Genuine questions for Christians [Spirituality & Religion]

Most Christians would claim that god loves us all and wants us to spend an eternity with him in heaven. According to (John14:6) The way to Heaven is only through Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ alone. Our Lord Jesus Christ is Himself the way to Heaven. He does not merely show the way; He is the way. Salvation is only in the person of Jesus Christ.
Now imagine you grow in a country where christianity is not the dominant religion and you’ve never heard of it. You go your entire life living according to your cultures customs and practices. You eventually die and you find yourself going to hell because of you followed the “wrong religion”
Another example, christianity is once again not the dominant religion but you are familiar with some of its teachings but you still follow the dominant religion because of you agree with it’s teachings and the various miracles you witness. You eventually die and go to hell because you followed the “wrong religion”
Hell has been described as a place of eternal damnation and torment. Emphasis on Eternal. Exactly why is eternal torment the appropriate punishment for not believing in the right god?

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JoeyFoxx · 51-55, M

The world needs to be a little more Jewish where there is no heaven or hell.

Make the world a better place before you die.

Zenyatta · 26-30

@JoeyFoxx Actually Jews have a version of both, depending on which sect.

ViciDraco · 36-40, M

@JoeyFoxx doesn't that very same God in the Jewish tradition punish not the people for their sins, but their descendents to a thousand generations?

JoeyFoxx · 51-55, M

@Zenyatta in other words, people choose to believe what they want?

JoeyFoxx · 51-55, M

@ViciDraco one could make the argument that the Muslim, Jewish and Christian god is a single entity

To me, the philosophy of a religion is less important than the behavior of a person.

ViciDraco · 36-40, M

@JoeyFoxx They very much are the same entity. The God that revealed himself to Abraham. Hence the Abrahamic Religions. Islam and Christianity are both technically branches of Judaism. Moses is even one of the prophets that is named most in the Quran.

JoeyFoxx · 51-55, M

@ViciDraco And yet, these religions historically war with one another

ViciDraco · 36-40, M

@JoeyFoxx The existence of each branch represents a deep and fundamental schism within the religion. Even within Islam and Christianity there have been centuries of war and hatred. The Sunni and Shia hate each other over a millenia old inheritance argument. The Protestants and Catholics painted Europe red with their frequent wars between each other. The fervent passion behind religion being infallible is extremely dangerous when people come to different religious conclusions.

JoeyFoxx · 51-55, M

@ViciDraco To truly have peace, one must have war?

ViciDraco · 36-40, M

@JoeyFoxx A lot of these religions do seem to take to the World Conquest route to peace, yes.