Yes. It's just not "accepting" alone.
About the villagers voting to have accused witches burned to the stake? It's historically documented. You can see that this village went to church on sundays, prayed during and before, there was also bible verses cited during the accusations, trials, and execution. For those who murdered others under god's name, their biographies are also documented.
There are many who attend church, pray, read the bible... and are not Christians. You are not saved by going to church, mouthing prayers or reading the bible. You are saved by accepting Christ.
There are people who do all of this.. in order to gain trust of people and power over them..
Yes.. there probably was Christians among them... However, in the end.. if they believed in Christ.. and admitted their sins... then.... sad but true.. they would be saved.... based on the biblical scriptures and words of Christ..
Was not a thief saved on the cross? A man, condemned to death by men but ascending to paradise with his savior.
And even if you want to just cast doubt due to your bias towards your beliefs.. the point is why would they still go to heaven and yet this god is supposed to be all righteous, loving, and just?
Again.. it is not how evil our actions are... nor is it how righteous our actions are... We are all sinners and all sinners go to hell..
If you accept Christ's gift of salvation, believe on His name and admit you are a sinner... then..... you are saved... no matter what men think.. no matter what the world calls you or convicts you of... God will cover any sin with His blood if the person admits their sin and repents. Period.
And this right here is where your arguments and just views are straight up wrong and even sad.
If doing good is meaningless then there is no such thing as morals. No matter how good you are as a person, if you don't worship this god then you are going to be sent to forever suffering. You can argue as much as to how this god exists but there is no way that this god is a good god but an evil one.
So the Jews who were murdered in concentration camps are going to suffer again, this time 10x worse and forever because they didn't believe in Jesus. While the Nazi soldiers (who did) are getting a pass for shoving these jews in an oven?
How on earth can a christian argue about Morality to anybody when this is their god?
This is because the place you end up when you die is not based on your actions. It is based on your heart.
Did you accept Christ? or Did you reject Him? Did you admit you were a sinner? or Did you think you were good enough? Did you belief that Christ died, in your place, on the cross and that it should have been you up there? or Did you believe that Christ did it for someone else?
We are not saved by being good. Many "good" people.. deny God and Christ.
If that is God's rules then there is no rational reason to see him as a good/holy God. His only care is pleasing his own vanity by what you said here.
In the real world, you can't force anyone to love you and here you are illustrating a god who does this. He created you (regardless of not being asked) and now you are under subjection to worship him otherwise you will burn forever.
Again.. that is your choice. Accept that He left paradise and died for your sins.. or.... don't.
You are right.. you cannot force anyone to love anything.. You must come to love God on your own.. not to gain something. You come to God for forgiveness for being a sinner. Knowing you cannot do anything in your power to save yourself.
He is a Good and Holy God... that is why we cannot exist in His presence.. If we did.. we would die. Unless we are covered by the blood of our savior and found clean and white as snow.
You are telling me this is the gospel that he told us to preach. The Good news? This is not good news. This is horrific news. and that is why your arguments are unbiblical and also irrational.
So, you think that the fact that anyone on the face of this earth, no matter how evil or how many terrible things that they have done... can get on their knees and submit to their creator, admit that they are evil and sinful... and be forgiven.... is not good news? Really?
Or... are you ticked that you are trying to be good and do all this good stuff and some "low life" criminal will stand beside you in paradise?
Are you mad because some really nice person who did all kinds of charity and volunteered and was kind to everyone.. is going to hell because they denied God?
Well...... GET OVER YOURSELF.... You don't make the rules and God said that the only people who will be in heaven are those that believe in Him and His work... So... that is the way it is..
Don't like it.... take it up with Him.
Humble yourself to God..... admit you sinned. Ask for forgiveness and be thankful that He died for you and you are washed clean.
If this god just lets his believing - serial killers go to heaven over their non-believing slaughtered victims, then he isn't a just/good god and you have to be that bias to not see that.
Says you... and what you say.. means nothing..
In all reality.. not many evil people are Christians. Not many people who do these things are saved...If they were true children of God.. they would be convicted of these things and stop and repent.
Also, no matter what this earth puts on your plate... it is not going to spare you from your debt of sin.
No matter how badly you are treated or how much you are tortured.... if you don't believe in Christ.. you will not have salvation.
