Hey bro, how you going?
How aren't true Christians living up to this? Do you know what a true Christian is HJ? Someone who goes to Church once a week and forgets about God for the other 6 days is not a true Christian. Someone who molests young boys is not a true Christian, someone who steals from the Church is not a true Christian, someone who cons people into giving all their hard earned is not a true Christian (and many many many Churches are like this and this was foretold by Jesus and the apostles)
A true Christian helps people in need, people from many denominations help the poor and needy. A true Christian shows love in the face of hate, a true Christian displays patience in the face of persecution, a true Christian turns his back away from the evils of this world and lives right standing in God's eyes.
It is true what you say, many so called Christians will probably burn in hell (I say probably cause this is not my judgement to make), cause they are hypocritical and do not have the spirit in them.
I am not full of pride, I have come here to defend my beliefs (as i stated many posts ago) this is a requirement, "For if you deny me before men, I will deny you before the Holy Angels".
No disrespect, but I could easily replace the word 'Christian' in your post with the term 'human being' and it would be just as adequate:
A true 'human being' helps people in need.
A true 'human being' shows love in the face of hate.
A true 'human being' displays patience in the face of persecution.
A true 'human being' turns his back away from the evils of this world and lives right standing in God's eyes.
Aside from that last quote which clearly associates itself with religion, how can you say that being a Christian/Muslim/Jew/Buddhist/etc. is any different from being a normal, regular, good human being?
A good atheist human being can do everything that was mentioned here, except for worship God (seeing as they do not believe). But they are still conducting themselves in a manner befitting of what you preach. Are they, therefore, heathens and subject to be cast away simply because their beliefs are different, despite the fact they have lived the life of a good person?
I'm neither here nor there with religion, but it does bother me to see this line of thought - that unless you purge yourself of all sins by embracing God (or a god if that is the case) then you are scum and destine to rot away because you are not good enough.
What is the difference between a true Christian who donates his time and money to various charities and an atheist rich man (let's say, for argument's sake, Bill Gates) who donates his time and money to various charities? Aside from the fact the atheist man hasn't been psychologically 'bullied' into worshiping a deity...And by 'bullied', I refer to the general concept that you must cleanse yourself before God or else face eternity in hell...Essentially, do it or you're screwed...."For if you deny me before men, I will deny you before the Holy Angels". Could easily be construed as a threat when you think about it.
If anyone takes offense, I do apologise. I am just trying to contribute to the debate. I have no issues with religion (even though every man and his dog seems to want to convert me from my current non-practicing Catholicism to Christianity) nor do I have problems with religious individuals.
