Just out of curiosity, are you suggesting, or at least do you believe, that a non-Christian can go to their heaven but still go to the Christian hell at the same time? Or is it a matter of hoping you picked the "right" religion, and any others are wrong?
It seems like you're saying the former, while most self-described fundamentalist christians I've known believe the latter. Just curious about how different people think. -Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Small [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 8:36 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Yet another scumbag parent.... > > > Actually, I've never made any distinction that there was a > difference between Catholicism and other forms of > Christianity. I don't know what Catholics need to do to get > to Heaven. That said, if it doesn't involve personal > salvation with Jesus Christ, it doesn't work according to > what Protestants in a general way believe. But you're > hitting one of my major points here. If in fact you are not > a Christian, and that you do not subscribe to the tenets that > Christians believe, and therefore by the formula given above > you are destined go to Hell, what does that matter to you? I > mean, neither I nor any other Christian can change what the > requirements to get to Heaven are according to what we > believe. You have your beliefs, shouldn't that be good > enough for you? Must all other religions conform to what you > believe so you don't feel bad about yourself not going to > Heaven according to the tenets that they've established? I > mean, you can't have it all - you pick and choose what you > believe and then stick to that, hope for the best when you > die. I'm sure that there are plenty of Chrstians who believe > that my soul is in mortal jeopardy because I'm not been > baptized by complete immersion in water but rather by a > sprinking on the head of holy water. That does not bother me, > I believe that the main thing is personal salvation. I've > heard that they way to Heaven for Catholics is their body of > personal works on Earth. That will get you nowhere in the > Presbyterian Church that I go to. There are denominations > that believe you must speak in tongues, dance with snakes, > can heal people on demand, do whatever. I don't believe in > that stuff, so it doesn't matter to me that I might go to > their version of Hell, I've got my own tenets to follow. > > Matt Small ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
