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Gina:
When I learned that God wasn't going to torture the wicked for ever and ever, guess what one of the very first thoughts to run through my mind was? That my favorite musicians/singers would be saved and not tortured in a literal hell. Well, that's pretty much what I was led to believe would happen to them if they didn't repent before they died.
It wasn't that I thought, "Oh great--I get to hear my favorite music for all eternity. Yay...Led Zeppelin! The Cure!, etc. It was just that their words spoke to me in a way no preacher in the pulpit at that time, or since then, really could. To me and many others, they were very likeable people (in spite of their weaknesses/indulgences). I was no better, though; that much I knew.
I became positively ecstatic over that thought.
My second thought was, Oh, great--now I have to learn to love my enemy and my neighbor as myself--what if when it's all over, I discover I don't like/love them as much as I like/love the people I do like/love? (I know. It was a childish thought, but that's the truth.)
Do any of you remember what went through your mind soon after learning that God would not torture most of humanity in a literal hell of fire and brimstone?
Shawn Fainn:
Can't remember the exact first thoughts, but one of them that stood out was knowing for sure i'd get to see my grandpa again. He had committed suicide when i was younger and i never got the chance to know him.
Nan:
Relief, as if a stone had been removed from my chest.
Gina:
--- Quote from: Nan on February 21, 2012, 05:41:53 AM ---Relief, as if a stone had been removed from my chest.
--- End quote ---
Yes, that was my very, very first thought -- Yay! No more church, no more worrying about the "tithe," no more pretending I like Christian rock, no more pretending I know what the heck that preacher is talking about. Good-bye boring, angry god. Helloooo Papa!
Relief is right. I forgot what it was like to breathe like a normal person.
thetruth:
Hello Gina
Cool question!I must say though it was not my first thought I am glad Led Zepplin,Black Sabbeth,Judas Priest,Iron Maiden,Ronnie James Dio,are Not going to a torture chamber.And as you shared I got a lot out of the lyrics of those songs like last in line...Dio...and Imagine... by....Lennon ...and still do to this day.How funny is it that if this was a church on every corner web-site and i POSTED THIS ON THERE..I would be a heathen in a half....lol...But as to your original question My first thought was My brother who commited Suicide in 93 was indeed not frying like a piece of bacon!Immeaditaly Joy rushed through my soul and so did my thoughts about God. Suddenly He was the Savior of the World really! And all the sudden... although i know ..nothing is suppose to happen all the sudden.I had a ablity to love others more because of all the other things I was beginning to learn about the Kingdom.When I think of the blessing of knowing these truths it just empowers me to proclaim them as God directs me.Which brings on So many other thoughts...lol..Again thanks Gina for this post
Its so nice to be able to post something thats of your heart that MAY not be picked apart and analized and that is refreshing to me.So please nobody jump to conclusions about this statement.I am just saying what many others wont.thetruth
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