thank you rapunzel..that sounds better than love or hate to me..maybe that is a good word for it
I will have to pinpoint my comprehension in my previous statement about eternal torture for those that have "still" lived good lifes in other religions,without belief in jesus.since it has been so long ago that I comprehended this..man even made a word called apostate for this and many people have been put to death for apostacy..the bible warns of false teachers and this is the word man made for them
but I believe it was Jesus describing how you can not get to the kingdom by works or deeds alone...but only through
believing and accepting him as the lord and saviour
and being reborn
I'll have to find how it actually says it to pinpoint..since this may be off a little or allot..and only from memory
there is no measurement of a sin(it says) or different levels in heaven(my comprehension)..and the parable of the vienyard keeper explains this to me as well as the thief on the cross next to jesus..that our reward in heaven would be the same if we accept and live our whole life or just the last few seconds
I guess to me that all this means that u can only make it to heaven by being reborn .......and accepting jesus as lord and saviour
not by living a GOOD life as a atheist,evolutionist or any other way of life,religion...that can be GOOD as well
and the punishment is eternal hell/torture..for not being a reborn jesus believer
as I have said before my mind changes and I may miscomprehend stuff but never stop trying to see others views as well
the biggest contradiction in the bible at this point to me is when god said he is not the author of confusion...
since this is probably the most confusing thing to comprehend(the same)for people around the world...maybe not for you or many believers but world history has proven mass confusion for this reason
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