Re: "But I'm Too NICE To Go To Hell!" -
08-13-2008, 05:24 PM
Bless you all for keeping this thread at the top of the list of topics. Because it's vitally important! A lot of people think that just because they're "nice" or have "good intentions" or try not to break God's rules, that they're going to heaven. How wrong they are, and people need to know that only by accepting Jesus as your personal savior, following God's law, and tithing generously to Landover Baptist Church can one go to heaven.
A case in point is my old neighbor. Lovely, charming Mrs. Anderson was a frail, pleasant, white-haired widow, a former elementary school teacher with the kindest heart one could imagine. She baked cookies for the children on their way home from school, and asked them what they learned that day. She volunteered at the community center to teach adults better reading skills, and worked as a volunteer librarian twice a month in the town's bookmobile. Even though she stood only about 5 feet tall and weighed about 80 pounds, she was full of energy and joy-- always smiling and especially good with children. I can still hear her warm and pleasant voice greeting the children saying hello to the mailman.
But in 1976 she voted for Jimmy Carter. And she rarely attended any church, let alone Landover Baptist. So when she died of resperatory inflammation at the age of 91 a few years ago, the mental image of Mrs. Anderson being continuously and forcefully gang-raped from behind by Satan and a tag-team of foul demons in hell has haunted me ever since.
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