Solomon Kane said:Any christian worth his/her salt has to wish that everyone should convert to Christianity.If you hold that Jesus is "the way, the truth, and the life"; and you wish everyone to be saved, you must wish that everyone should convert to Christianity.
Well put and exactly my thoughts.
White_Savage said:Einstein in Hell?
White Shogun said:I maintain that the attack on Christianity isn't necessarily and only a religious one as much as it is racial. Christianity, in the United States at least, is identified as a white man's religion. Ergo, attacking Christianity can be seen as synonymous with attacking the white man and his traditional values like marriage, family, honor, respect, and so forth.
White Shogun said:I maintain that the attack on Christianity isn't necessarily and only a religious one as much as it is racial. Christianity, in the United States at least, is identified as a white man's religion. Ergo, attacking Christianity can be seen as synonymous with attacking the white man and his traditional values like marriage, family, honor, respect, and so forth.
jaxvid said:White_Savage said:Einstein in Hell?
I'm OK with that.
White_Savage said:Really? Okay, how about Eric the Red? Vercengetorix? Bouidicca? Archimedes? Homer?
White Savage said:But every Christian also believes that whoever dies not a Christian, for whatever reason, (Such as: coming from a religion just as unilateral as Christianity, never having heard much about Christianity, or having noticed the absolute lack of evidence of any supernatural phenomena whatsoever), inevitably is shut out of the kingdom of heaven, and is bound for eternal punishment. (Eternal punishment in hell is the most scripturally defensible position in the afterlife and the view of the majority of Christians. Do not allow appoligists who are embarrased by the barbarism of this belief to persuade you it's non-doctrine.) And they are FINE with this situation.
White_Savage said:But every Christian also believes that whoever dies not a Christian, for whatever reason, (Such as: coming from a religion just as unilateral as Christianity, never having heard much about Christianity, or having noticed the absolute lack of evidence of any supernatural phenomena whatsoever), inevitably is shut out of the kingdom of heaven, and is bound for eternal punishment. (Eternal punishment in hell is the most scripturally defensible position in the afterlife and the view of the majority of Christians. Do not allow appoligists who are embarrased by the barbarism of this belief to persuade you it's non-doctrine.) And they are FINE with this situation.
guest301 said:I believe in the annihilation viewpoint of hell as well and that goes outside the mainstream view of Christianity. I believe it's the most scriptural interpetation and I think the current mainstream doctrine on hell makes God to be out a sadist. Like Shogun, I don't want to hijack this thread and I think we had a thread on this subject several months ago where alot of us posted on this extensively. Read theologian Clark Pinnocks "Four views of Hell" book for more info on this doctrine or just type those words in your search engine.
White_Savage said:Every night I go to sleep. During that time (excluding dreams) I know nothing, feel nothing, I guess in alot of ways I am nothing during that time. It is not unpleasant, I do not fear it. Seems like an eternity of that condition would be an awful light punishment for say, Stalin, though still a rather heavy punishment for virtuous Jews, Buddhists, Pagans, atheists, etc.
guest301 said:I believe in the annihilation viewpoint of hell as well and that goes outside the mainstream view of Christianity. I believe it's the most scriptural interpetation and I think the current mainstream doctrine on hell makes God to be out a sadist. Like Shogun, I don't want to hijack this thread and I think we had a thread on this subject several months ago where alot of us posted on this extensively. Read theologian Clark Pinnocks "Four views of Hell" book for more info on this doctrine or just type those words in your search engine.