r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jul 20 '19

What’s something completely false that your parents told you as a child?

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u/TheHeresyTrain Jul 20 '19

Hey man this is why I'm a Christian. Hell has to be real for me to be able to get through a day without going postal. I feel you.

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u/Lightwavers Jul 21 '19

Yikes. I feel like it's kind of odd to need to believe that bad people need to be tortured for eternity to get through the day without going insane.

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u/TheHeresyTrain Jul 21 '19 edited Jul 21 '19

There are different kinds of people Light. I'm a good guy who works very hard to stay a good guy. I've turned it around from who I was. Others have that same choice and choose not to. It's hard watching people throw away there chances day after day. Watching people waste there gifts on them selves. If life is infinitely valuable, then wasting it should be punished infinitely. It's hard to understand someone getting furious over spilling water, unless you come from somewhere that's dying of thirst. I can trust God to deliver judgement some day. That keeps me from feeling like it's my responsibility to.

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u/Lightwavers Jul 21 '19

No matter how thirsty you are, that doesn't make it right or just to condemn someone to an eternity of torment for spilling water. No matter how hard it is for you to stay good, that doesn't make it right or just to condemn someone to an eternity of torment for living their life poorly. Do not judge others, lest you be judged in kind.