So, basically, it's Sunday, and my parents actually were able to drag Aubree and me out of bed for once for a late morning sermon. Usually our pastor's messages are based on finances, spiritual gifts, etc., but today in honor of the new book 23 Minutes In Hell by Bill Wiese(and I honestly think he just ate too much pizza before he fell asleep), he gave a speech about Hell. Having been in church since basically day one, I've heard tons and tons of crap about Hell, and basically a summary of every sermon about it goes like this: "Love God, or you'll go to HELLLZZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *dundundun* foreverrrrr! Do you know what foreverrrrrr means!? YEAH WELL, you better love him!" Am I right? So after hearing yet another, hellish message (hahha), I was like, "Whatever, forget this, if I'm ever gonna know anything ever about what God REALLY wants us to know, I'm gonna have to purge from my mind everything I've been taught since I was a child and form my own ideas--from The Bible of course." You ask why The Bible? Well, because it's from God.
23 Minutes in Hell excerpt: http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Christianity/2006/03/23-Minutes-In-Hell.aspx
Proof that The Bible's truth: http://www.clarifyingchristianity.com/b_proof.shtml
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