religion: something you should keep to yourself?

Do you always delete those answers you don't like? I see quite a few on here, deleted by you.

Just because a person like yourself doesn't care to see what you call "religious posts", that doesn't mean you have to read them, or that they're forced on you. [u]No[/u] post here, is forced on [i]anyone[/i]. I bet there's quite a bit in the Bible that you're not aware of, in fact, but you've closed your mind off to hearing about it, so in effect you have lost a lot of good knowledge that a person truly needs to know. Unless they want to gamble with their own soul and that's not really a smart decision, to say the least. In fact, from some of what I've read on this site, many not only don't have their facts right about God and His Word, it's shocking how [i]little[/i] they know and understand about God and His Word.

I've been in the political arena for years. Campaigned and all. However, I don't care for crooked politicians nor political debates, myself, but I've never felt it was shoved onto me, when addressed here. Nobody's forcing me to read it. I simply skip past it.

To be fair, I think you should at least think about the reason [i]why[/i] Jesus came, and then you'll understand why He and His Word are discussed around the world. Lightly, and very briefly touching on this, I really think you have failed to see the [i]reason[/i] for Jesus' mission here on earth, even if it's not your cup of tea, so to speak.

Jesus came to earth for the specific reason of telling everyone he came across about the fact that there is a spiritual world that we go to when we die, and he wanted to make sure that everyone knew how to get there and not have to guess about that. It was definitely important enough for him to come here, or I'm sure he would never have left his Heavenly home. If He had not, we never would have known exactly what happens to us when we die, and that's something we definitely don't want to get wrong, for eternity. We would not have known, that we all have living souls that never die, and therefore He wanted to make sure that no souls were lost, but knew how to find their way to heaven and that's exactly what he preached.

Now I don't know about you, but I think that's a really good thing, because I definitely want to have that knowledge, so I don't miss heaven. I want my soul in a [i]good[/i] place, when I die. So when His mission was finished, He told his disciples, (and that means anyone who is a follower of Christ even up to today), He left them with the commission to continue to tell the world about Himself, why He came, and why we need Him in order to get to heaven. This is why you see the gospel being preached to the world today. Otherwise, people would not know and too many would stay lost, and the Bible does tell us that if we ignore Christ and His message of salvation, sin will [i]continue[/i] to keep us seperated from God. That's crucial to know given we have souls that never die. And I bet you that the souls that have [u]already[/u] missed heaven, would give [b]anything[/b] to be able to come back from the dead and tell people they love, that heaven and hell are real, and beg them not to neglect their own soul. I know that sounds dramatic, yes, but so is missing heaven. Once a person crosses over into the spiritual realm, there's no changing their mind, so that's why it's so important to prepare our souls for heaven now, and not wait. Jesus is not willing that any should perish and that's why He came...to tell us exactly how to get to heaven, but you know what? Some are so stubborn, that even if one were to come back from the dead, they [i]still[/i] would not listen. And that's exactly what it says in God's Word. People just don't automatically go to heaven. Our sins must be forgiven, or they will keep us separated from God for eternity. I know many don't believe that now, but they will believe what Jesus said, the second they cross over and see it for themselves.

I'm certain unbelievers who missed heaven, would give [b]anything[/b] to be in our shoes and have the chance to hear and respond to Christ's invitation to save them from the condemnation that sin placed on them, and receive forgiveness and heaven, instead of mocking, laughing, and cursing the person who only wanted to save them...Jesus.