Sorry bout that,
1. If I were you guys, I would be wondering right about now, why God didn't want to have anything to do with me.
2. Why are you wearing the, *Judas Smile*?
3. You have to be asking the question, *Is it me?*
4. I been telling you guys about the, *Judas Factor*.
5. I am beginning to think theres a reason you are not saved.
6. Who amongst you have ever thought about this before?
Regards,
SirJamesofTexas
It's embarrassing for me to admit, but for 12 years of my short existence on this world (during my 30's & 40's) I was a closed-minded bible thumping asshole who was positive that most people I knew were going to burn in hell.
Reconciling my closed-minded beliefs with reality simply became more and more difficult as I began to study history. It was then that I stepped beyond the wall of my faith in Christ and saw the true size of 'God', ass-u-me-ing He exists at all. My conclusion was that if God is, He is WAY bigger than any or all of the literature that managed to survive the 2,000 year trip from antiquity to today.
'Religion' makes evolutionary sense - the 'gods' described in the literature of antiquity do not make sense, especially when viewed against the backdrop of our particular history and the human need to ask the unanswerable "Why?"
First off you believed a contradiction,on one had there is a God of love and then this God of love was gonna torment people with fire forever. I say you just had a poor understanding of the scriptures and what hell really meant. It was an eternal punishment,it was actually eternal death.
First off, it's rude to tell people what they believe, especially since you can't seem to walk in my moccasins long enough to grasp the concept of God, as you know Him, simply to not exist long enough to wrap your head around what I believe.