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Your assuming superiority is most annoying.

@ sleevemeister: You don't come across as "superior". You're simply telling the truth, which is "hard to accept" for people like dirtylemons, whose ignorance is sickening. In fact, people NEED to hear exactly what you said. Jesus tried to get His message out, and it often failed to reach those who need it most. That's why it's so important for us to continue to get that message out today. Jesus said, "The world hates me, and it will hate you because of me." Keep going. If the world (meaning ignorant fools like dirtylemons) hates you, then you're on the right path.

I started writing a scathing reply to sleevemeister, and to ju7281, but I realized that would be pointless. <br /> Instead, all that I will do is wish you well.

I don't hate sleevemeister, I hate the terrible comment. It's one thing to disagree with someone (which I wouldn't have a problem with), but to just outright state that you know someone is going to hell when you very well don't is indeed assuming superiority.<br /> I love Neil's lyrics, even if I don't agree with every aspect of his personal philosophy. And to attack someone simply because they don't hold the same beliefs as you is downright childish.<br /> From The Accounts, I don't recall Jesus ever going up to non-believers and condemning them. He wanted them to follow, but He didn't say "You sickeningly ignorant fools, you are going to hell." In fact, I only recall Him condemning the religious fools who claimed to be believers while living lives that were mockeries of holiness.<br /> See, if sleevemeister's comment had read like a personal testimony of their own beliefs without attacking Neil, I would have left it alone (might even have rated it up). But as it stands, it's a sickening mockery of Christianity, and as a true believer, I believe such comments should not go unchallenged.

@dirtylemons You proclaim tolerance while you defend Neil's lyrics that accuse God himself of sending people to hell? "Until our final breath While our loving Watchmaker Loves us all to death" I guess Neil gets a pass on insulting God himself? <br /> "Jesus said, “Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’” You might want to read up on what Jesus said about bearing false witness. The penalty for false witness against God is very plain in the bible. <br /> Matt 7: 13 Jesus said, “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.<br /> Matt 12:36 But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.<br /> Luke 13:22-30 Then Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem. Someone asked him, “Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?” He said to them, “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to. Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’ “But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’ “Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’ “But he will reply, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers!’ “There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth<br /> John 12:48-50 If anyone hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge that person. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world. There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; the very words I have spoken will condemn them at the last day.