Reply To: The big problem with Hell

[Just Iron]

Maybe I’m just not ‘big’ enough, Deerey. What I’ve found is that it’s just not possible to keep it straight when several posters launch in from all angles, ignoring or misrepresenting any explanations I take time to present, lacing replies with insults and usually seeing no need to present their own belief system and the foundation thereof. In this exchange I don’t have that sense .. but not everyone is involved yet and I’m done with discussions that are not in good faith.
Sidey … yes. I know a few bearing the name Christian who fit your description. There are several possibilities. Maybe they haven’t grown much or been badly discipled and taught. Maybe they have adopted a ‘religious’ posture without any real spiritual transaction. Who knows. What I would say is that the cumulative ‘track record’ of those claiming to follow Christ over the centuries … the Judeo – Christian or Biblical worldview … is pretty impressive in civilisational terms. Of course, to save anyone the trouble, I have heard of the Crusades and the Inquisition but don’t accept that things done in the name of Christ are necessarily the product of His spiritual engagement. The ‘track record’ I am talking about are at, the macro level, the great achievements of Western civilisations built on those Biblical foundations and, at a more micro level, the massive social capital even still manifesting in our society from Christian based Charities … and through many individuals who live sacrificially because of their allegiance to one who showed the beauty of such an approach to life and death.