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Re: Atheism is the one-way ticket to hell ! ! ! !

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From: Daniel T.
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 21:11
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bob young <alaspectrum@netvigator.com> wrote:

> OK then....explain this:
> 
> I'm always puzzled by this 'hell' and 'paradise' thing.
> 
> Mankind is not polarised into very good and very bad.  The middle of the road
> people, the majority of us humans, meet somewhere in the middle with the 
> state
> of
> goodness and badness going right across the spectrum - so the idea of going 
> to
> hell or paradise is really nonsense, as it means that whoever is on the wrong
> side
> of the dividing line that is drawn between the good and the bad - one fella 
> or
> lady goes to hell and burns for eternity and the lucky chap, just on the 
> other
> side of the line, goes to paradise and sits on the right hand of an old deity 
> -
> does
> it not all become very very silly?
> 
> I hope you will not counter this with a quote from a religious book - the 
> facts
> can not be altered - a line has to be drawn where the good and bad divide, 
> even
> a
> god has to draw one.  It's called Common Sense

I'm surprised your confused by this, it's quite simple. If you believe 
in Jesus, you are 'good' if not, then 'bad'. Acts are irrelevant.
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