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I simply don't know. Neither does anyone, no matter how reassured they think they are. I rather just get rid of religion of I could, but I guess that it's a good thing. It keeps ignorant people with no morality doing good things and behaving in society, I guess. Still, it would be much better if it just never had any existence, as there isn't a proven piece of evidence to firmly say that a god is nonexistent, and it will be pretty hard to find any, as most religions seem to take the time to build over flaws.
To put it simply, I don't know and couldn't care less.
Just because you don't follow Jesus, it doesn't mean you follow Satan. Following Satan means you do bad things, or you are a horrible person. Just because someone isn't Christian, it doesn't mean they are a bad person.
God sent his one and only son, Jesus, to die on the cross for our sins (John 3:16). Jesus was perfect, never sinned once in his life. But we sin all the time. And because Adam and Eve sinned and ate the Forbidden Fruit, we now have sin. We can choose whether or not to take up our cross and follow Jesus. If we do, we go to Heaven to live eternally with him. If we choose to follow Satan and his evil sinning ways, we go to Hell. Simple as that. There is no inbetween place for ok people. Heaven or Hell.
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I know the definition of contradict:) Do you know the definition of the word "context"?<br /><br />Before you claim scriptures contradict, look at the context of them.<br /><br /><i>Peace or war?</i><br />Eccl 3:8 There is a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.<br /><br /><i>Do the righteous live or die?</i><br /><br />The first scripture you gave speaks of growth of the righteous, the second is speaking of protection of the righteous from evil.<br /><br /><i>GAL 6:2/ GAL 6:5</i><br /><br />In Galatians 6:2, the word for "burdens" is baros. It means "heaviness, weight, burden, trouble." In Galatians 6:5, the word for load is "phortion" and means "of burdensome rites."2 The first verse is speaking of helping one another through troubles and the second is speaking of the responsibility each person has in those troubles and sins.<br /><br /><i>GEN 22:1/ JAS 1:13</i><br /><br />Words don't have one single, narrow meaning. Look at the Greek and Hebrew texts. In GEN 22:1 the word "tempt" most accurately translates "testing". Yes, God tests his followers. <br />In JAS 1:13, the word translated "tempt", most accurately. Look it up.<br /><br /><i>Is God kind or cruel?</i><br /><br />JER 13:14 addresses situations where a people were due judgment upon them for disobedience or evil conduct. The other scriptures you mentioned mentioned (JAS 5:11, 1CH 16:34, PSA 145:9, 1JO 4:16) speak of the Lord's goodness upon those who are obedient to him. Consider ROM 11:22.<br />"Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise you also will be cut off." <br /><br />About Hitler, one cannot just say they belong to Christ and it be so. Most likely he really wasn't a Christian, he probably just wanted Christians to follow him.
"The Bible doesn't contradict itself."<br /><br />"2 a : a proposition, statement, or phrase that asserts or implies both the truth and falsity of something"<br />Definition of contradiction.<br /><br />Some contradicting phrases. ((Only doing quotes this post. Just to prove that these are all faacts. there are no opinions here.))<br /><br />"EXO 15:3 The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.<br /><br />ROM 15:33 Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen."<br />War or peace?<br /><br />"PSA 92:12: "The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree."<br /><br />ISA 57:1: "The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart.""<br />Do the righteous live or die? (This one could be explained through metaphors, but still.))<br /><br />"GAL 6:2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.<br /><br />GAL 6:5 For every man shall bear his own burden."<br />If we bear our own burdens, how do we bear anyone else's?<br /><br />""And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham." (GEN 22:1)<br /><br />"Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man." (JAS 1:13)"<br />Temptation<br /><br />""I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy." (JER 13:14) "Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not, but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling."<br /><br />"The Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercy." (JAS 5:11)<br />"For his mercy endureth forever." (1CH 16:34)<br />"The Lord is good to all, and his tender mercies are over all his works." (PSA 145:9)<br />"God is love." (1JO 4:16)"<br />You cannot be both cruel and kind.<br /><br />And there are many more, but I think that's enough for now.<br /><br />Also, Hitler was actually a Christian. "Hence today I believe that I am acting in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator: by defending myself against the Jew, I am fighting for the work of the Lord." A quote of his from the book Mein Kampf.
The Bible doesn't contradict itself. If you read it to truly understand, you'll see that, when all put together, it makes complete sense. I highly doubt you've ever done that. Just saying "I believe in Christ" doesn't mean you're really a Christian, or are going to heaven. A lot of people, quite obviously, say it just for the image. I HIGHLY doubt Hitler was really a Christian.
Ok people, please keep this civil, neither of you are going to agree with the other so why not instead of this back and forth arguing state what YOU believe and leave it alone. This is a warning to everyone, if this continues consequences will be dealt out.
...SO MANY CONTRADICTIONS.DX They bother me. Also, if everyone is judged. How is Hitler immediately accepted into Heaven, when someone who could dedicate their lives to helping people, while being atheist, sends them? Are we talking about the same God here, cause yours kind of sounds like jerk. Seriously, that doesn't seem right. If God is justice and love...how is that even CLOSE to what he teaches?<br /><br />Also, telling someone they aren't saved IS judging them. No matter how you spin it, it is judging them by saying by saying they are burning for eternity. "I like your Christ, but I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ." ~ Gandhi. Truer words never spoken.
Thats fine with me. I'm excited to meet Hitler, because in Heaven he will be a different person. P: And for the record, yes; I know that the Holocaust was wrong.<br /><br />Woah woah woah, I NEVER said that I don't sin. I KNOW that I've sinned. I'm not condemning anyone to Hell. All I said was if you're not saved, then you're not going to Heaven. It's not that hard to understand. If I hadn't accepted Christ, I'd be going to Hell too.
And by the way, when the Bible talks about Judging people, it means in Heaven. In Heaven everyone will be judged for all the sins they committed.