Atheists appear to be obsessed with the eternal fire and damnation, maybe because they do not believe in God or any Superior Being. This is not how I experience God. My belief is that God is eternal love. Jesus did not strike his perpetrators and accusers with lightning and damnation, on the contrary, he asked for their forgiveness. If we make an effort to experience the love of God, we may just be able to understand where we fit in and be able to show love for our fellow man and the environment around us.
Being a Christian or a Muslim or a Jew does not guarantee eternal life. He said that there will be many false prophets and "Not everyone who calls out to me, 'Lord! Lord!' will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter". The will of the Father is that we should love Him and each other. You do not steal from someone that you love, do you? You also do not harm someone that you love in any way. A mother will say that she is not hungry, just to ensure that her children get enough to eat. A true friend will give his life to save a friend.
We are so obsessed with rules and religious laws, but if we just loved each other, we are set free from the law as love harms no-one.Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
"Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."
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