Jeremiah Ames
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When the baptism I attended was made part of the regular Protestant service, I was in the audience when the minister and a 20 year-old woman, who wanted to be a minister, performed a question and answer session.
The minister began by admitting that churches faced the problem of dwindling interest by the younger generation and wondered how his young protege might deal with it.
Her answer began with her personal goal: She didn't want to go to Hell. So, she explained that she would follow the teaching of Jesus and learn to love even atheists regardless of their beliefs. Both she and the minister then reinforced their message of unconditional love.
If either of them realized it, neither mentioned the contradiction in their message. They were both imagining that they were capable of a higher grade of love (unconditional) than the God they worshipped who would send those atheists to Hell to suffer eternally for not accepting Jesus as their savior.
Your thoughts?
My main thought:
Whoever told you God would send atheists to hell for any reason?
That’s a bid pile of religious rubbish.
It’s actually impossible for God to send atheists to hell for ANY reason.
(I can make this statement because I can prove it using the Bible)
God actually does have a special place, though, for people who spread such lies about Him.