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not according to the bible you aren't.
Posted by: Floyd ( Darwin Fan Club, Cascadia Libre! ) on February 25, 19100 at 11:15:02:
In Reply to: Guess I, my wife, and all my Jewish friends are going to hell. posted by MDG on February 25, 19100 at 00:46:22:
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: Damn, I have nothing to look forward to now! Despite all my charitable works, as a Jew who does not believe Christ is my saviour, I'm going to hell -- heck, I may as well rob a bank! And my poor wife, who volunteers as a lawyer for abused and neglected children and who is the kindest person I know is bound for hell too because as a lapsed Catholic, she is spiritual but doesn't look to Christ as her savior. And my parents and sisters and all my other Jewish friends and their families, people who are kind and decent, they're going to fry too. And my Hindu friend who is also a decent and kind person is going to fry too. And the Dalai Lama, and...well, you get the picture.Well, actually you may find it reassuring to hear that the 144,000 saved (mentioned in Revelations) are to be drawn from the 12 Tribes of Israel. The only thing the Goyem will be doing in heaven, according to the scripture, is serving as slaves for the annointed. Gotch is pretty much screwed over by the faith he's put so much stock in. On the other hand, the works you mentioned, plus your ancestry, put you on John of Patmos' short list, and your family and friends can probably ride in on your coat tails. When Gotch comes to be your personal slave in the after life, as his bible claims he will, please remember to treat him with as much respect and kindness as the Christians have treated others in this world...no wait, that's cruel. (Fortunately for me, I won't be going. Me and Lark are going to stick around and haunt holy people in bars ha ha ;-) : What a shame that all these people who lead decent lives and strive to help others are going to hell. It's too bad we're all not a gang of murderous rapist torturers who lead lives of sin, but repent on our death beds and accept Christ, thereby gaining a ticket to heaven. That, more than anything else, is the reason why I can't take fundamentalism seriously. Catholicism at least requires good works and regular confession throughout one's lifetime. None of this deathbed conversion nonsense. It's this mindset that convinces the fundies that people are basically horrid, I'll bet, since the only reason they see for being nice to each other is to keep Sky Daddy from giving them a thrashing when he gets home. If that's really the nature of god, I want nothing to do with the petty little jerk, frankly! Fortunately it's possible to believe in a god who isn't a playground bully or a small-minded thug.
-Floyd
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