why are there so many evil people in the world?

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A bonkers idea if it had any truth to it, which in all probability it doesn't. Why shouldn't all good people go to heaven if it exists?
I agree. But them’s the rules.
 
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God’s rules. Being a good person isn’t what it’s all about: it about accepting Jesus as your saviour.

Which is crazy. Hopefully god doesn't exist, and the gospel writers accounts of that guy, Jesus, were figments of their imaginations. Neither characters are credible.
 
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God’s rules. Being a good person isn’t what it’s all about: it about accepting Jesus as your saviour.

And is this what the N.T. on the whole indeed says?
 
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And is this what the N.T. on the whole indeed says?
It says this

Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me." (John 14: 6, NLT)
 
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It says this

Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me." (John 14: 6, NLT)

So....let me get this straight. This one verse implies, all by itself, that no amount of 'good deeds' should or even HAS to accompany any one Christian's expression of faith in Christ?
 
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It is the god character, which needs dealing with if it exists, there is nothing good about it. Should it be proved to exist humans should be using their ingenuity to eliminate it.

That comment almost sounds like it's tinged with something rather familiar to me ...
 
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That guy was far from perfect like any other human being. I have no wish to emulate anyone else, just be me.
Hello, if you think that Jesus was far from perfect then maybe that why so many evil people in this world ie there is no one is perfect they are themselves evil.
 
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God’s rules. Being a good person isn’t what it’s all about: it about accepting Jesus as your saviour.
This is why the aforementioned Pascal's Wager doesn't
work. It's based on living a "good" life, but some hell-
containing religions like Christianity say that relying on
one's own goodness is just the thing that can be ones downfall,
soteriologically, because one isn't supposed to rely on
personal goodness, but on Jesus's perceived goodness.
What constitutes a "good", heaven-bound person depends
on the god-concept involved.


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It is the god character, which needs dealing with if it exists, there is nothing good about it. Should it be proved to exist humans should be using their ingenuity to eliminate it.

The closest you can do would be to eliminate yourself, if you hate living in God's creation so much.
 
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No, it doesn't.

I want them to repent but they just plain refuse to repent, turn from their sins and love God.


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It’s clearly inconceivable that they have arrived at different conclusions about reality than you have.

The unmitigated gall of their recalcitrance!
 
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It’s clearly inconceivable that they have arrived at different conclusions about reality than you have.

The unmitigated gall of their recalcitrance!

Yes but for people who know God and the gospel, for they you are making a terrible decision, and we must try to change your mind, or God needs to change your mind. There is a commandment given by God to everyone: repent. And if you reject this forever you are screwed! we are actually trying to save your hide.
 
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Yes but for people who know God and the gospel, for they you are making a terrible decision, and we must try to change your mind, or God needs to change your mind. There is a commandment given by God to everyone: repent. And if you reject this forever you are screwed! we are actually trying to save your hide.
Just like the Muslim or other Christians who find your flavor heretical are trying to save your hide, yet you don’t convert...
 
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