Well then, don't hold back. Give me all the details on this threat you make on behalf of your supposedly murderous Imaginary Friend!
He is not a murderous Imaginary Friend. Any more than you are a father and his child, and you are trying to teach that child something so he/she will not cross the street at the wrong time and get hit by a car, or walk against a STOP sign. You can call Him a murderous Imaginary Friend to make it sound worse than Who He actually is. The way it is right now is that if you refuse Him, then His enemy gets to keep you, as a prisoner of war. But you choose to be that prisoner of war by yourself. So His enemy gets to keep you. Well He is going to burn His enemies house and all of his prisoners in order to win a war and live in Peace. Do you understand yet? It's all a matter of Free Choice/Will. He is not forcing you to side with Him. It's just, if you side with His Enemy, then you receive His enemies reward also.
What will it do to me that should inspire so much regret in me? Will it violently destroy me with burning sulfur? Will it pass high and impressive judgement on me? Will the 'saved' watch the torture of the damned with great excitement and joy, as Tertullian wrote?
No, Stu, there will not be any gloating or glee by others because you are burning in sulfur. No judgement will be passed upon you except you chose to be on the enemy's side instead of His, so you then get caught up with the fate of His enemy by default.
This is not a healthy belief system. It's not normal. No matter how eccentric I might or might not be, this christian belief system is a perversion.
Stuart
Stu, Good has been fighting Evil ever since you were a child, you were exposed to it, but you choose to be on the side of Evil instead of the side of Good. That is your choice, my friend, although an unhealthy one. You've got a brain and a heart? Use them. You can rebel against the rules all that you want. Just because you don't like the rules of the game Monopoly doesn't make them not rules. You are the one choosing your fate, not Him. And He's got deadly plans for His Enemy and all who SIDE with His Enemy. It's THAT simple. Do you understand it now, or will you ask another rhetorical question?? That is your favorite game, Stu.
I care about you irregardless. It doesn't please me to see a brother go down the tubes, but no matter what I do, I can't seem to be able to convince you otherwise. What do you want me to do then? Change all the rules so that they fit your way of how you want the war to be played?? That isn't in my capacity to deliver to you.
Open up your ears and shut your mouth for a while, and you might hear the truth instead of yourself.
Much Love To You On Your Terms,
Michael
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