Do Christians Fear Death?

[child of Thor]

I'm not a Christian, and i dont fear death - infact my religion kinda encourages a violent death
dying of age/illness in my bed is what i fear

[Nikolai]

Everybody fears death to a lesser or greaterr extent, either for themselves or for their family and friends. I for one, as a Christian, have no fear of being dead, as I believe I'll come to a better place together with my saviour, but I do fear death, as I don't know how it will be before it's over and because of the person around me I love. Also, I am young and wants to live my life a bit longer than 18 years. But I do look forward to afterlife though.

Originally posted by Gangerolf
Christians who believe in hell and think they're going there when they die must be terrified

As a rule of thumb, Christians doesn't come to Hell. As long as one has accepted Jesus as one's saviour, one is Christian and one is saved.

[Gangerolf]

So, as long as I accept Jesus, I can do whatever I want to without having to worry about hell?

[Gangerolf]

Originally posted by child of Thor
I'm not a Christian, and i dont fear death - infact my religion kinda encourages a violent death

And with that name.. Are you an Odinist or something?

[Starchild]

That is not dead which can eternal lie and after strange aeons, even death may die

So short answer, no. Long answer, dying's for quitters.

[child of Thor]

Originally posted by Gangerolf

And with that name.. Are you an Odinist or something?

No off course not!.......maybe a Thorist though

But i was serious about my belief causing me to not fear death - i was a reckless child, fearless and always fighting or playing violent sports.
I never really understood why untill in my late teens, and in a way i think my religion picked me from the begining.
If i was a real Christian i might find the thread title a little offensive, still i think real Christians are nearly as rare as real Thorists

[chequita guevara]

I've met very few real Christians. I've met a whole lot of people who tell me they are, though. That's generally a clue that they aren't.

[DinoDoc]

Can anyone answer the question I asked in the last troll thread?

[Verto]

Originally posted by Gangerolf
So, as long as I accept Jesus, I can do whatever I want to without having to worry about hell?

James 2

14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?

15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,

16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?

17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.

19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?

23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.

24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?

26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Verto


James 2

14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?

15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,

16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?

17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

That seems to pretty well be an indictment of Protestantism.

[Odin]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi


They generally believe that they are the elect and are predestined to heaven.

The idea, is like the Mad Monk said, to free people up to serve God because of their love for God, and not to earn salvation.

Catholics have it a little different. They hope for salvation, but do not affirm any doctrine of predestination.

Lutherans! You forgot Lurtherans!

[Pekka]

I'm Christian, do I fear death? I think fear is the wrong word.. I mean I don't LIKE death, but I will die some day, there's no way around it. So I can just accept it, and when I do accept that fact, why should be I afraid of it?

Well, when I die I hope my parents have passed away so they won't have to bury me, which is wrong. The other one is if I'm ever blessed with kids, I hope they are adults when I die, so they can deal with it as adults and grow up with both parents.

That's about it. As far as heaven goes, well, God made me and he'll take me, the difference I guess is if I'll be relocated to hell or not. I don't want to go to hell but at the end it's not really up to me, all I can do is keep the faith and open my heart and accept Jesus in there, and I believe that'll set my way to heaven and that's what I do and if that's NOT the way to heaven, then I don't know the way and I can't do anything else to make it otherwise because that's the only way I know how and that's what I'll do.

[Whaleboy]

Who was it that said that life is merely a sexually transmitted disease?

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Whaleboy
Who was it that said that life is merely a sexually transmitted disease?

Most life is asexual, so whoever said it was wrong.

[badman]

Once you receive AIDS, it's also pretty asexual (at least, it should be). Besides, I think it's meant to be a joke.

Lutherans believe that people who believe in Jesus and his message will be saved and go to heaven but they will deny that murderers actually believe in his message.

I used to be very afraid of death even when I still believed in god. Now I kind of accepted death as a generally good thing, but I'm still afraid of it.
I like what Nietzsche said about it, that we have to accept it to be truly independant but I dislike Nietzsche and his nihilist gang so I don't really embrace it.