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originally posted by: FinalCountdown
Why is God so concerned that we believe in him so that we can be let into Heaven?
originally posted by: FinalCountdown
Am I right that God wants you to believe in him and if you do not then you will go to Hell?
Why?
originally posted by: Tucket
originally posted by: FinalCountdown
Am I right that God wants you to believe in him and if you do not then you will go to Hell?
Why?
I'm already in hell..that's why I feel the need to believe..
I'm a bit of a pessimist...If I didnt believe I'd have probably offed myself by now...
And yes, I imagine Ill still be smoking in the afterlife..
originally posted by: Isurrender73
a reply to: FinalCountdown
Because "God is Love".
You have to believe in love to know love.
You have to believe in love to find love.
You have to demonstrate your love for others to enter the kingdom of love.
The first command, place nothing above love in your life.
The second command. Material possession cannot fill you with love, so do not love the objects that you make with your hands.
Be grateful that God is Love, because that is why you are alive.
Are you grateful that you were given life? If you are grateful for life than pursue Love because that is why you were created.
originally posted by: FinalCountdown
a reply to: HUMBLEONE
Not just pot, but the best pot ever made.
Each time you pull out a bud, it's exponentially stronger and tastier.
I'm not Christian, but I believe Christ lived. He is an historical figure This one God, not so sure...but isn't the answer normally .."It doesn't matter if you believe in him, he believes in you."? And that Jesus died for whatever are considered sins so that you might be saved? I did study the bible in college, I don't remember anything about pot in there, sleeping in (unless you became overly slothful because of it ), wine- though again not if it leads to slothfullness or other things. You needed people UP and AWAKE at dawn to tend to crops and animals then or your entire family may die. It does say to not 'waste your seed', but that was when we REALLY needed people to farm, build, etc. I think I can only find adultery being when one of the people involved is married- though men were allowed to sleep with servants to create heirs. These particular things related to life and death at the time. That is my literary translation.
originally posted by: FinalCountdown
Why is God so concerned that we believe in him so that we can be let into Heaven?
Am I right that God wants you to believe in him and if you do not then you will go to Hell?
Why?
What's going on up there in Heaven that makes it so important to God that we show up?
Is there a war going on up there that he needs a constant supply of fresh bodies for??
Why?
Can you smoke pot in Heaven? Get drunk? Have sex with random strangers? Sleep until noon? Master-bait all day in between taking bong hits?
What's the attraction?
Why should one want to go and why does God really want us to get there?
Why?