bible bashers! (read what i have to say 1st)

[Snorri1234]

I agree that Bible Thumpers are very annoying, but look at this from their perspective. They believe in Heaven and Hell very strongly. The bible describes both in limited detail. As a believer, you walk through life, for a very short period of time. What, maybe a 100 years if you are lucky? That is a very short time compared to all eternity, time without end.

Now you take a believer who knows that they will be spending eternity in Heaven and they know all unbelievers will be spending an eternity in Hell, darkness, burning and a gnashing of teeth, not to mention real life demons. They have 100 or so years, to convince the people they know and love, or heck don't even like all that much, to trust on the Lord Jesus Christ, who died on the cross for the sins of all mankind, as their own personal savior.


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Eternity perspective- each dash above represents 100 years.


If you believed the way they believe, would you not spend your time trying to convince people that life in the here and now is short and to spend the rest of all eternity in Heaven or Hell is worth drawing their attention to. You can't blame those people for not wanting anyone to be damned to Hell for all eternity.

Yeah....but what those people fail to understand is that WE ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT IS IN THE BIBLE!

[Snowpepsi]

banana

[got tonkaed]

if that was the case, and God was only in the bible....the wrap was almost 2000 years ago...so one had better hope God does not just find his/herself there.

[Snowpepsi]

banana

[got tonkaed]

just that the storyline of the bible ended rather quite a long time ago if we are simply putting all of Gods understanding into that text, unless you are out to play the neverending end times game, in which case Gods message in the bible certainly has continued.

*this is not to say there arent still a ton of messages one can gather from reading the bible, simply that the historical timeline of the work is certainly well in the past...there has not been as it were a christian version (or perhaps more importantly an accepted version) of the bible the sequel*

[Snowpepsi]

just that the storyline of the bible ended rather quite a long time ago if we are simply putting all of Gods understanding into that text, unless you are out to play the neverending end times game, in which case Gods message in the bible certainly has continued.

*this is not to say there arent still a ton of messages one can gather from reading the bible, simply that the historical timeline of the work is certainly well in the past...there has not been as it were a christian version (or perhaps more importantly an accepted version) of the bible the sequel*

Okay, got ya. I was being facetious about the wrap.

But since there are still events that haven't taken place yet, the storyline isn't finished. The book itself is complete. The wrap was in reference to the spreading of the Gospel. What is it called? The great commission?

[Guiscard]

They have 100 or so years, to convince the people they know and love, or heck don't even like all that much, to trust on the Lord Jesus Christ, who died on the cross for the sins of all mankind, as their own personal savior.

I don't think its a selective thing. It is your duty to at least try to convince everyone, not just your loved ones. You are not fulfilling God's wishes otherwise.

I think you just missed my entire point.

Why? I agree with what you're saying, I's just take it a bit farther. It's nice for the people around them to end up in heaven too, but I'd argue there's a religious imperative, a hangover from pre-modern Christianity, which means that if you don't devote your life to these things then you'll burn alongside the unbeliever.

[got tonkaed]

just that the storyline of the bible ended rather quite a long time ago if we are simply putting all of Gods understanding into that text, unless you are out to play the neverending end times game, in which case Gods message in the bible certainly has continued.

*this is not to say there arent still a ton of messages one can gather from reading the bible, simply that the historical timeline of the work is certainly well in the past...there has not been as it were a christian version (or perhaps more importantly an accepted version) of the bible the sequel*

Okay, got ya. I was being facetious about the wrap.

But since there are still events that haven't taken place yet, the storyline isn't finished. The book itself is complete. The wrap was in reference to the spreading of the Gospel. What is it called? The great commission?

as was i, together we were team facetious in continuing a derail of the thread.

i do believe you are correct about the great commission being the title of the go forth and spread the word element, which i suppose could go on for quite some time.

[Snowpepsi]

just that the storyline of the bible ended rather quite a long time ago if we are simply putting all of Gods understanding into that text, unless you are out to play the neverending end times game, in which case Gods message in the bible certainly has continued.

*this is not to say there arent still a ton of messages one can gather from reading the bible, simply that the historical timeline of the work is certainly well in the past...there has not been as it were a christian version (or perhaps more importantly an accepted version) of the bible the sequel*

Okay, got ya. I was being facetious about the wrap.

But since there are still events that haven't taken place yet, the storyline isn't finished. The book itself is complete. The wrap was in reference to the spreading of the Gospel. What is it called? The great commission?

as was i, together we were team facetious in continuing a derail of the thread.

i do believe you are correct about the great commission being the title of the go forth and spread the word element, which i suppose could go on for quite some time.

[MR. Nate]

Why? I agree with what you're saying, I's just take it a bit farther. It's nice for the people around them to end up in heaven too, but I'd argue there's a religious imperative, a hangover from pre-modern Christianity, which means that if you don't devote your life to these things then you'll burn alongside the unbeliever.

I'm not sure I'd call the imperative a hangover, as it extended through modern Christianity, and is still in some segments of postmodern Christianity.

[Snowpepsi]

They have 100 or so years, to convince the people they know and love, or heck don't even like all that much, to trust on the Lord Jesus Christ, who died on the cross for the sins of all mankind, as their own personal savior.

I don't think its a selective thing. It is your duty to at least try to convince everyone, not just your loved ones. You are not fulfilling God's wishes otherwise.

I think you just missed my entire point.

Why? I agree with what you're saying, I's just take it a bit farther. It's nice for the people around them to end up in heaven too, but I'd argue there's a religious imperative, a hangover from pre-modern Christianity, which means that if you don't devote your life to these things then you'll burn alongside the unbeliever.

Okay, I understand where you were coming from.

[brooksieb]

Gregrios we aren't changing the topic we're explaining what it means since brooksie used weird words. Besides, once again, how can you be sure that what you're doing is exactly what God wants? As in, exactly, completely what he wants?

Weird words?, like what fanny back for bum? try to understand the english version of english, like we understand when you spell colour wrong!

[Snowpepsi]

Gregrios we aren't changing the topic we're explaining what it means since brooksie used weird words. Besides, once again, how can you be sure that what you're doing is exactly what God wants? As in, exactly, completely what he wants?

Weird words?, like what fanny back for bum? try to understand the english version of english, like we understand when you spell colour wrong!

Speaking of changing the topic...