrong I'll by him a beer when he gets there
2007-12-01 16:03:35 · answer #10 · answered by Russh 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think that maybe you pushing your beliefs on your best freind is a very good way to lose them. You'll find that accepting others for who they are, and living your own life to the fullest ,shows that you are happy with your own choices and maybe when others, who may not have a definate direction, may just join in,in their own time.
2007-12-01 16:03:30 · answer #11 · answered by Troy B 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋