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If I'm an Atheist and I am not a bad person, will I go to hell?

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If I'm and Athiest and am not a bad person, will I go to hell?



Interesting question, which brings to mind this question:

Did Jesus lie?

Thank you kindly.

Or could be; did the anonymous authors accurately portray what Jesus said or what Jesus did?
 
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To stop sinning and become holy so you can be with Him without all sin exposed which will make you want to hide in the shadow. That's what Sadhu Sundhar Singh saw. People just fled from Him to darkness because He was too holy and the Light exposed all their sin. You can get rid of sin when you accept His offer.

When someone is a Christian, do they stop sinning?
 
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To stop sinning and become holy so you can be with Him without all sin exposed which will make you want to hide in the shadow. That's what Sadhu Sundhar Singh saw. People just fled from Him to darkness because He was too holy and the Light exposed all their sin. You can get rid of sin when you accept His offer.
Remember the cure analogy I made earlier... "I made you sick. But I can also make you well. This is what you have to do..."
 
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You're the one claiming that it will make sense if one contemplates it as an infant might, so you tell me?

Actually, the context was to think of the reliance of an infant with their father. You are just derailing the thread to childlessness.
 
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Actually, the context was to think of the reliance of an infant with their father. You are just derailing the thread to childlessness.
A father who threatens his children with eternal torment if they disobey him is hardly a father deserving of respect.
 
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A father who threatens his children with eternal torment if they disobey him is hardly a father deserving of respect.
Clearly you are ignoring the distinction between disobedience and rejection, as pointed out.
 
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If I'm and Athiest and am not a bad person, will I go to hell?

brinny said:
Interesting question, which brings to mind this question:

Did Jesus lie?

Thank you kindly.


Or could be; did the anonymous authors accurately portray what Jesus said or what Jesus did?

Fair enough.

Is it likely that they would have portrayed what Jesus said and did accurately? It would be doubly tragic if they died for what they believed in and it was inaccurate or a farce whether they blatantly lied or were mis-led, would it not?

Thank you kindly.
 
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I don't really care for your meaningless distinction.
Clearly, well this thread was constructive to the point that it establishes many more biblical truths. I can see the futility of discussion.

‘Look, you scoffers, be astounded and perish; for I am doing a work in your days, a work that you will not believe, even if one tells it to you.’

"that they were saying to you, “In the last time there will be mockers, following after their own ungodly lusts.” These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly-minded, devoid of the Spirit."
 
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Fair enough.

Is it likely that they would have portrayed what Jesus said and did accurately? It would be doubly tragic if they died for what they believed in and it was inaccurate or a farce whether they blatantly lied or were mis-led, would it not?

Thank you kindly.

Well, according to many NT historians, the supporting evidence is not there to apply historical credibility to much of the NT, except smaller portions of the same.

In regards to people dying for causes; dying for a cause has little to do with the cause being true, only that one really believes it.

Could be why it is called faith and not fact.
 
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Clearly, well this thread was constructive to the point that it establishes many more biblical truths. I can see the futility of discussion.

‘Look, you scoffers, be astounded and perish; for I am doing a work in your days, a work that you will not believe, even if one tells it to you.’

"that they were saying to you, “In the last time there will be mockers, following after their own ungodly lusts.” These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly-minded, devoid of the Spirit."
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Clearly, well this thread was constructive to the point that it establishes many more biblical truths. I can see the futility of discussion.

‘Look, you scoffers, be astounded and perish; for I am doing a work in your days, a work that you will not believe, even if one tells it to you.’

"that they were saying to you, “In the last time there will be mockers, following after their own ungodly lusts.” These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly-minded, devoid of the Spirit."
"People disagree with me! They're obviously too selfish and full of low motives to get what I'm saying."
 
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