How hard is it to watch people heading for hell

[Man of Faith]

As a Christian it is very hard to watch people headed to hell. I want to grab them and shake them and tell them to wake up, you don't have to go there. That is one of the toughest things about being a Christian. I consider how C.S. Lewis had to do it, how Billy Graham has to do it, how John Wesley had to do it. That keeps me moving, keeps me knocking on doors, keeps me asking, prodding, urging, teaching, instructing, preaching, helping, giving, visiting. Within the first 5 minutes of meeting someone I can usually tell if they are headed to hell and I think to myself, what is the point of living for the devil?

 

[Storm]

What's the point of calling yourself Christian when you think you're actually God?

 

[Engyo]

As a Buddhist, it is very hard watching people condemn themselves to more lifetimes of suffering, instead of practicing towards their eventual enlightenment instead. This is one of the toughest things about being a Mahayana Buddhist. I don't even have the luxury of trying to impose my viewpoint on how they should live their lives onto them; all I can do is assist them if they should somehow have a glimmering of awakening and begin seeking the path themselves.

 

[angellous_evangellous]

What's the point of calling yourself Christian when you think you're actually God?

Excellent

 

[Man of Faith]

What's the point of calling yourself Christian when you think you're actually God?

I think you are mistaken on this. I don't condemn them to hell, I just notice they are going there. Every person I meet or see I want to know their spiritual status so I can know how to witness to them.

 

[Man of Faith]

As A Buddhist, it is very hard watching people condemn themselves to more lifetimes of suffering, instead of practicing towards their eventual enlightenment instead. This is one of the toughest things about being a Mahayana Buddhist. I don't even have the luxury of trying to impose my viewpoint on how they should live their lives onto them; all I can do is assist them if they should somehow have a glimmering of awakening and begin seeking the path themselves.

Do you remember your previous lives?

 

[PolyHedral]

I vaguely remember the idea of "Only God being able to judge" floating around somewhere....

Besides, evil gets good music.

 

[angellous_evangellous]

Every person I meet or see I want to know their spiritual status so I can know how to witness to them.

:thud:

 

[Thesavorofpan]

As a Christian it is very hard to watch people headed to hell. I want to grab them and shake them and tell them to wake up, you don't have to go there. That is one of the toughest things about being a Christian. I consider how C.S. Lewis had to do it, how Billy Graham has to do it, how John Wesley had to do it. That keeps me moving, keeps me knocking on doors, keeps me asking, prodding, urging, teaching, instructing, preaching, helping, giving, visiting. Within the first 5 minutes of meeting someone I can usually tell if they are headed to hell and I think to myself, what is the point of living for the devil?

You should be more worried about yourself.

 

[Man of Faith]

:thud:

Wait, I'm confused. You're a Christian and you are again witnessing? What about going into the world teaching and preaching the gospel?

 

[ChristineES]

I am not God. I don't really know who's going to "hell". I agree, people do cause their own suffering, I do it,too.

 

[angellous_evangellous]

You're a Christian and you are again witnessing?

Is that what you meant to say?

 

[Man of Faith]

I am not God. I don't really know who's going to "hell". I agree, people do cause their own suffering, I do it,too.

Can you not tell if someone is going to hell by what they believe?

 

[Man of Faith]

Is that what you meant to say?

Against.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

As a Christian it is very hard to watch people headed to hell. I want to grab them and shake them and tell them to wake up, you don't have to go there. That is one of the toughest things about being a Christian. I consider how C.S. Lewis had to do it, how Billy Graham has to do it, how John Wesley had to do it. That keeps me moving, keeps me knocking on doors, keeps me asking, prodding, urging, teaching, instructing, preaching, helping, giving, visiting. Within the first 5 minutes of meeting someone I can usually tell if they are headed to hell and I think to myself, what is the point of living for the devil?

Maybe you should feel more urgency to act like a Christian yourself. I wouldn't worry about others so much if I were you.

 

[ChristineES]

Can you not tell if someone is going to hell by what they believe?

That's just it. I don't know what anyone truly believes in his or her heart; and it isn't me who makes that determination.

 

[no-body]

About as hard as it is watching people waste their lives on a fairy tale.

 

[Man of Faith]

This is the scary part, everybody that is headed to hell is a mere fragile heartbeat away from an eternity in a fiery pit.

 

[MysticSang'ha]

As A Buddhist, it is very hard watching people condemn themselves to more lifetimes of suffering, instead of practicing towards their eventual enlightenment instead. This is one of the toughest things about being a Mahayana Buddhist. I don't even have the luxury of trying to impose my viewpoint on how they should live their lives onto them; all I can do is assist them if they should somehow have a glimmering of awakening and begin seeking the path themselves.

Word.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

This is the scary part, everybody that is headed to hell is a mere fragile heartbeat away from it.

Don't worry. Non-existence after death will erase all fear - for all of us.