I Support the Spread of Christianity
But not people who threaten you'll go to hell if you don't convert. I like Christians. My mother's catholic, my father's side of the family is baptist, and I've had several christian friends throughout my life, so I know most Christians aren't about scaring people into worshiping a certain deity lest they burn in hell's flames for eternity. But today while I was grocery shopping at the nearby Kroger, a random stranger approached me and handed me a small pamphlet promoting Christianity, and not in a good way. Here are two of the paragraphs, to give a good example:
"Should you reject God and go to hell, you will never again be bothered by a Christian giving you a Gospel tract. Nor will you have to worry about anyone knocking on your door and inviting you to church again. However, you will remember every sermon you ever heard, and every kind word from a Christian friend pleading with you to be saved.
"The Bible tells the story of a man who went to hell. It says, [i]'...the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.'[/i] (Luke 16:22-24) Should you reject God and the opportunities He has given you to trust Him, you too will one day be like the rich man that you just read about. You will be crying and begging for one drop of water to cool your scorched tongue, but it will be too late!"
And a later one saying:
"Please do not reject God. The Bible gives you this final warning: [i]' And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.'[/i] (Revelation 20:15) Let God write your name in the Book of Life. Trust Him today!"
See where I'm going with this? People need to follow a religion by their own choosing, not frightened into it because they want to be saved. And with more and more people bashing religion these days, this really isn't the way to teach people about one's faith!
"Should you reject God and go to hell, you will never again be bothered by a Christian giving you a Gospel tract. Nor will you have to worry about anyone knocking on your door and inviting you to church again. However, you will remember every sermon you ever heard, and every kind word from a Christian friend pleading with you to be saved.
"The Bible tells the story of a man who went to hell. It says, [i]'...the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.'[/i] (Luke 16:22-24) Should you reject God and the opportunities He has given you to trust Him, you too will one day be like the rich man that you just read about. You will be crying and begging for one drop of water to cool your scorched tongue, but it will be too late!"
And a later one saying:
"Please do not reject God. The Bible gives you this final warning: [i]' And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.'[/i] (Revelation 20:15) Let God write your name in the Book of Life. Trust Him today!"
See where I'm going with this? People need to follow a religion by their own choosing, not frightened into it because they want to be saved. And with more and more people bashing religion these days, this really isn't the way to teach people about one's faith!
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