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Here's some real Christianity for you:
Christ said it's easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Slime balls through the centuries have tried to weasel their way past this simple truth with convoluted and ahistoric readings of Christ's words. But at the end of the day, the historical Jesus was a poor person. He hung out with other poor people. His friends were beggars, lepers, prostitutes, and social outcasts of all sorts. He lived like a poor person. He spoke like a poor person. He lived with other poor people. If you wanted to join his club, the first thing you had to do was give away all your wealth. He said rich people don't go to Heaven, and he meant it.
There is no such thing as a moral billionaire. There are no billionaires in paradise. Trump and his cabinet are a carnival of the Damned. I do not claim to know what level of wealth damns a person. But by the time you've hoarded enough wealth for a thousand lifetimes, you're certainly past that point. There are no billionaires in paradise. In the end, every last one of them burns.
Sometimes I really wish I was part of the cult so I could believe this. As it is I can only settle for that primal fear every person has to experience as they know they're at the very end. The Great Equalizer. But yeah, until then they're going to live fantastic lives off of our labor. Not quite as satisfying as an eternity burning.
When the game is over, the pawn and the king go to the same box.
Don't worry, they get their punishment after they die wink
Other real Christianity~
Christ will return leading a Holy Army that will murder everybody who doesn't bow down to Him and accept Him as Lord, many millions upon millions will be killed... and they won't even have peace in death, as Christ will condemn them to eternal torture with Hellfire, as He will all who won't worship Him who lived before, unfathomable tens billions of souls, all tortured forever and ever.
He's gross. He had some good points, but He's no moral authority on anything
Good thing this verse and the verse about the poor were written by completely different humans
Hell and the devil aren't even part of Christianity per se, it is something the baptist popularized as they are pagan concepts.
Yes, they are, per The Bible. Repeatedly.
Your claim was never even imagined until long after the 1611 KJV, it's apologetic tripe
Hell is not a "pagan" concept. Many religions share it, pagans weren't the first (or Christians)
Where are you hearing this? Share, I want to see the goofiness personally... it's certainly not from The Bible.
Hell, as most people imagine it, is from Dante"s Inferno.
https://medium.com/@BrazenChurch/hell-a-biblical-staple-the-bible-never-actually-mentions-c28b18b1aaaa
The modern concept of hell as a place of eternal torment is widely considered a synthesis of pagan afterlife ideas, Greek philosophy, and later Christian theology.
You are simply incorrect. That is why Jews have no concept of hell because it isn't even in the Old Testament. Satan is your advocate in judgement not a tormentor.
It is sad to see people not even understand their religion or where concepts actually come from.
Not really. Vivid Christian depictions of Hell existed long before Dante's Inferno was ever written, centuries of established history. Dante was Christian and Catholic, you're embarrassing yourself.
You are 100% wrong. Your source, "The Brazen Church" at Medium, is absolute apologist garbage, with no citations or footnotes, totally worthless, with many false claims without any historical basis. Note that your source ignores all of the descriptions of Hell, and instead focuses on only the translation of one word (Hell).
It is clearly described as a place of eternal torment, repeatedly, with vivid descriptions (whatever you'd like to call it).
Re Jews, they are another matter, they have differing beliefs than Christians. Satan was not an "advocate" per the Bible. I never claimed that Hell was Jewish, so try and stay focused.
Lastly, it's not my religion.
Now, please stop spreading misinformation that you've learned from Medium, it's a tragedy.
You are obviously no theologian so I will have to pass on your interpretations. The fact that you can't even admit that pagan depictions of hell were adopted by Christians is fucking bizarre.
Having attended many different Christian denominations in my life I can tell you the baptist are the only ones to talk about about hellfire and brimstone to any degree.
https://bigthink.com/high-culture/brief-history-hell/
https://medium.com/@BrazenChurch/how-when-the-idea-of-eternal-torment-invaded-church-doctrine-7610e6b70815
https://foundations.vision.org/hell-origins-idea-626
The fact that you deny fiction is the source of most of what people would consider hell is very telling. Not even mentioned in the Old Testament, but somehow saying the prince of peace conjured the eternal fires of tormented souls makes me doubt you even have a basic understanding of his teachings.
Now please stop denying history with your unsourced feeble attempts to prove that the devil and hell were not concepts borrowed from other religions including paganism.
Christianity itself is an amalgamation of many different religions before and during its formation. I am not sure what you gain by denying reality. Maybe it is your thing, cheers!