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Originally Posted by cnredd
Not at all...
But I've never said that people do things SOLELY on whether or not they may get judged in an afterlife...For those that do it's ONE other thing to consider tha people who don't believe in an afterlife or being judged in one has to deal with...
The sense of right and wrong can also come (and mostly does) from an individual's upbrining...The "being judged afterward" can be the difference bewtween someone wanting to do something with 49% willingness and 51% willingness...
You telling me that your willingness of doing something is already at 95% because of the difference between right and wrong only tells me about YOU...not everyone...
And you know as well as I do that there could be millions of people in the percentile I've given...
Which is the difference bewtween millions of things being done in what people considers right and what people consider wrong...
And ESPECIALLY when people KNOW that what they're doing is wrong but do it anyway...
Which was never me...so don't bring it up... 
I'm a Christian...when have you seen me "spead the word"?...
I guess you'll judge me a "bad Christian" now because I'm not doing what I'm "supposed" to do... 
I notice the harsh hypocrisy of your last two comments...
First, you have an issue of "religious people" judging you...(by way of your "guilt trip" comment)...
And then...in the VERY NEXT PARAPGRAPH...You judged those same people in their religious obligations...(supposing to "spread the word)...
It would be much easier to write "I don't like people who call others a-holes...I think they're a-holes."...
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You see thats where it gets sticky. I didn't mean to say it was a bad thing that Christians are instructed to spread the word. It is just what it is. And I didn't mean to say you were doing that.
I meant to say that even some of my closest friends worry about my soul. I don't, but they do. I only feel bad that they think I'm missing something. And I am sorry they feel that way. And if you were in my position how do I explain I'm OK. They think I am fooling myself. I find that believers won't ever consider I really believe what I do.
I should mention that my Grandfather was a preacher. And my grandmother ran the Salvation army store for 50 years. And played the piano in the church. I am well aware of what belief means to people. And I am sorry that extremists make it look bad sometimes.
I wasn't thinking that you were preaching. I was speaking generally.