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If God would send you to hell forever because you didn't worship him, because you were raised in a life where the Christian God was not the default religion, then he is an evil god and not worthy of being worshiped.
You might as well worship Cthulhu at that point, because he's condemning, you know, what, 70% of every human that's ever lived? to hell. forever.
The majority is not Christian and never has been Christian. Christianity has always been a very small portion of the population.
Even right now, world over, only about 20% of the world is Christian.
By the way evangelicals teach you, that means that four out of five people alive on this planet are going to hell by default. That is six billion souls that god is condemning to hell for not following the preachings of one specific book, the way you're saying it.
That's why I said you cannot rely on just the book. You have to actually put the work in and think logically from your best approximation of the viewpoint of a kind and loving God that created us with intentional purpose.
Don't try to save the people that already have a religion. Try to save the people that are in need of salvation because they are erring in their life. They are sinning in their ways. They are doing wrong to themselves and to other people.
Love not fear.
God punishes sin. Everyone knows the difference between right and wrong, yet they deliberately do wrong. The punishment for sin is death and it separates us from God. It's got nothing to do with where you're from.
By what standard? Since we're both Christians, can you find a reference that supports your argument from our agreed-upon infallible scripture?
I can argue my position because of what is written in Romans 9:14-29
I guess Jesus is an Evangelical, then.
Matthew 7:13-14
That's a scary thought - how could we know that we are working hard enough? How could we have assurance that we'll be saved?
We all are erring in life. We all need salvation. Only Jesus can grant that.
John 3:36
Proverbs 9:10