Comments on: Going to Hell http://www.bangkokdiaries.com/2008/10/19/going-to-hell/ Tales from the "Big Mango" Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:25:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nick http://www.bangkokdiaries.com/2008/10/19/going-to-hell/comment-page-1/#comment-4092 Nick Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:45:00 +0000 http://www.bangkokdiaries.com/?p=302#comment-4092 Steve, whatever your views on Christianity, to claim that "most people realise that the Bible is just a book of fiction anyway" is a bit of a broad statement. Is that based on your own empirical evidence, have you done the research, or are you merely projecting your own, ill-informed, views onto "most people"? Fact is, the Bible is the one book that has sold the most copies in the world and been in print the longest. So I would hazard a guess that "most people" don't actually have a problem with it. In any event, there is plenty of evidence, provided by non-Christians, for the truthfulness of the Bible. Archeology has for years been proving its veracity. That you have a problem with Jesus claiming to be God, I can accept, or the virgin birth or Christ's resurrection from the dead. But to claim that the Bible is a book of fiction is pretty stupid. Steve, whatever your views on Christianity, to claim that “most people realise that the Bible is just a book of fiction anyway” is a bit of a broad statement. Is that based on your own empirical evidence, have you done the research, or are you merely projecting your own, ill-informed, views onto “most people”? Fact is, the Bible is the one book that has sold the most copies in the world and been in print the longest. So I would hazard a guess that “most people” don’t actually have a problem with it. In any event, there is plenty of evidence, provided by non-Christians, for the truthfulness of the Bible. Archeology has for years been proving its veracity. That you have a problem with Jesus claiming to be God, I can accept, or the virgin birth or Christ’s resurrection from the dead. But to claim that the Bible is a book of fiction is pretty stupid.

]]> By: Steve http://www.bangkokdiaries.com/2008/10/19/going-to-hell/comment-page-1/#comment-2960 Steve Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:59:30 +0000 http://www.bangkokdiaries.com/?p=302#comment-2960 Good reply, but I would wonder why a sensible person like the author could believe in "christ" that provides salvation just for believing in "him" anyway. The christian bible clearly states that only followers of christ will be "saved" and that those who don't believe in him will not be saved. A believing paedophile goes to heaven and a non-believing philanthropist goes to hell. You either believe in that foolishness or you don't. Which is it? Fortunately, most people realise that the bible is just a book of fiction anyway. Good reply, but I would wonder why a sensible person like the author could believe in “christ” that provides salvation just for believing in “him” anyway.

The christian bible clearly states that only followers of christ will be “saved” and that those who don’t believe in him will not be saved. A believing paedophile goes to heaven and a non-believing philanthropist goes to hell. You either believe in that foolishness or you don’t. Which is it?

Fortunately, most people realise that the bible is just a book of fiction anyway.

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