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Originally Posted by BrotherEastman
(bump) for Timmy who is NOT SURE
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I was going to let this go, but since you bumped
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If you are wrong and I'm right, then countless gay people have suffered for no reason. Many have killed themselves because of guilt or family rejecting them, etc. Many have suffered at the hands of religiously inspired "conversion" efforts.
If you are wrong, then countless people have stressed over their afterlife for no reason. Some are terrified that they aren't "saved". Some are mourning not just the death of loved ones, but also those loved ones' suffering forever in hell.
If you are wrong, then trillions of dollars have been wasted over the centuries on religious institutions.
But if I'm wrong, then I have no way of knowing who, among all the religions claiming to have the truth, is right. But God, according to you guys, will hold me accountable for my choice. He expects each of us fallible humans to know, somehow, which claims are right and which are bogus. The Bible warns us against false signs and wonders, but doesn't say how to know which are fake.
But you know. Somehow. I guess.