Hi, Im from the UK so only found out about this Westboro Church thing the other day. I’ll just start by saying the majority of people I know over here are not religious, nor have many of us been christened. Although many here would class themselves as Christians due to previous generation’s Christian roots, but times seem a little more modern over here in terms of religion, and it looks as if it’s mainly people from older generations (i.e. 70+) who support Christianity. I’m not trying to cause some debate, I’d just like to see if you can answer some Q’s.
-What is God? Is he a human, and if not, how was his son- Jesus, a human, when God supposedly created them?
-If you are told not to question the bible, doesn’t that just try and prevent people from realising possible flaws?
-Dinosaurs weren’t mentioned in the bible- but weren’t we the first things around
-Apes- if you look into layers or skeletons under ground and see hoe the shape of apes skeletons over time have become more ‘human’- why isnt that considered to be where we came from?
-2012- a load of rubbish??
-If God creates people the way they are but they go and murder someone (thou shall not kill)- didnt God plan for that to happen but would punnish him anyway?
-If you continuously burn in hell, surely you’d become used to ‘burning’ and not feel it? Plus there’d be nothing much to burn if you turned to ash?
You wont be able to make me believe in religion or any of that- because things are a lot different over here, and you don’t have to reply if you dont want to! All that I’d like are answers, none of this ‘you’re going to hell’ stuff! 😉
G’day,
Just because people claim to be christian, it does not make it so! Check out Gods own word on the matter:
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And
then will I profess unto them, I NEVER KNEW YOU: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. [Matthew 7:21-23]
There maybe one or two of Gods elect left in England, and the UK, maybe not; but age has nothing to do with it. If you are elect of God, you will be given eyes to see, and ears to hear at the point in your life that God chooses. We recently had a young man join this church from England.
Your questions. Is God a human, dinosaurs, apes… Are you serious?
But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. [2 Tim 2:23]
We are ‘told’ to study the bible;
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. [2 Tim 2:15]
2012. Who knows, but the Lord? We are not in the business of date-setting. We only discern the signs of the times.
The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him [Jesus] that he would shew them a sign from heaven. He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times? [Matthew 16:1-3]
How do we know time is short? Because we discern the signs of the times, and the text says so:
And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. EVEN THUS SHALL IT BE IN THE DAY WHEN THE SON OF MAN IS REVEALED. [Luke 17:26-30]
God creates vessels of wrath fitted to destruction and vessels of mercy. All vessels serve the purpose God made them for. For more on predestination, see Romans chapter 9.
Burning in hell is but one horror of hell. The final and eternal state of the wicked includes: fire that never shall be quenched [Mark 9:43], the worm that never dies [Mark 9:44] not a single solitary drop of water to cool your tongue [Luke 16:24] It is expressed by use of gross concepts such as ‘blackness of darkness [Jude 13] and ‘outer darkness’ [Matt 8:12].
John Bunyan – one of your countrymen – wrote an excellent book entitled ‘Visions of Heaven and Hell’, which clearly articulates conditions in hell.
We have no expectation of, or interest in, ‘making you believe in religion’. We serve the Lord. We keep His commandments. We preach His words. This is our duty.
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. [Ecc 12:13]
Thanks for writing!