If the Christian Hell exists, who would you expect to find
there? Hitler or maybe Al Capone? Probably. But because
the first Christian requirement to get into Heaven is to
accept that Jesus died for our sins, you would probably be
surprised to find who else would be keeping old Beelzebub
company.
How many great deists can you think of? Hummm. Almost
every founder of our nation was a deist. George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson, and Thomas Paine to name a few. Here are
a few quote from the group that certainly got them a
reservation in the Christian's Hell.
As to Jesus of Nazareth.... I think the system of Morals
and his religion, as he left them to us, the best the
world has saw or is likely to see; but I apprehend it
has received various corrupting changes, and I have,
with most of the dissenters in England, some doubts as
to his divinity.
-- Ben Franklin
The divinity of Jesus is made a convenient cover for
absurdity. Nowhere in the Gospels do we find a precept
for Creeds, Confessions, Oaths, doctrines, and whole
carloads of other foolish trumpery that we find in
Christianity.
-- John Adams
The Bible is not my book and Christianity is not my
religion. I could never give assent to the long
complicated statements of Christian dogma.
-- Abraham Lincoln
There are many more. What a fitting end to the proponents of
democracy, huh?
The most intelligent man in this century must be roasting
hotdogs over one heckuva campfire right now. Albert Einstein
was a pantheist. He believed God was Nature, and believed the
Bible was of human origin. For his religious view take a
a look a his obituary in The New York Times, April 19, 1955.
I am sure that got the temperature upped in his eternal resting
place for that quote.
So, if there is truth to what the Christian's claim, you
can an least take comfort in the fact that Hell has some very
famous people in it. It might even be possible to get Mark
Twain's autograph!
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