ne way, jesus said in the dead sea scrolls that there's no such thing as hell... but the first christian emperor decided to leave out this important fact.
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I didn't read the whole thread, so this is slightly off topic, but THIS is exactly why I am posting the evidence for Christianity. This is a false statement. The
Da Vinci Code is good fiction, but terrible, awful, down-right-mistaken fact. I'm just assuming that this is where you got it because only after this book (good read, but again, not accurate) was published did this "theory" become common.
A quick correction:
It was not the first Christian emperor of Rome (Constantine) who decided what went into the Bible, but rather the Council of Nicaea, made up of Christian bishops. The decisions made by the Council faced very little opposition because what they put in the Bible was already commonly accepted and what they left out was not.
If you are going to try and poke holes in Christianity, do it with facts, not completely mistaken conjecture. Please read some kind of NON-fiction textbook on early Christianity, whether Christian or secular, so that you don't post anything more that is completely false. I tell you this in all kindness intended with education.
I got to thinking that as I am an aetheist and this one really religious guy at school says I'm going to hell because I don't believe in God. But I also don't believe in hell or heaven or the Devil. I mean how can I go to a place I don't believe in? Once my grade 9 religion teacher said that aetheists don't go to hell, because only those who believe heaven exsists but choose to worship the Devil. Your thoughts?
As I'm just responding to the asked question:
Let's say you were taken against your will to New York City. You can believe with all your might that New York City doesn't exist, but you are still going to be in New York City.
Thus it comes down to whether atheism is correct. If there is no god, then when we die, nothing happens. We just stop existing. If atheism is wrong, then your sins will mean you're going to Hell, not because you don't believe in God. According to Christianity, you have to trust God to be saved from sin.
**EDIT: PS- Nubis, I also liked Gundam Wing. Great, great cartoon. Duo was my favorite too.