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But the one I loved died an atheist...

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And these words, demonstrate with any reliability a hell exists how exactly?
 
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It appears you rely on your interpretation of scripture, as the end all be all. That is cool, if it works for you. You do realize, not all people, view scripture as being reliable?
 
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He is the first and the last - meaning He is the only real God. the Alpha and Omega -

Hebrews 6:2

“Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.”

That is cool, but my original point stands.
 
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Opinion. Which you are more than entitled to.
 
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John the disciple never existed. Paul, Peter, Josephus and John the Baptist did. Why do you ask?
 
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Of course the evidence is clear.
We have an eyewitness who has returned from the dead to explain to us the way to eternal life.

That's not evidence. That's the claim. The claim is not evidence of itself.

We have a traveller that came from the very throne of God , who lived amongst us and who descended into Hades and who has given us an account of his journey.

Again, that is the claim. The claim is not evidence of itself.

We have choices to make about where we end up.

According to the claim.

Logically to be with God is better than to burn in hell.

If we accept the claim that a god and hell exists.
 
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If that works for you, stick with it. I wouldn't get too upset, if others don't see the validity in your personal beliefs. In fact, 2/3 of the world's population, disagrees with your faith beliefs.

To be fair, it doesn't seem as if that other 1/3 agree among eachother, either.
 
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Again. All that are just the claims. The very claims that are in need of supportive evidence.
 
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If you believe that then you have no inkling at what hell is like. It IS good news if a person does not have to go there.

I wouldn't consider it good news if my loved ones are there - regardless of where I'll end up.
Most especially so if my loved ones were good people, while a Hitler with a "death bed conversion" would enjoy eternal paradise.

I wouldn't consider that a good thing, nore would I be able to call the dictator who decides such things to be a good person/entity/ghost/god/whatever-you-wish-to-call-it. And I most definatly wouldn't "love" that entity and "serve" it, let alone bow down to it.
 
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