Believers in God: Are you sincerely scared for non-believers?
Question for theists....
As I understand it, if you don't believe in God then you go to hell. This means spending eternity in extreme pain etc. This is an absolutely horrible thing. If I truly believed that my relatives were going to suffer this for not believing I'd do everything in my power to get them to believe. I'd spend night and day trying to persude them to believe. I wouldn't sleep nor eat; I'd make it my sole purpose in life to save them. A job, having fun etc just wouldn't matter to me.
So my question is do you feel scared for your relatives that don't believe? If so, what exactly are you doing to help them?
Yes
Side Score: 20
|
No
Side Score: 20
|
|
|
|
2
points
1
point
Of course im scared I know many non-theists on here who are very friendly and in my opinion deserve to make it to heaven but sadly I am not god,I dont make the rules. There's a good and bad about this. If im wrong about god and heaven atleast my athiestic friends wont suffer and if I am right atleast ill get meet god and jesus but sadly ill never see my friends who didnt belive in god and ill feel bad for them knwoing they are suffering in hell. Side: Yes
1
point
1
point
When it comes to religion, it's very difficult to find common language with people who don't believe. also, you feel yourself like you not should have to help him or he. However, in our society it's very very difficult, as well as there so many religions and their sections. Of course, nowadays you cannot make people to believe in your religion. nevertheless, it's important that, though you worry about this people, even he or she is not youyr relative. Side: Yes
|
God is meant to be all forgiving, if that is the case surely if they have been good he'll forgive non christians and let them in, surely a good Atheist stands a better chance of getting in than a bad Christian, if not Gods got his priorities wrong. People of other religions will be going to their own versions of heaven anyway so probably aren't bothered about getting into the Christian version. Side: No
I don´t doubt that most Christians are scared for non-believers but what I doubt is the sincerity of it. If my friend was going to burn forever I would dedicate my whole life to persuade him to do whatever it is to avoid going there. I´d commit crime to prevent it if I had to - maybe I´d tie him up and drag him to a church. This would be rational if I knew he was certainly going to suffer immensely if I didn´t do something. Maybe whatever I did would be futile but still I would try. To explain why Christians aren´t actually doing this what I see has rational... perhaps it is a question of doubt. Perhaps in reality part of them knows that hell is a nonsense. It doesn´t really exist so they don´t have to take the extreme actions that I said above. They know that there friends aren´t really going to burn forever. Side: No
|