Most Christian Teachings Are Based Upon Fear
Recently, I spoke the truth of hell not being eternal to a person bound by traditional Christian beliefs.
This led to this person's church elders contacting me and telling me they love me, but I am no longer
welcome in their church building.
No problem. I would rather be outside religious walls than in them, anyway. But, when discussing this
with my friend Jay, he pointed out something very interesting to me.
Jay made the point that all one has to attack is the false doctrine of an eternal hell, and the religious feel
threatened in all their beliefs. And truly, all their beliefs are threatened if they cease to believe in Hell.
Why? As Jay so wisely pointed out, their entire traditional Christian doctrines are founded on this false
teaching of fear.
It is fear of not pleasing God and suffering for an eternity. Hence, their entire teachings are fear-based -
not of love.
Fear is not of God, but man-made. God is love.
Now, all I pointed out to this person who is bound by religion, was that the word "Hell" is not in their Bible
(in the original Greek or Hebrew), and neither are the words "forever" or "eternal."
The word mis-translated as forever or eternal is the Greek word aion, which means for a set period of time
- meaning it has an end.
The words mis-translated as hell either mean grave (sheol and hades), or a trash dump outside of
Jerusalem (gehenna).
Why was I such a threat to the whole church that the elders would meet and then call me? Was it out of
love for me, believing me to be lost? No, it was all motivated by fear - fear of losing control of their club
(church).
If they loved like they say they do, then they would show it in action.
Instead, they showed they are walking in fear (afraid of me) by telling me I am no longer welcome to visit
them.
Closed minds are always bound closed through fear.
Here is a simple thought to consider:
Since God is supposed to be all-knowing (omniscient), and all-powerful (omnipotent), then why wouldn't
He simply create those whom He foreknew would make the choices He preferred?
Therefore, God would not have to destroy anyone for making the choices He didn't prefer.
Otherwise, we have a blood-thirsty God who is evil, if He created people whom he already knew He would
have to destroy because of their eventual bad choices.
God would then have made the choice to destroy maliciously, when there was no need to create that
which would later have to be destroyed!
If God is all-powerful and all-knowing, He should have easily been able to create those whom He desired.
He could have saved the bad creations from ever existing and facing the eventual wrath of God!
Religion doesn't make sense when you think it through logically.
I believe in an intelligent divine being that foreknew everyone as stated in the Bible:
"For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His son...God did not cast
away His people whom He foreknew."
If we are eternal, then we have always been so (in Spirit); therefore, we will always be so.
Anything that has a beginning, must have an end. You cannot create eternal from the temporal.
The Divine will save all...
- Louis Charles
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