Can heaven for me be an eternal sex session with the love of my life? Or eternal comradary and adventure with my friends. I'm not joking, that's what I wish for.

What Christianity actually is #1: A Fiction The End

A thread like this should be presented by someone who's not a Christian, but has studied the religion, to eliminate any bias.

So, God is a money hungry entity that discriminates

"I'd rather die than go to heaven"...

Or dont be religious, live your life being a good person. Not a bad choice either

[quote]Many people think that heaven is the same for everyone. They could t be more wrong. It says in the Bible that, for everything that you sacrifice for the lord, you will receive twice as much in heaven. So, the more you give on Earth, the more you receive in heaven.[/quote] Money hungry. [quote]Therefore, some people may have a better experience in heaven than others. But then arises a problem, some people have more to give than others. Well, Jesus handles this quite well. In the church one day, some of he richer men donate large sums of money to the church. After them, a poor widow donates what we would consider close to a quarter to the church. Some people scoff at her, because she donated so little, but Jesus says that she gave even more than the rich people, because unlike them, she gave all she had.[/quote] Discrimination Edit: whoopsies. Looks like I responded to the wrong post. Marijuana is a helluva drug

Oh how you got so much wrong...

I like how you think you can intelligently talk about a made up magical place that nobody has proof you go to after you die because when you die, you die.

[quote]I am doing a new series of posts on what Christianity is really about, as there seems to be a bit of confusion in this community and abroad.[/quote] Uh, where exactly? I don't think I've ever seen any "I'm confused about Jesus" posts. [quote]Many people think that heaven is the same for everyone. [/quote] Well, it's the same for "everyone." We all know black people aren't allowed in, cuz then the property value will go down. But I guess blacks aren't really people either, so yes, heaven could be the same for everyone. [quote]They could t be more wrong. It says in the Bible that, for everything that you sacrifice for the lord, you will receive twice as much in heaven. [/quote] So for all the pussy I don't smash before marriage, I get twice as much in heaven? [quote]So, the more you give on Earth, the more you receive in heaven. Therefore, some people may have a better experience in heaven than others. [/quote] Yeah, like all those guys that were promised virgins. They're gonna have a [i]way[/i] better time. [quote]But then arises a problem, some people have more to give than others. Well, Jesus handles this quite well. [/quote] Yeah, he handles it by not letting the blacks in. Bam. Problem solved. [quote]In the church one day, some of he richer men donate large sums of money to the church. After them, a poor widow donates what we would consider close to a quarter to the church. [/quote] I don't understand this currency. Close to a quarter? [quote]Some people scoff at her, because she donated so little, but Jesus says that she gave even more than the rich people, because unlike them, she gave all she had. [/quote] She'd suck at Monopoly. [quote]So, it isn't about how much you give compared to others, it is about how much you give out of how much you can give that counts.[/quote] But Jesus would prefer bills larger than $5. [quote]Edit: I found a great site that agrees with me (for the most part). http://coldcasechristianity.com/2012/are-there-different-degrees-of-reward-in-heaven/ I think I will be using this site a lot in the future.[/quote] You found a site that agrees with you? You must be correct. I personally prefer www.csinazareth.com. By the way, how do I buy into the Heaven+ membership?

God doesn't exist.

You forgot the part about it being exclusive to Christians.

If you continue these posts, you should reference the verses that support your beliefs. It would be appreciated by mature Christians and it would be helpful to "young" Christians and everyone else who is interested in what you are talking about. Plus it's better to show your opinion through your own studies, instead of just giving a link to someone else's work. There's nothing wrong with reading or studying from others, but your final source and reference should be the Bible.

Tbh sounds like communism

I don't believe in mandatory tithing.

Why don't you leave this argument to people who are certified to know what they're talking about, like Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, ect... [spoiler]just trying to avoid dilemma with ignorance trumping fact[/spoiler]

I am not a theist, but I respect your right to share your opinion. I pose a question, how do you have the right to declare how to interpret the Bible? Any piece of literature or any story can be interpreted differently by different individuals. That's a serious flaw in every religion. If a deity wants you to follow a set of rules, then why put it in a book to let it stray from the intended message it is trying to convey? And more so, why would it be written by [b]HUMANS[/b], who have a track record of implementing bias and false facts? He should have put burning words in the sky or something of the sorts. If there is a God, he must be toying with us, or running tests on us. Is he testing loyalty, or just to see how we will deform his rules and twist them around over generations? This is why I can't trust the Bible, nor any literature of any religion. Religious books are also basically circlejerks of that one religion, and allows for no room for an open mind or new ideas. I can't comprehend how people can be such sheep, blind ones at that, following any religious work with little to no evidence (and when there is, it's rather insignificant), or even an organization like NASA, who refuses to drop a splash of truth into the minds of the populace. [spoiler]And also, when I saw your title, I thought of Robbie Rotten[/spoiler]

I don't believe he was referring to the dollar amount given rather the heart of the person that did the giving. The woman had given her life to Christ. God doesn't care about money or anything materialistic in this world. He cares about your soul. Believing that God puts any merit in the amount of money we give away is silly. It just so happens that people that give their money away tend to be better people. But the idea isnt about the money it's about what i said above. The woman had given her life to Christ. The money didn't actually matter.

Sounds like a communist liberal utopia.

[quote]Many people think that heaven is the same for everyone. They could t be more wrong. It says in the Bible that, for everything that you sacrifice for the lord, you will receive twice as much in heaven. So, the more you give on Earth, the more you receive in heaven. Therefore, some people may have a better experience in heaven than others. [/quote] I hope there are no T- Rex in heaven, cuz I'm gonna probably have a 4×4 grass hut on the beach like a hobo in Ark Survival. And I know how that usually ends up so... [spoiler]But seriously, good posts. Keep them up, people need to better understand Christianity[/spoiler]