Max, I always thought the same thing. Christians who think anyone who isn't on good terms with Jesus goes to Hell but don't go out of their way to help save anyone are failing pretty miserably. The only reason I can imagine that there are people with those beliefs who aren't either hardcore evangelists or completely self-loathing (for their failure) is that most people don't really think things all the way through. "Yeah, Jesus saves, and sinners without Jesus are damned. Well, I'm saved. I kind of wish everyone could be, too. But I can't really do anything about it. I respect their differences."
It is not appropriate to respect a difference of opinion when one believes with certainty that this difference will lead to ETERNAL TORMENT. If I were that kind of Christian, I would be a gung-ho crazy evangelist and no amount of criticism or argument would make me back down.
Good thing I'm not. That would be so much work.
By the way, Max, thanks for replying to my thread. I've missed you.
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