faith: [feyth] â"noun 1. confidence or trust in a person or thing: faith in another's ability. 2. belief that is not based on proof: He had faith that the hypothesis would be substantiated by fact. 3. belief in god or in the doctrines or teachings of religion: the firm faith of the Pilgrims.
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In other words, the baseline of religion is faith, and faith is something that has absolutely no proof.
But I'm obviously not accepting proof from something i don't believe in.
Considering hell is a NT concept I think the NT is quite relevant to this topic. Also keep in mind the irony of this statement being this 'roof' was given to you by an atheist.
you make it sound like aholiiday camp for the ****ed, people dont meet up in hell sit round drinking coffee and go oh dang i wish i has accepted god, well this really sucks, they are burnt and horrificly tortured for all eternity
Oops. Looks like I'm gonna rot in hell then.
All it is ,is a scare tactic to control people who have been indoctrinated.
Yeah, I agree. I wonder who the masterminds behind the whole Christianity thing were.
as am i, i would just prefer it that the people condoning and actively encouraging my torture knew what exactly their loving god had in store for me
For what? Being atheist? No you won't. At least I don't belive you will. I have a question, do most christians people belive you will go to hell for not being christian? Because I have a friend who belives that.
that is the teaching of the church the bible and every other christian i have ever met, you are the exception, not the rule, if atheists went to heven there would be no point being christian
if atheists went to heven there would be no point being christian
Well there's always spreading the word of God and our morals/values.
The reason I ask is because most of the Christians I've meet have been taught that way. So no offence but could I get a statistic. I think it may vary based on where you live.
For what? Being atheist? No you won't. At least I don't belive you will. I have a question, do most christians people belive you will go to hell for not being christian? Because I have a friend who belives that.
"anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come."
How many atheists do you know that haven't done this at some point?
that is the teaching of the church the bible and every other christian i have ever met, you are the exception, not the rule, if atheists went to heven there would be no point being christian
I've met others who believe like diar5, it's more common in the more moderate groups.
I suppose moderate groups are more umm... understanding?
Try, "Less fanatical" understanding isn't really the word, as i'm sure the fanatics understand what their "enemies" believe, they just believe it's their duty to fight against those "sins." Whereas you believe they are still sins (I think) but do not actively fight against them.
Well not exactly. I was taught that I was right in beliving in God, and Christianity but it's perfectly fine that there are people who don't. God doesn't judge you based on that. It really wouldn't be fair considering how people are raised.
you know what I find ridiculous is that all the atheist or people of some other religion or not is usually answering all these questions not a christian.
you know what I find ridiculous is that all the atheist or people of some other religion or not is usually answering all these questions not a christian.
