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Everett, you wrote:
Jesus paid for our sins but if you don't believe that and accept that, then you are still guilty of your sins and will pay after death.
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I was thinking...so, if I don't agree then I burn in hell...It's disgusting to me that's what you think!!! Sorry, but it's like, do what I do or you're doomed. It's arrogant and condescending. It makes me run the other way from your thoughts....Then....
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Mike Dunbar (one of the most tolerant and wise men that I know said)in the very next reply said
Also, here's a hint, people who don't believe do not like to be told they are going to burn in hell. In our modern culture, once people are adults, it usually does not help make them believe, and more often will cause them to harden their resolve to reject the message. Hell doesn't make folks believe, it makes believers careful.
Once again, you read my mind Mike...I swear you give the BEST and most well thought out retorts...You believers really need to understand this concept.
In general, I can talk, even disagree with someone about almost any topic and still be friends with them. When someone says if you don't agree you're gonna burn in hell...I dunno..It's just too black and white for me and too big a bridge to cross. After that, I'd avoid that person like the plague.

Skip has NEVER put it in those terms, and I read his threads...he tells about his beliefs, he quotes the Bible...but he does it in a way where I can still choose to believe or not...I have been moved to tears by some of his stories and how big his heart is and his great sensitivity and understanding. I listen to his point of view.

If you believers truly want to get through to us non-believers, do it in a helpful way....to tell us we're gonna burn in hell if we don't think your way will NEVER help.