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Do unbelievers deserve to burn in hell?

Do moral unbelievers deserve to burn in hell?

  • Yes

    Votes: 14 28.0%

  • No

    Votes: 36 72.0%
  • Total voters
    50
MadLib said:
Alright, then, so why didn't Jesus do any of the things that the Messiah was supposed to do? (I'm arguing from a Jewish perspective here) How come all the Jews aren't in Palestine? How come there is no world peace?
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Many of these things have yet to transpire........but will.
How come Jesus wasn't a descendant of David?
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He is a descendant of David....his lineage is laid out biblically.

What makes you so sure that he was God?
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Faith in what he said and did.
If Jews go to Hell, wouldn't God be punishing them for doing what he said?
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No, because Jesus was/is God and he preached and prophesied to the Jews just like he did everyone else. Jews have just the same opportunity for redemption as anyone.

Why would God say that the Messiah can't change His laws and then actually incarnate into the Messiah that does that very thing?
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God "changed" his own law......Christ was simply the fulfillment of his "New Covenant."

Why would Jews have any reason to believe that Jesus was the Messiah?
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Same reason why I or anyone else believes he is the Messiah.........Faith in what he said and did.

The New Testament and Christianity are in clear contradiction with the Old Testament. My point is that that someone who actually follows the Bible wouldn't even be a Christian, let alone reject the Torah.
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This just is not true...........if you truly sit down and read the OT, it is filled with the prophesies of Christ's coming as Messiah and in several cases describes to a "T" his death, burial, and resurrection. :shrug:
 
Harry Guerrilla said:
I have to say, that this is one of the main reasons why I have turned away from Christianity.
If you have been raised and have a centuries old belief system that is not Christian, yet you're supposed to accept the Christian god and story as true, else you burn in hell.

I for one, can not believe that a truly loving and compassionate god would condemn someone eternally for following their age old cultural belief systems.
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This was reason number 1 I gave up my faith altogether. (though there were so many) We have a god who created a world where 95% of the populace will be going to hell. Not because they didn't actively choose him, but because they don't know any better. If we're playing a game for our eternal souls, I'd like to think that god would be a little more clear on the rules.

It seemed for years I was holding onto my religion by a thread, trying to prop it up with faith any way I could. The big turning point where I gave it all up was when I realized: "I don't even want christianity to be real, it's too horrific of a concept. So why am I bending myself to it?"

I'd rather have there be nothing for all of us than have one soul burn in eternal hellfire.
 
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I'm surprised that hell is such a touchy topic. Especially with all the misinformation about what hell actually is. I got most of my learning from it through the Jehovah Witnesses, which to me is important since they completely reject the early pagan traditions that were attached to Christianity and stuck. Hell is simply the cessation of existence. Eternal torture is a pagan concept, taken from the Greeks and the Norsemen.
 
I would say yes assuming the person had the opportunity to learn of and or accept god into there lives. I saw a few people in the thread mention if god was so loving he wouldn't torture anyone. That sounds good in theory but there is something missing in that situation. Yes a loving god would love all its creatures, however someone who willingly doesn't believe or follow in his footsteps wouldn't be held in the same regard.

I challenge nobodies belief in god as you are entitled to your opinion. But to me i believe and if i am wrong no harm done i die like everyone else and my body is put in the ground and that's it. If i am right and god is real and i lived in his vision and tried my hardest to be a respectful and good person i would then be entitled to walk side by side with him in heaven.

Basically a life of sin and non acceptance would void the mercy of god.
 
I voted yes, because there is no hell. So if I voted no it would of made no difference, and I wanted to be positive about my enternal damnation.
 
MadLib said:
Obviously, with crimes such as murder, rape, and pedophilia, most Christians would agree that the sinners got what was coming for them. But how about unbelievers? If a person is moral and ethical in every other way, many Christians would say that they would still burn. The question is: do they deserve it? Is the "crime" in not believing what is normally just a different culture rightfully punishable by eternal torture?
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Every person who is culpable for a mortal sin deserves to go to Hell.
 
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