The death trap

[Albion]

Why do Christians use death as a way to trap people into accepting their beliefs. Using the unknown to scare people to think their way.

It's very underhanded.

I consider that to be a ridiculous approach to take with us. People have wondered about life after death since time immemorial, so to address the matter as all religions do cannot seriously be considered a trick.

What's more, death itself is a certainty, so it is not as though Christianity invented it in order to scare people who otherwise had never given it a thought.

 

[-V-]

Hurt by the train or hurt by hell?

Both.

Only one of these methods will hit you once.

Your point being... ?

 

[UnderPar]

Your point being... ?

The train only hurts you once.

 

[-V-]

The train only hurts you once.

Which is relevant... how?

 

[UnderPar]

Which is relevant... how?

Wouldn't you rather be hit by a train than go to hell?

Hell and trains are two different types of ouchies.

 

[-V-]

Wouldn't you rather be hit by a train than go to hell?
Hell and trains are two different types of ouchies.

You're not answering the question. What relevance does that have to the topic of the motivation behind people warning you about hell?

 

[UnderPar]

You're not answering the question. What relevance does that have to the topic of the motivation behind people warning you about hell?

The analogies are different.

 

[-V-]

The analogies are different.

There's only one analogy.

 

[Hawkins]

Why do Christians use death as a way to trap people into accepting their beliefs. Using the unknown to scare people to think their way.

It's very underhanded.

How so, do you have any actual data supporting your claim here.

From my own speculation, Christians in majority don't join Christianity by fear. No unbeliever actually fear the 'death' Christianity is talking about. So they won't convert due to fear.

This is rather an anti Christianity argument without much support.

That said, and for the sake of argument, if hell is a truth how would you like this truth to be conveyed without the 'fear' you mentioned here?

 

[miknik5]

Why do Christians use death as a way to trap people into accepting their beliefs. Using the unknown to scare people to think their way.

It's very underhanded.

Death is not unknown

 

[UnderPar]

Death is not unknown

Yeah ok, that's because you believe in a set of theological ideas that feed you certain information about death.

Can you demonstrate what death is and the next life, and stuff.

 

[miknik5]

Yeah ok, that's because you believe in a set of theological ideas that feed you certain information about death.

Can you demonstrate what death is and the next life, and stuff.

Death is not unknown.
Everyone knows they will die

There is no secret in that

However...though all will physically die, not all will die

 

[miknik5]

you do realize that you have two threads out here one discussing GOD, the other discussing Satan

If you do not believe that there even is a spiritual realm, you would not be discussing GOD or Satan, nor would you be concerned about death at all

But if you believe there is a spiritual realm and GOD and Satan, what did you think the battle was about

 

[miknik5]

souls

That's what the battle is about