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Why don't I see love from many American Christians?
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<blockquote data-quote="Par5" data-source="post: 72324064" data-attributes="member: 403758"><p>I am not a Christian either, but I did watch the video. Seems to me that the guy thinks we should live our lives as one big guilt trip. Why shouldn't people enjoy the fruits of their labour? What is wrong with people setting themselves a goal in this life and working hard to achieve it?</p><p>If he finds life such an obstacle to him achieving his goal of "eternal life", why does he not simply jump off a high building and fast track himself to his "reward"?</p><p>I find it rather depressing that some people seem to place so little value on the life we all have.</p><p>There is nothing wrong with enjoying life. I'm not talking about some crazy hedonic lifestyle. We are only here for a relatively short time, but a lot of good can be achieved in that short time and there is nothing wrong with enjoying things that give us and others pleasure and happiness.</p><p>You said that some of your lesbian friends and family members are doing things that will have eternal consequences. Such as what? Can you produce one piece of evidence of someone telling you the consequence they are suffering because of their "wrongdoing" when they were alive? Better still, can you produce one piece of evidence of someone telling you how wonderful the "reward" is they are now enjoying because of the kind of life they lived? </p><p>Life is for living and how you live it is important, but burdening yourself with guilt at every imagined transgression and going through life believing some others are not good enough to achieve this "reward" is definitely not the way to live it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Par5, post: 72324064, member: 403758"] I am not a Christian either, but I did watch the video. Seems to me that the guy thinks we should live our lives as one big guilt trip. Why shouldn't people enjoy the fruits of their labour? What is wrong with people setting themselves a goal in this life and working hard to achieve it? If he finds life such an obstacle to him achieving his goal of "eternal life", why does he not simply jump off a high building and fast track himself to his "reward"? I find it rather depressing that some people seem to place so little value on the life we all have. There is nothing wrong with enjoying life. I'm not talking about some crazy hedonic lifestyle. We are only here for a relatively short time, but a lot of good can be achieved in that short time and there is nothing wrong with enjoying things that give us and others pleasure and happiness. You said that some of your lesbian friends and family members are doing things that will have eternal consequences. Such as what? Can you produce one piece of evidence of someone telling you the consequence they are suffering because of their "wrongdoing" when they were alive? Better still, can you produce one piece of evidence of someone telling you how wonderful the "reward" is they are now enjoying because of the kind of life they lived? Life is for living and how you live it is important, but burdening yourself with guilt at every imagined transgression and going through life believing some others are not good enough to achieve this "reward" is definitely not the way to live it. [/QUOTE]
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