Well what really stops me is truth, I don't turn away from what I know to be true.
The idea of hell, is a good one, the thought of going there is bad.
If you break the law, what happens? You go to jail.
We've all broken the law, (Gods law), so we will all go to jail (hell).
Someone once said, Be fast! For you know they will soon face their eternal divine punishment (can't remember who, but if anyone knows I'd like to know), saying it to people, to spread the faith.
The idea, that good people go to hell, is wrong.
No one is good Romans 3:10-12
As it is written: There is no one righteous, not even one;
there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God.
All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.
Thou shalt have no other gods before me
video games tv, alcohol, anything can be a god before The God.
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven images or idols.
basically meaning don't bow down to, and worship statues, because they are not God, they are just statues, that's how I understand it anyway.
Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord in vain
[bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse], or any variant of it, is breaking this. Anytime you use it as a bad word, or with a bad word.
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Don't even know what day it is, and we've all sinned on every day of the week.
Honor thy Father and thy Mother.
Ever spoke ill of them?
Done something to irk them?
Disobeyed them?
Thou shalt not murder.
Hey! I've never killed anyone, never broken this one!
Matthew 5:21-22
You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, You shall not murder and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment
But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, 'Raca,' is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, 'You fool!' will be in danger of the fire of hell.
1 John 3:15 Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Matthew 5:28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart
Thou shalt not steal.
Any amount of stolen objects count, watching a tv show illegally online would count, pirating music would count, taking money that isn't yours from your moms purse would count.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
Do not lie, basically.
Thou shalt not covet.
Covet, yearn to possess or have (something).
Your neighbors, wife, donkey, or his house, or his servant, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
No one is good. So no good people do not go to hell.
(I realize you didn't explicitly say it, but it's a common argument).
And that conflict is purely mental, it goes away.
Yea, of course it does.
Because you have suppressed it.
It only goes away mentally, the reality does not, no matter how much you ignore it.
If your only problem is hell..
You condemn yourself.
It's most definitely a choice, to go to heaven or hell.
He wont force you into Heaven, and he certainly wont force you into Hell.
You have a choice, you're choosing Hell.
I would implore you to rethink your decision.
I struggle with it sometimes, that people I know and love, are choosing hell, but that's just it. They chose it.
I try to help them, but they ultimately choose Hell.
I'm not trying to insult you, or belittle you, there isn't an offensive tone in this post, intentionally anyway.
I'm just trying to show you, that "going your own way" isn't a good way to look at it.
2 paths exist, Heaven and Hell, pick one.
Now if you'd like, I'll talk with you about it, I'm pretty much available anytime, don't hardly sleep much, and I'm always home.
Just start a conversation, under my profile picture, or if you'd rather us an instant messaging thing like skype, or discord, I'm fine with that.
