Mikeoxenormous
Diamond Member
I suspect that if you do not believe in the afterlife, then when you are either buried, burned or cast out to sea, then you will become, worm food, dust in the wind, or fish food. Nothing more. I on the other hand, will not take the chance to not believe that God is my savior, because if i do end up at the gates, i do hope my virtues outweight my vices. God gives us choices, and "Lucifer" is walking the Earth and is there to get us to turn away from God. Saul Alinsky s Rules for Radicals
Opening page - Dedication
“Lest we forget at least an over-the-shoulder acknowledgment to
the very first radical: from all our legends, mythology, and history... the first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom —
Lucifer.”
If you read it in English from the perspective of the 4th century CE or so on, then yes it says you will go to hell if you are not a Christian. But if you read it in the original langues from the perspective of the authors at the time those scriptures were written it doesn't say that at all. The reason why many modern Christians believe that nonsense is because that concept has been the traditional view of the Church (again for reasons of controlling the actions of the peasants and kings) since the early part of the first millennium CE and it's simply never gone away.