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wow,christains have no respect for any other religion or beliefs. this is something i have always experienced with them,either their trying to convert you or their preaching. they want you to be open minded to thier beliefs but their rarely open minded to yours. (of course, i am exagerating not all christains have been this way,but a copious amount have)

I agree, its so messed up that if people don't follow a certain religion they are automatically going to hell.
I doubt these people's all knowing and all loving god would send someone to hell for not going to church or worshiping her/him in some other form.
If you look at it, most religions are exactly the same, just with different names.

Correct a mundo! Religion is man's atttempt to rebind ourselves to God. (meaning Adam and Eve were bound to God in Eden, then they ate the fruit and got kicked out).

Sadly there are many tv evangelists out there earnestly trying to steal peoples' money for their own gain. The Bible says that when they get to heaven and tell God that they preached in His name, He will say, "I never knew you."

Correction: Most Christians TRY to follow the laws given to us by God. Considering we are human, we suck and we're stupid (that's why Jesus refers to us as His flock because we are dumb like sheep) and we can't follow them perfectly because we are NOT God. That's why Jesus was crucified - He led the blameless life and His blood covers our sins so that we may enter into heaven if we only believe in Him wholeheartedly.

And you're right. Religion WILL be the end of us. Revelation specifically addresses this issue. People will be so caught up in praying to their false gods and holding on to their stuff that they won't see the glory of Jesus and God and the Holy Spirit.

[quote="MeZicH]I agree, its so messed up that if people don't follow a certain religion they are automatically going to hell.
I doubt these people's all knowing and all loving god would send someone to hell for not going to church or worshiping her/him in some other form.
If you look at it, most religions are exactly the same, just with different names.

Yeah, they are going to hell.

My All-knowing, All-Loving God would send anyone who did not believe in Him to hell. It is a very real fact. God doesn't say, "Go to chuch and you're going to heaven. Stay home and you go to hell." He says that the greatest commandment is "To love your God with all your heart, all your soul, sll your mind and with all your strength." God says "Do not worship any other gods before Me." He says He is a jealous God.
"If you believe in your heart and confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ is LORD, you will be saved."
And yeah, most religions are the same on the surface, but there's a distinct difference. Hinduism says that all paths lead to the same destination. Buddhism says that you are your own god. Mormonism says you will be a god yourself when you die.

Only Christianity demands perfection. Only Christianity demands that you love limitlessly and turn the other cheek. Only Christianity has one path to salvation. Only Christianity has the most mindblowing idiots on the face of the planet! And Only Christianity tells the facts.

Which Christian bible do you read? That could make all the difference in the world, you know? And have you ever read the Apocrypha? Did you know it even existed? Try reading The Lost Bible by J.R. Porter, and you'll have your eyes opened.

"In the beginning, according to 2 Enoch, God moved in a setting of 'invisible things' and the act of creation primarily involved making the invisible visible or bringing the non-being into being. This was accomplished by two invisible agents, called Adoil and Arkhas. Adoil is an unknown name, but Arkhas may be connected with the Greek word arkhe, an important concept in early Greek physics.

"At God's command, Adoil gives birth to the light and Arkhas to the darkness and these respectively constitute the upper and lower foundations of the world. Next, the mixing of these fundamental elements creates the other features of the universe: light and darkness together water (see extract, below), which in turn produces the seven heavenly spheres and the dry land of earth.

"Finally, God creates the first man from various earthly and celestial components--human reasons, for example, is said to come from 'the mobility of angels and from clouds'--and gives him a name, Adam, derived from the names of the four directions in Greek." -- JR Porter, Lost Bible, pg. 12





"Before anything existed at all, from the very beginning, what is, I [God] created from non-being into being, and from the invisible things into the visible.

"And I commanded the lowest things: 'Let one of the invisible things descend visibly!' And Adoil descended extremely large. And I looked at him, and behold, in his belly he had a great light. And I said to him, 'Disintegrate yourself, Adoil, and let what is born from you become visible.' And he disintegrated himself and there came out a very great light.

"And then to the light I spoke: You go up higher and be solidified and become the foundation for the highest things.' And there is nothing higher than the light, except nothing itself.

"And I called out a second time into the lowest things, and I said, 'Let one of the invisible things come out solid and visible.' And Arkhas came out, solid and heavy and very red. And I said, 'Open yourself up, Arkhas, and let what is born from you become visible!' There came out an age, dark, very large, carrying the creation of all lower things.

"And I gave the command: 'Let there be taken some of the light and some of the darkness.' And I said, 'Become thickened, and be wrapped around with light!' And I spread it out, and it became water."

According to this passage, God did not create everything in the universe. Adoil and Arkhas had already existed; however, God commanded them into visible things, still clearly expressing his authority over all beings (even ones not created by him.) Adoil and Arkhas' creation and/or existence is perhaps as enigmatic as God's.

Lol I am one of those Christians, but interestingly enough, I'm one of the more freethinking individuals in my church. mrgreen