And those who never heard of God are likewise going to be in hell. As well as people who believe in other religions
The bible contradicts those statements. I wish I could cite chapter and verse, but my own preacher read it from teh pulpit a few months ago.
Even amongst the Christians, the Catholics are going to Hell, as well as the Baptists.
Well, the churches are full of atheists pretending to be Christian (I personally know a woman who says God doesn't exist but insists she's Catholic), but if you believe that Jesus is the Christ, son of the living God, your lord and savior who died for you and was ressurected, you don't go to hell as long as you repent your sins.
I grew up in a strict Catholic family, with strict Baptist Grandparents.
Man... I have problems with both of those groups. The catholics pray to the saints, which the bible frowns on greatly. Jesus said "when two or three gather together in my name, I will be there." They baptise infants, which is meaningless and stupid. Unless you choose baptism, it's a sick joke. And they baptise by sprinkling. And they don't consider you a Chriistian unless you're catholic.
The Baptists (like the Mormons) think drinking is a sin, despite the fact that Jesus drank. "John the Baptist neither ate nor drank, and you say he has a devil. The son of man comes eating and drinking and you call him a glutton and a winebibber." And they think dancing is evil.
Why won't Baptists have sex standing up? They're afraid someone will see them and think they're dancing.
The trouble isn't Christianity, it's Christians. The problem is, they're all human and therefore imperfect and simply get shit wrong.
It's not hard to sum it up. This God demands that you worship him. If you do, when you die, you will go to another place, where you will continue to worship him. If you do not worship him, you will be tortured forever.
The bible doesn't say that. It says that Satan will be thrown in th lake of fire and destroyed completely, and those who know God and reject him will be erased from the book of life. They will be as if they never existed.
I always wondered what he would do if you decided not to worship him when you got to heaven.
I don't see how you could be in paradise and not love the entity who sent you there, if if you decided not to you would be erased. Deleted from the program.
Or what if you lost a husband or wife in life, then got remarried, then re-met the original in heaven. Or divorce?
That's covered. Read the new testament, the Pharasees tried to trick Jesus with that very question.
Is sex not allowed in heaven?
Sex is a physical thing, a thing your body does, not your soul.
I get a kick out of people who bash books they've never read.