ive always been a logical person and logically it seems fake, if this jesus is so good why do you go to hell if you dont believe in him. plus all of the hail marys and confessing to fix your sins seems ludicrous
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Of course there's nothing wrong with you. Maybe you believe in something else. You don't always go to hell if you don't believe in Jesus. I accepted him into my life last summer and life's been great! Take me advice and I'm sure you'll be happy.
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He died for your 'evil doings' too. \nAnd I would like to know why you wouldn't want to believe in Somebody Who would let you have eternal life and live in a paradise forever?\nIf somebody had told me when I was younger that there was no Jesus or God, I still would have believed because my life is richer and fuller because of Him. He took my world, rocked it a few times, then set it back down, cradling it so it wouldn't fall. I still would believe because I would rather live with the belief that I was going someplace better when I died and find out I'm wrong than live with the belief that I was going nowhere and find out I was wrong and live in a burning pit of pure torture for eternity.\nBy the way, I'm 14 and believe with all my heart that I'm going to be in heaven with my Jesus someday. \nI'll be praying for you.
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cdf-rom: You are a lunatic. No one is trying to sway people away from the faith. Seriously. If you honestly believe that is a real motive for anyone, anywhere in this whole Magdalene/DVC controversy, then you suffer from paranoid delusions and need to get your head checked. \n\nIt just seems weird to a lot of people, myself included, that so many Christians (not all, but a lot) went totally apesh*t over the mere suggestion of Jesus acting like a normal guy of his times.\n\nI really like Mary Magdalene, always have. Never cared much for the Madonna, though. What did she do, really? She had a kid, supposedly while a virgin (not actually true, see Hebrew version of Isaiah 7:14, definitely says young woman, not virgin). So, basically she had a kid. Which is what the "Church Fathers" believed was all women were really good for, anyway. So their number one female figure is a girl whose biggest accomplishment is getting knocked up.\n\nNow take a look at this passage from the Pistis Sophia, referring to Mary Magdalene:\nJesus, the compassionate, answered and said to Mariam:\n"Mariam, thou blessed one, whom I will complete in all the mysteries of the height, speak openly, thou art she whose heart is more directed to the Kingdom of Heaven than all thy brothers."\n\nYeah, she was bright, she got was Jesus was saying, apparently more than his other (male) disciples. And that's nothing compared to the Gospel of Mary (go look it up). So I figure, why not have the female co-star of Christianity be Jesus's wife instead of his mother? She was actually an intelligent woman, rather than just a pregnant one. Aren't we a little past the 'barefoot in the kitchen' era?
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This is real and the fact is you don't have any evidence to think otherwise than what was fed to us by so called thinkers who seek to explain the sinful reality we live in. Jesus came to this reality to save us and we should believe that and accept it or else you will have to excuse to say why you didn't believe in the reality that you knew and had the facts about.
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It sounds like it was written by a new zealous believer who is immature in the faith.  We should use love and not condemnation to win the lost.  Condemning a person for there sin only makes them mad.  Besides we are all sinners in need of a savior.  Also no one could kill Jesus, he gave his life because he loved us.
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i went to a catholic school from the time i was in kindergarten until i graduated from high school.  the catholic religion believes that everyone who is not christian will go to hell regardless of what type of character they possess (i.e. if they are a good person or a deadbeat).  i'm a lutheran, which is very similar to a catholic, and as far as my understanding goes, the lutheran religion believes the same thing.  i do not.  i believe that no matter what religion you are participating in, if you live a just and moral life, you will be rewarded.  because, if u think about it, how can any really say what God is or if he exists?  i believe the bible to be an accurate historical document, but i believe that some of the events within the bible and some of the stories are fiction and were manufactured to provide guidance to people searching for the right way to live.  i hope this helps!  good luck in your search for faith...mine is still somewhat weak and non-existant so i hope you can relate to what i've said......
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I am also a Christian and the reason they do is because they're scared. To believe in god is to much for them. And that would mean not going to heaven they would want that. So for them it's easier to just believe that there is no god just a heaven. And that they are going there. E-mail me it would be cool to finally have another believer to talk to. Oh yeah don't listen to this "Skeptic Man".
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Jesus spent alot of time with unbelievers. I don't think these happen for no reason. You have to look past the little comments  that don't even present an argument and are just there for a stupid comment. There are others who truly have no reason to believe. There could come a day when someone wants to know more and that is why it's good to have Godless people here. God came to save the unbeliever. he doesn't have to worry about those that already believe. Trust that God has his hand in this as well. It's all Good!
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I believe in Jesus and I believe that he is my savior and by believing in him I will go to heaven someday BUT I do also believe that Jesus is loving and if we live our lives in his image (help others, be a good person) then he will not send you to hell.   I can't imagine Jesus kicking a Jewish woman who was a good mother, loving wife and a teacher (like him) out of heaven and send her to hell because she did not believe he was the son of God.  I don't know. Maybe that makes me a bad Christian but I think what you do in this life should hold some weight.  Then all of us can be liars, steal or do whatever just because we believe Jesus died for our sins.  That doesn't make sense to me.  I think Jesus wants to do good in this life too.  Just my opinion.
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I am sorry, but those words you just said were descriptions of Jesus.  I am no Jesus.  The Bible says that a Chrstian is a follower and believer of Jesus Christ who STRIVES to be like the almighty.  The Bible makes it clear that you will fail.  No one is perfect.  I am a Christian because I try to have the best relationship with God that I can, I have and will see people delivered and set free from sin, I try to worship God as much as I can, and I strive to be part of my local church.  The one think that makes you and I human, not God, is the fact that we will never always succeed.  God knew this, so he sent us a way to not have to pay for our sins, he sent his son jesus to lift the burden off our backs and to sacrifice himself for every person on earth.  All you need to do is believe and ask for forgiveness.  That is a REAL Christian.
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Why are you so p!ssed off, sounds to me that you are not very secure in what you believe. Usually that's the case when someone continues to say that they believe something they themselves know is ridiculous.  All I have to say is your system of beliefs is weak and unstable your flaired temper tells me that your actually do not believe what you say you believe and it\npisses  you off when someone challenges it. You do not know how to defend it so you throw a childish fit and call names.  Grow up, get a live and believe some thing you can believe in.  God is God and you aren't big enough to believe Him away. He is there whether you like it or not and He is unmovable and will still be hear when you are dead and buried and He will cause the grass to grow on your dead carcase while your soul continues to die in hell.\n\nBe Blessed though you do not believe in God, He believes in you and waits for you to acknowledge Him.
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I looked at your links, and I went to the home page of the first and looked at more of the articles. I'm sorry, but it did not change my mind. Much of what he said made good sense, and in coming to his conclusions, I think he felt what we refer to as "red flags" in his religion that caused him to doubt its logic. But, I find red flags in the fact that like many, including Christians, his understanding of Christianity seems to be in parts of the the concept rather than the whole. \n\nCase in point... The "contradiction" he mentions as a very serious one: salvation by faith vs. works/law\n\nQuoted are:\nJohn 5:24 Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. \n\nJohn 6:47 Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has eternal life. \n\nJohn 6:28-29Therefore they said to Him, "What shall we do, so that we may work the works of God?"  Jesus answered and said to them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent." \n\nversus\n\nMatt 19:16-21  16 And someone came to Him and said, "Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may obtain eternal life?" 17 And He said to him, "Why are you asking Me about what is good? There is only One who is good; but if you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments." 18 Then he said to Him, "Which ones?" And Jesus said, " YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT MURDER; YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY; YOU SHALL NOT STEAL; YOU SHALL NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS; 19 HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER; and YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF." 20 The young man said to Him, "All these things I have kept; what am I still lacking?" 21 Jesus said to him, "If you wish to be complete, go and sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me." \n\n\nFor my answer to this supposed contradiction, please see the link where I have already answered the same question.\n\nP.S. - I do agree with you that the asker should have been able to look at the info provided and form his own opinion rather than immediately dismissing it, apparently w/o reading it. I would, however, be careful in claiming evidence as proof - even the writer of the articles in the first link admits he cannot disprove God.
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Very good question. I believe that its the Christians way to get you to believe in something blindly and accept it just like they do.
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That's the beauty of the human mind.  Many people are able to completely block out logical questions such as this one.\n\nI think that, if you're a good person, you'll wind up with a good afterlife (if such a thing exists).  No one can prove anything conclusively about any religion, so we should just do what makes us happy, as long as it's not harmful to ourselves or others.
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I'm a Christian, first of all, and I believe in the existence of Heaven and Hell, but I completely agree with you.  I can't possibly understand how someone could ever be evil enough to, when faced with the reality of God and His presence, turn it away!  Even the worst of the worst -- all have mental problems, like Hitler or serial killers.  It seems like everyone would make it to Heaven.
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sounds like your intellect is taking over the from the "brain-washing" of modern church-run christianity...I do the same as you, and gave up on the so-called christians.  do your own thing, as long as it is good, true, and beneficial to others without spite, judgement and intolerance, you will go to heaven....stay away from the bible thumpers
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Now you are free to live and full and happy unimpaired life. \n\nEnjoy it my friend.\n\nAll a person has to do is look at a child and you can blatantly see right there in front of you that the child is innocent. Right from their little toes to the tips of their hair. Seriously...Original sin?\n\nYou really think God (if he exists) would be that mean as to start us off in life with a ticket to hell that can only be reversed by baptism...So what happens to all the babies who die in childbirth, or coat death before they can be baptized...Are they burning in hell?\n\nCause if they are, then that just furthers my conviction that if there is a God, he's a megalomaniac bully with a *cough* 'God-complex'...Yes I did just pull that pun, see me I'm funny...right?