Originally Posted by Asphaltangel
Originally Posted by billhilly
Originally Posted by Asphaltangel
Originally Posted by Jim in Idaho
You might want to be careful with that.

"But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire."

Or for those who prefer the King James language:

"But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire."


Well said Jim.

One more question for those who "don't believe" or maybe still have a little doubt about the Christian thing. Let's say that Ringman, myself, Jim, Doc, and the millions of others in the world and on the Fire who not only believe in the God [the demons do that much....and "shudder"], but serve Him our entire lives. Let's say you [non believer] spend your entire life not believing, serving, and even putting down those who do. In the end, let's say you are right and we are wrong. What do WE have to lose? All we have done is lived the best life ever...a clean life...a life of fellowship with others, faith beyond ourselves, etc etc. But what if we are right and you are wrong? What do you have to lose?



Pascal's wager again eh? What if the Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, etc. are right? You'd have to follow every religion there is if you're going to hedge your bets. Besides, you either believe or you don't. A person can't force themselves to believe "just in case" and what would God think about the "what have we got to lose crowd anyway?


I think you may have misunderstood where I am coming from in the post. The "what do you have to lose" question is a sincere question, and the answer is your soul and everlasting life ...living forever in the presence of Jesus and all our loved ones who have gone before us that have also given their hearts to Jesus.


I understood perfectly well. There's no difference to the Muslims, Buddhists, and Hindus. They'd say the same about your beliefs and I'm sure they naturally assume they're operating on the infallible word of their god(s) and that Christians are serving the wrong god. Pascal's like you, assumes Christianity is true therefore his wager is between accepting the truth or not. They assume their beliefs are true and dismiss Christianity as easily as you do their religion and might wonder how you'll explain yourself to their god(s) in the afterlife.



Last edited by billhilly; 04/09/14.