re if there were no hell in article may athos rutgers edu shellgate llo uu psi com larry l overacker writes here s a question that some friends and i were debating last night q if you knew beyond all doubt that hell did not exist and that unbelievers simply remained dead would you remain a christian my contention is that if you answer this question with no i would not then remain a christian then you really are not one now following jesus christ has everything to do with sharing in his work and spreading the news that the kingdom of heaven is already among us fear based religion is not a faith relationship with the one who made us all so does that mean that anyone who is a christian to avoid hell isn t really a christian at all it sounds like it to me mit liebe in christus martyn r mellodew u mrm compsci liverpool ac uk martyn r mellodew e mail u mrm compsci liverpool ac uk department of applied mathematics arpa internet u mrm csc liv ac uk and theoretical physics janet u mrm uk ac liv csc the university of liverpool p o box liverpool england l bx dubito ergo deus est
