gotigrz's - 'Jesus is the only way to heaven' thread, split from "Is Ed... a Christian Again?" Options

[gotigrz]

"Nobody should care what religion he is."

if you're a Christian,... you want others to be, too. not for your sake, but for theirs.

"Do you think Ed cares what religion you are?"

if he has truly given his heart and soul to Jesus... then yes, i do.

"yet you turn around and try to push your religion on us"

see, that's the problem... to a non-believer... when anyone that is a Christian even brings up the fact that Jesus is their Lord and Saviour... they think they are trying to "push" their beliefs on someone. i'm not doing that. i'm telling you what i believe and why i believe it. and, for me to want the same for anyone else is my decision. if you think me being happy for ed, that he found Christ, is pushing my beliefs on you... then you're the one with the problem.

"I respect all religions, and believe religion is a great thing. Just not for me, at least not at this point in my life."

see, you don't get it... Christianity isn't "something to get you through the day"... becoming a Christian isn't going to make your life easier... it's actually going to make it harder. but, i know that It will keep my soul for eternity with the Lord.

[thefunkyredcaboose]

i gotta question for any atheist or non believer or whatever....

if you truly don't believe in God, Heaven, or Hell.... then why do you get offended when someone says that if you don't believe in God then you're going to Hell?

i don't believe in aliens... so, if someone told me that unless i start to believe in aliens.. they'll come get my dead body and take me to their dungeon forever... i'd say... "ok, whatever"... and, leave it at that.

I only took offense to your outright arrogance of defining Christianity in your own narrow terms. There are a lot of Christians who would disagree with your definition of Christianity but who believe in Heaven I thought it would be good to represent them in the discussion since Atheism is well represented here. I've outlined my personal beliefs elsewhere and they are not necessarily the perspective I have come from in this discussion.

Come to think of it, it is not really offensive. It is just sad that you are so quick to damn everyone else to the Hell you believe in, and it certainly carries over to how you treat those around you.