Why so many people don't accept Christianity?

[MemeBuster]

Are there any people out there who find the claims of Christianity so incredible that they honestly can not bring themselves to accept it? If so, what happens to these people? Will they be treated like those who have never heard of Christianity?


MB.

 

[HypnoToad]

Scripture is pretty clear that those who hear the Gospel and reject it are condemned.

 

[Key]

Are there any people out there who find the claims of Christianity so incredible that they honestly can not bring themselves to accept it? If so, what happens to these people? Will they be treated like those who have never heard of Christianity?


MB.

Not to be rude, but I have not met those people yet....

Normally, the people that refuse to follow Christ, focus on the actions of Christians, not so much the claims of the bible, they use the claims in the bible as being too hard to believe to try and justify their decision, but each time I have broken it down, and addressed each claim, it always fell back on the people, or the more to the point, normally a specific person, or small group of people that claim to be Christians, that have left a very bitter feeling in them regarding Christ. I sympathize with them, and I can respect where they are coming from, however, sadly, I wish they just could be more honest with themselves about why they have chosen to reject Christ, as opposed to making up a web of excuses to hide ones true motive.

Hope this helps.

God Bless

Key

 

[heron]

It seems your speaking of nuances and perceptions-- what comes to my mind is similar dilemmas of decisions, like when an abused child threatens a parent in self defense -- the premise is that a child should obey, but the parent didn't carry out their role properly.

I know it's a terrible correlation, so please don't pick on me. But it's about the nuances of justice, not the black-and-white law.

God is the one who sets the terms, carries them out, establishes justice, wrote the book, provides grace, and watches over us. We are just going on what He promised, but He is the one who makes the ultimate decisions.

What He offered was grace, to those who have remorse and accept the help. He offered a parent-child relationship, the whole fellowship of believers seen as the bride of Christ, along with active participation in His kingdom.

Those are His terms, whether we intellectually agree with Him or not.


Isaiah 1:18
"Come now, and let us reason together," says the Lord,
"Though your sins are as scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they will be like wool."

 

[ShyMuslim]

Are you asking non-Christians or what the Christian view on non-Christians are? Sorry about my confusion but I wanted some clarification to know whether or not to post. Thanks

~Sarah

 

[Sketcher]

^ This is the questions for Christians section, so non-Christians are not allowed to answer.

To answer the OP, those who reject the Gospel for any reason are not saved from Hell.

 

[Key]

Are there any people out there who find the claims of Christianity so incredible that they honestly can not bring themselves to accept it? If so, what happens to these people? Will they be treated like those who have never heard of Christianity?


MB.

Ooops.. I missed this question... sorry...

" If so, what happens to these people? Will they be treated like those who have never heard of Christianity?"

This is a great question.. however.. rejection.. is still rejection, regardless of motive, so one would say, they have had the chance and choice to accept Christ, and have chosen of their own merits to reject it.

However, motive does play a role in things, and God knows a person better then they know themselves, and because of this I believe to these people, distinctly would be held in higher account then those that have been turned off to Christ by the actions of "his followers".

That would seem quite simple, cut and dried outcome of what will happen to them, they will fall short of the Kingdom of Heaven, they will not receive salvation and as far as I can tell, no special circumstances would apply to them, they would be people treated as those that have directly with no influence but their own choice to rejected Christ, because, that is exactly what they are.

Hope this Helps.

God Bless

Key

 

[Deren]

Are there any people out there who find the claims of Christianity so incredible that they honestly can not bring themselves to accept it?

Becoming a Christian is not a matter of what any individual thinks, in and of himself, credible or incredible. Becoming a Christian starts with the person of God as He draws the individual into a regenerative relationship with Himself

John 6:44 "No one can come to Me, unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day.

If so, what happens to these people?

They go to hell.

Will they be treated like those who have never heard of Christianity?

They will be treated like all unrepentant, unforgiven sinners are treated.

Matthew 25:41 "Then He will also say to those on His left, 'Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels;

 

[prophecystudent]

The bible consideration is very simple. It classifies people into two categories. Believers and unbelievers.

Salvation depends on whether you are a believer in Jesus Christ. If you choose not to believe and accept Him as your personal savior, you fall into the second category and spend eternity with all others, including Satan and his fallen angels, in the lake of eternal fire.

Simple, to the point and straight from scripture.

Fred

 

[calidog]

Are there any people out there who find the claims of Christianity so incredible that they honestly can not bring themselves to accept it? If so, what happens to these people? Will they be treated like those who have never heard of Christianity?


MB.

The only claim of christianity that matters is God gave His Son; whoever believes on Him will not perish, whoever does not believe on Him will perish.

 

[LilLamb219]

Are there any people out there who find the claims of Christianity so incredible that they honestly can not bring themselves to accept it? If so, what happens to these people? Will they be treated like those who have never heard of Christianity?
MB.

Faith for salvation is a gift that comes from God. It's not something that we have to bring ourselves to accept in order to believe. God gives us faith so that we may believe. There are some who reject that gift though and thus, they damn themselves. Rejection of Christ and the work on the cross is what damns.

 

[hlaltimus]

Are there any people out there who find the claims of Christianity so incredible that they honestly can not bring themselves to accept it? If so, what happens to these people? Will they be treated like those who have never heard of Christianity?


MB.

Many find the claims of Christianity incredible because a rather healthy percentage of those claims involves the unseen, and fallen humanity has always been better at accepting of what is seen rather than what is invisible. In this case the unseen happens to be far, far greater than that which we can "see". Our race is barely a small sum of wandering atoms compared to all that is beyond, and here is where faith in those lofty Biblical statements comes in.

 

[BurntUmber]

I will interject, since I appear to be the only Atheist here.

The reasons I do not believe are: No real evidence other than a book written 2000 years ago that advocates killing homosexuals, slavery and other horrible things, not to mention contradicts itself on many parts, including prayer.

The other reason is the sheer resiliency of Christians to precise scientific logic.
They believe the Bible because the Bible says itself that itself is true. Boy I wish I could do that. And there are things in the Bible that contradict science because it was written 2000 YEARS AGO. An Omnipotent and OmniscientGod would have known that science would trump the current Bibles, and included clauses and religious explanations for the various trumps.

At least that's what I think. I don't know about Buddhists and such.

 

[HypnoToad]

will interject, since I appear to be the only Atheist here.

In the "Questions by Non-Christians" area, non-Christians start the threads, but only Christians may respond.

 

[BurntUmber]

In the "Questions by Non-Christians" area, non-Christians start the threads, but only Christians may respond.

Ah.
Sorry.

 

[WashedBytheSon]

People who know of the bible and the Gospel, and have heard it, and still reject it will not be saved. I don't understand how people expect to go to heaven when they spend their entire lives rejecting God and refusing to submit to His will.
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[AllTalkNoAction]

Are there any people out there who find the claims of Christianity so incredible that they honestly can not bring themselves to accept it?

God never asks anyone to follow him without first giving demonstration of his ability, as Jesus rightly said:-

Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe. (John 4:48)
and
If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. (John 10:37)

Sadly many are presenting a "Christianity" without these things, so, according to Jesus, you cannot and should not believe them.

If you want to see what God can do, demand a church that has his signs & worders !

1Cor. 2:4: And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
:5: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

 

[Bnet505]

As a "Rejector" I can tell you from first account why I became. I'm a freethinker and I can't have my head in religion's box and still be a freethinker to the level I am now.

 

[Brooke4Jesus]

actually.. those people who have heard the gospel and rejected will have far worse consequences then someone who has never heard..

 

[heavb30]

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